It didn't include one. Leonard
On 1/4/08 4:30 PM, "Michael Muskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean by 'no allowance'? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Leonard Williams > Sent: 04 January 2008 20:57 > To: Hurdy-Gurdy List > Subject: Re: [HG] Hurdy Gurdy Plans > > Scott-- > The Antes plans you mention are the ones I had that were > inadequate. > The main problem was, if I remember correctly, no allowance for a sound > post. > > Regards, > Leonard Williams > > On 1/4/08 2:44 PM, "Scott McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> I have just joined the list and I must say I am amazed at the volume > of e-mail >> and the enthusiasm shown for the hurdy gurdy. My name is Scott and I > live on >> the west coast of Canada on Vancouver Island. I am a lifetime > woodworker and I >> have had a passion for building musical instruments for most of my > woodworking >> career though I haven't made my living as a luthier. I have built > quite a few >> acoustic guitars over the years and have always wanted to build a > hurdy gurdy. >> I have an old hg plan from 1978 that was drawn by Scott Antes. > However, it >> seems to be lacking in detail. >> >> I'm sure this question has been asked here many times but where can I > purchase >> a set of plans that are detailed enough to allow me to build a high > quality >> hurdy gurdy? I followed the discussion started by Douwe yesterday with > great >> interest and checked out many of the links. I was particularly > interested in >> the La Vielle à Roue by Michel Pignol http://vielleroue.free.fr > website. >> Although I don't speak French I think I could manage to decipher most > of the >> text given the French I learned in high school with a bit of help from > the >> Internet translation engines. I would prefer, at least for a first > instrument, >> not to build a French style lute backed hg as it seems that the > project would >> be complicated enough without adding curved staves to the equation. I > do like >> the general outline of the French style hurdy gurdies. >> >> I have found many sets of plans offered on the Internet but with > little hg >> experience it's hard to know which plans are 'good' and which would be > an >> exercise in frustration. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Scott > >
