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
> 
> 

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