Here is a video of someone playing one of these from Galloping Gurdies who knows what he is doing. czcams.com/video/1FSkBixCuT4/video.html If anyone has any suggestions on how to set this up I'd love to hear them. The crank is a lot stiffer than I expected, perhaps too much rosin or maybe the cotton or string tension is off. Edit: Exchanged a few messages with Galloping Gurdies and I'm told it does need to be tuned. New strings tend to stretch and need more tuning. Also there is a break in period with these so it'll get smoother after it's been cranked a while.
did you replace the strings? flat wound ones? Gallopin Gurdy's .. that's where i ordered one from myself... in Oregon.. it's got a long way to travel to get to me in the South West UK ... it's a good price for an HG... and even though somebody said it's nothing more than expensive firewood... hmmm i intend to prove them wrong ! :-)
It all depends on what you want out of it. Some people want one that sounds like a violin. I think they'd be better off with a violin. I'm really into the bag bagpipe sound. I did replace a string after breaking one the first time I tried to tune it.
Heard the sound of the nerdy gurdy don't really like it much but I think this instrument if you want to try the instrument it's a beginner one or for some one like myself no where even near me I can get one to try to play with it's good for me because it's cheap and in my price range I don't want to Shell out for a big one yet need a beginner one and I think this one can be a good gift to introduce someone to the instrument. I'm getting one and going to save up for a nerdy gurdy too and with the nerdy gurdy get to build so get to know all the instrument and outs of the instrument.
@@timothybrown9020 Get the Nerdy and skip Galloping Gurdies all together. They really are THAT bad. Trust me, having a Gurdy that won't work properly is one of the most crushing feelings ever. Things need to be PERFECT for a Gurdy to even begin to work properly. There's a reason nearly everyone gets rid of their Galloping Gurdy before long. Save yourself the money and heartbreak and get a Nerdy! It has the quality of build and extras that even some €1,500+ Gurdies have - I promise you won't be disappointed!
you can't !! is the short answer to that ! ...plus... just like any instrument, the cost of the instrument does not equate to the quality of the sound... ie... idiots pay £££££ for named guitars, just cos they can... but it doesn't mean that they can play... it's all to do with the personal time effort and musicality of the individual with their hands on the instrument :-)
@@Okarkar A decent instrument will cost several thousand dollars. I paid $4000 for a nickelharpa which is similar but uses a violin bow instead of a wheel.
@@fnersch3367 well that's sad, I don't understand why instruments should cost that much if they are not inlayed with gold and diamonds. :P 4000 dollars is my rent for almost half a year. I probably will never play one even though I really love it.
I thought you did really well !! ok, so my ears are bleeding !! lol but you're a sweetie, I've just bought one of these, expecting it next week... and i'm not a musical snob... and will never have enough money to buy a quality sounding hurdy gurdy, not like the ones that are all over you tube... and Patty Gurdy's 18 stringed one... I think you'll master it, and so will I, never touched one in my entire life.. but will also make a little vid when i've got over the panic attack which i'm obviously about to have !! lol bless :-)
That was straight out of the box, the next video sounded a little better. It came with too much rosin on the wheel. Yeah, I could buy a quality hurdy gurdy, but it costs about the same as I would spend on a car.
i know i know... i was only joking ,,, shit, you wait til i get mine... people will be running and there'll be exploding heads all over the place :-) ! i was only joking
Ash, it sounds just like mine. LOL, mine got here 2 hours ago. And to answer my own question, it is a bit hard to crank when your not belted in. I have not got any further than that yet, I am still inspecting it closely. :o) But, Mine cost $428 in total and I do not feel cheated, the workmanship on this is very good. Nothing loose, broken or rattling. I'll add more later.
You get what you pay for... But if you want to make it sound halfway tolerable, first put some shims on the bridge. Those strings are bearing down way too hard on the wheel, which is why they sound like tortured cats. Then learn how to tune it and to adjust the tangents; learn how much cotton to put on the strings, and how much rosin to put on the wheel. A hurdy-gurdy is a high maintenance instrument, even at the best of times: as the old joke goes, you spend 90 percent of your time tuning it, and the other 10 percent playing out of tune.
Of course hurdy gurdies - proper ones - are not affordable. There are so many components, and accuracy and quality of build are all-important. I had to wait for more than half a lifetime before I could afford one. I would afford Gallopng Gurdies' offerings like the plague. They sound pretty grim and they're impossible to sell on if you want to upgrade.
STOP ARGHH MY EARS!.... THEYRE BLEEDING ARRRGGRGRGRRGRGRG to be fair tho' i had a laugh from how awfull this expensive s**t sounds....ill like your video...as....holy, molly the first....
Thanks for sharing!
Here is a video of someone playing one of these from Galloping Gurdies who knows what he is doing.
czcams.com/video/1FSkBixCuT4/video.html
If anyone has any suggestions on how to set this up I'd love to hear them. The crank is a lot stiffer than I expected, perhaps too much rosin or maybe the cotton or string tension is off.
Edit: Exchanged a few messages with Galloping Gurdies and I'm told it does need to be tuned. New strings tend to stretch and need more tuning. Also there is a break in period with these so it'll get smoother after it's been cranked a while.
did you replace the strings? flat wound ones? Gallopin Gurdy's .. that's where i ordered one from myself... in Oregon.. it's got a long way to travel to get to me in the South West UK ... it's a good price for an HG... and even though somebody said it's nothing more than expensive firewood... hmmm i intend to prove them wrong ! :-)
It all depends on what you want out of it. Some people want one that sounds like a violin. I think they'd be better off with a violin. I'm really into the bag bagpipe sound.
I did replace a string after breaking one the first time I tried to tune it.
well yeh !! otherwise you'd buy a violin lol
@@AshGreen359 It takes time to develop HG skills like with any musical instrument.
Heard the sound of the nerdy gurdy don't really like it much but I think this instrument if you want to try the instrument it's a beginner one or for some one like myself no where even near me I can get one to try to play with it's good for me because it's cheap and in my price range I don't want to Shell out for a big one yet need a beginner one and I think this one can be a good gift to introduce someone to the instrument. I'm getting one and going to save up for a nerdy gurdy too and with the nerdy gurdy get to build so get to know all the instrument and outs of the instrument.
@@timothybrown9020 Get the Nerdy and skip Galloping Gurdies all together. They really are THAT bad. Trust me, having a Gurdy that won't work properly is one of the most crushing feelings ever. Things need to be PERFECT for a Gurdy to even begin to work properly. There's a reason nearly everyone gets rid of their Galloping Gurdy before long.
Save yourself the money and heartbreak and get a Nerdy! It has the quality of build and extras that even some €1,500+ Gurdies have - I promise you won't be disappointed!
It looks hard to crank?
No one in the Hurdy Gurdy community expects anything from these things other than being expensive firewood.
Where can you buy one online? a good one, without having to mortgage the house I mean :P
you can't !! is the short answer to that ! ...plus... just like any instrument, the cost of the instrument does not equate to the quality of the sound... ie... idiots pay £££££ for named guitars, just cos they can... but it doesn't mean that they can play... it's all to do with the personal time effort and musicality of the individual with their hands on the instrument :-)
@@Okarkar A decent instrument will cost several thousand dollars. I paid $4000 for a nickelharpa which is similar but uses a violin bow instead of a wheel.
@@fnersch3367 well that's sad, I don't understand why instruments should cost that much if they are not inlayed with gold and diamonds. :P
4000 dollars is my rent for almost half a year. I probably will never play one even though I really love it.
@@IvonicePowell yeah true
I thought you did really well !! ok, so my ears are bleeding !! lol but you're a sweetie, I've just bought one of these, expecting it next week... and i'm not a musical snob... and will never have enough money to buy a quality sounding hurdy gurdy, not like the ones that are all over you tube... and Patty Gurdy's 18 stringed one... I think you'll master it, and so will I, never touched one in my entire life.. but will also make a little vid when i've got over the panic attack which i'm obviously about to have !! lol bless :-)
That was straight out of the box, the next video sounded a little better. It came with too much rosin on the wheel.
Yeah, I could buy a quality hurdy gurdy, but it costs about the same as I would spend on a car.
i know i know... i was only joking ,,, shit, you wait til i get mine... people will be running and there'll be exploding heads all over the place :-) ! i was only joking
@@IvonicePowell I know, just wanted you to know it'll sound better as you wear off some of the extra rosin
Ash Green cool..looking forwards to hearing how it progresses☺
Ash, it sounds just like mine. LOL, mine got here 2 hours ago. And to answer my own question, it is a bit hard to crank when your not belted in. I have not got any further than that yet, I am still inspecting it closely. :o) But, Mine cost $428 in total and I do not feel cheated, the workmanship on this is very good. Nothing loose, broken or rattling. I'll add more later.
You get what you pay for...
But if you want to make it sound halfway tolerable, first put some shims on the bridge. Those strings are bearing down way too hard on the wheel, which is why they sound like tortured cats. Then learn how to tune it and to adjust the tangents; learn how much cotton to put on the strings, and how much rosin to put on the wheel.
A hurdy-gurdy is a high maintenance instrument, even at the best of times: as the old joke goes, you spend 90 percent of your time tuning it, and the other 10 percent playing out of tune.
Oh yeah, that was straight out of the box. The wheel had way too much rosin on it too.
Of course hurdy gurdies - proper ones - are not affordable. There are so many components, and accuracy and quality of build are all-important. I had to wait for more than half a lifetime before I could afford one. I would afford Gallopng Gurdies' offerings like the plague. They sound pretty grim and they're impossible to sell on if you want to upgrade.
Get rid of the strings, throw away the wooden bits and you have makings of quite a good instrument.
STOP ARGHH MY EARS!.... THEYRE BLEEDING ARRRGGRGRGRRGRGRG
to be fair tho' i had a laugh from how awfull this expensive s**t sounds....ill like your video...as....holy, molly the first....
Sounds like a dying cat!