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    A hurdy-gurdy is the thing pictured above. #From Merriam-Webster:
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    1 : a stringed instrument in which sound is produced by the friction of a rosined wheel turned by a crank against the strings and the pitches are varied by keys.
    The external strings are drones. #The keys stop melody strings. #The aural effect is the stringed equivalent of the bagpipes (i.e. la musette). #Hurdy-gurdies are kind of trendy for playing dance tunes from the French renaissance.




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    I see! It sounded so bizarre I didn't even think of looking it up. Thanks for the explanation

    Now for another true oddity:



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    Yikes!

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    This thread has gone on for three pages and Bill Bussman hasn't waded in yet? It's like waiting for the other shoe to drop. Bill, where are you?

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    This is my favorite odd mandolin...
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    flip,
    Isn't this the mando the David Grisman has been playing?
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    Yes it is, it's pretty neat... Not overly odd, but odd and interesting...

    By the way I love the little clefs on it...



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    Quote Originally Posted by (flip @ Aug. 30 2004, 00:01)
    By the way I love the little clefs on it...
    Yes, they are odd.

    Have you tried covering them and playing to see if the sound difference is noticeable?

    Have a look at this very odd piece on eBay right now... very odd.




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    Quote Originally Posted by (grandmainger @ Aug. 30 2004, 03:04)
    Have a look at this very odd piece on eBay right now... very odd.
    What a beast! #I especially like the claim "Every 8 stringers' dream bragging toy." #It is so baffling as to inspire the reply of "Errrr...?"




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    "Put a pickup on it and play with your favorite country, bluegrass, gospel, dixie, or new age band. It's a really neat instrument. Every 8 stringers' dream bragging toy."

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    I thought it was one of those Kentucky mandolins with a failed scarf joint!
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    This one is on ebay. Built with wormy poplar top and back and cedar sides. Says they are hand made and he has 100 of them. Here is the listing Ebay mandolin
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    That's interesting. It says "One of a kind" in the description, and "100 available" at the top. That's some advanced existentialistic math.

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    A classic alluded to above, it slices, it dicees, and entertains at your luau or hoedown. there is a fine Turnover for sale along with plenty of campy, collectible kitsch.

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    Cool, the Webbers meet, (page one) and as crossbreeding cousins do, you never know what the combinations will become.




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    Whats up with this beast??

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    Mandolin, lute, zither, potato grater...? Naw, it's the rightfully rare and frightfully freakish Stössel-lute. For those with a cat-like penchant for fatal curiosity, Gregg Miner wrote a nice article on such stuff.

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    This one just came on eBay: another wacko shaped one, part Wandre, part lethal medieval weapon. Go for it!

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    How about an original vintage F THREE?

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    The scroll looks kinda funky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (Jim Hilburn @ Mar. 03 2004, 18:24)
    Before I started doing this for a job,I did it as a hobby. I liked to do whatever can to mind ,but sometimes the mind got ahead of good design and proper construction techniques. So,#12 was unleashed on the earth, and oddity is the only word that defines it, other than maybe "bad idea".Sounds pretty odd, too, although Steve Stone said I should put a pickup on it and sell it to a jazzer. But I think it will just remain a curiosity on my wall.
    Ya know, I've heard rumblings (I don't know where) that the mando may be the next new sound in Jazz and GODLESS Rock and Roll. That Jazzy mando may have a market.
    Of course those rumblings could by my supper not settlin' too well. But that Jazzer with a pickpup might find a bunch of buyers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by (FrankenMouse @ Aug. 26 2004, 23:48)
    Odd but beautiful. Photo credit to 12th Fret, Toronto:
    ONe of the guitars Django played had a itty bitty oval hole like that. It was a Selmer variant. But, I don't think you can call it a Djangolin.
    Notice the bass side side's holes. Are they for pourin' the beer in or pourin' the beer out?
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    Quote Originally Posted by (flip @ Aug. 28 2004, 15:09)
    This is my favorite odd mandolin...
    My aunt had painted on eyebrows like those back in the '60s. Liked to scared me to death!
    Thank God that went out of style! Looks good on the mando tho.
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    I've heard of Hurdy Gurdies, but until now have never seen one. I'm haveing a little difficulty judging the size of this thing. Does it take 2 people to play? I'm guessing, if it's a one man affair you crank with the left and key with the right? ..... right?
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    I think Frank's got you all beat. #For those who have never INVESTED in the time to peruse Frets.com. #Here's a LINK to a Mid Mo that will knock your Keds off. #I posted the link because I didn't want to copy/paste his pic without permission.
    It's got 8 tuners (they line up and everything) book matched top of CDX. Book matched.. yes. From the same book.... no. #It's gotta be a Mid Mo 'cause Mid Mo is penciled right there on the head stock.


    Sorry about monopolizing the thread, but it was so much fun! #I'm gonna go do something else now.




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