He was one of the performers at FaerieCon, this year and last! He's a fantastic performer! He's also a second-generation player, learned from his father and crafted his own instrument, as I recall.
Oh, wow. lol Yeah, that's like next level stuff. I could tell he'd been doing it for forever because of the unconventional techniques he was using, but that proves why!
papermint tiger
: Yesss, me, too. It's too bad they cost a literal fortune. For something that used to be known as the instrument of the destitute and beggars, it's really glowed up.
Whyyyyyy do musical instruments get picked up by the mainstream musicians and then priced outside of the budget of those who were the maestros of them to begin with?!? It's like the hipsters of the music world!
There is a playable model kit you can get from ugears for $70, but the sound is kind of shit? Though I posed the question about whether adding actual violin strings to it instead of the clear, plastic threads it comes with would help the sound any, and someone said probably? Soooo...
ugears did post a video showing how to tune it properly, though, which would probably help, 'cause that sounds a lot better then some people I've seen playing the thing after they put it together, and someone else recommended putting oil on the gears that creak so that you don't hear that when you're playing, just the music. Hmmm.
>_> The people in the comments screaming about how it sounds like "shit" and "insults hurdy gurdies" make me laugh. Like. Mah dudes. This is a playable model kit. Did younexpect to be able to play in an orchestra with that thing?!?
papermint tiger
: Seriously. Hope you got $2k laying around if you were looking at this thing as a serious option for your hurdy gurdy hobby and now hate it!
Whyyyyyy do musical instruments get picked up by the mainstream musicians and then priced outside of the budget of those who were the maestros of them to begin with?!? It's like the hipsters of the music world!