HURDY GURDY | How It's Made

Ever wondered how a hurdy gurdy is made? Get the full history and 'making of' info right here!
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[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I've been playing the hurdy gurdy for over 35 years.. wonderful instrument!

[@thegamersghost5648]

How do you get one?

[@twokool4skool129]

Just wish it had a better name. It sounds like it was named by someone who hates the instrument.

[@rhagos5562]

@@twokool4skool129 its also called a Zanfona

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

2:19 This Lute shaped Hurdy Gurdy has 9 Ribs alternating between Maple & Pear wood, & it actually looks beautiful this way.

[@RyonMugen]

WOW! I've never known this was a instrument, and Now I know what this sound is. Freaking amazing!

[@lupuscanis4370]

there are electric ones as well

[@griffina5192]

@@lupuscanis4370 not for sale only one I've seen is by guilheim desq and one other dude whos is a bit jank I've seen a few midi ones aswell but they don't really count imo

[@nightshadekelly]

My favorite instrument. I wish I had the money for one. They are so beautiful

[@scottmantooth8785]

*this and the uilleann pipes are on my short list of instruments i want to obtain and master*

[@warped_rider]

If you're still interested, look into the Nerdy Gurdy Basic.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

2:39 This Hurdy Gurdy was made in 1741, the Original Bow Wheel Bowed the Strings like a Violin Bow. The Wheel is now warped and needs to be replaced so a new one is made out of Pear Wood.

[@LongWangHung6969]

i think i found my new favorite instrument

[@icarusbinns3156]

Just look up Patty Gurdy And there’s another man whose name currently escapes me, but he is phenomenal!

[@KiraNoOkami13]

This hurdy gurdy is from the instrument-maker J.-A. Pajot house who was a really famous hurdy gurdy maker between the 19h and the 20h century.

[@natelong8000]

They haven’t released the sheet music for sea of thieves im getting mad

[@mrchriss]

I bought an accordion just for that game haha.

[@djnotokay7677]

@@mrchriss there is no accordion in sea of theives

[@mrchriss]

@@djnotokay7677 that doesn't mean I can't get one.

[@ihavenoideawhattocallthis952]

@@mrchriss which type, button or piano?

[@mrchriss]

@@ihavenoideawhattocallthis952 button

[@e.conboy4286]

Very interesting! Like making a priceless Stradivarius instrument! Thank you for showing this skill.

[@oneshotme]

I've never seen one of these before

[@Blitzkrieg_Wolf]

So... How was the Sea of Thieves Beta?

[@MrStensnask]

That is a crazy instrument.

[@davidmoran4471]

But in the right hands, creates wonderful music.

[@ewg6200]

Whoever encouraged you to become a narrator has a lot to answer for.

[@argi0774]

The wheel doesn't look like pearwood at all. This is very likely a piece of maple. Also not true: the buzzing sound is NOT the drone strings. It is the trumpet strings.

[@InventorZahran]

*Trompette

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@InventorZahran which is one of the drone string. singular too, only one of the strings interact with the chien

[@jeremyjw]

Theseus's hurdy-gurdy

[@dave5065]

Here comes the hurdy gurdy man!

[@vinugovind8]

The background score is awesome What is the name of the song???

[@jmnf728]

Vinu Govind The Hurdy Gurdy Shuffle.

[@candrikaraka]

darude sandstorm

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Sounds like a 3 time bourree ... I'm sure I've played it but can never remember the tune names

[@wilarguello1598]

No sé lo dicho, pero me gustó!!!

[@jezztech]

Amazing like boat building in miniature.

[@marksusskind1260]

Hurdy Gurdy: It's not just for cartoons and O.G. talkies anymore!

[@DrChefman]

POWER TOOLS?! Blasphemy.

[@yashasr9629]

can anyone please mention the background music name used during repair process ?

[@muratcorayev7832]

Please background song?

[@lukearam9812]

Router? Thats a milling machine

[@StygianBlood]

luke aram I said the same thing lol

[@gooseknack]

In reality, it's he same thing. I've seen milling machines that use routers!

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Milling machine using a router bit..

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Pearwood? I wonder where you get that.

[@ewg6200]

From a pear tree. First, shoo away the partridge.

[@beckymesterhazi4624]

Anyone remember the Nokia ringtone `Hurdy gurdy '

[@robertburroughs1794]

The Hurdy Gurdy of of Theseus?

[@fenrirvirgo9641]

I want to make one but I am having a hart time finding one that goes in depth so I can

[@JustFiddler]

matur suksma

[@dashman609]

The name killed me ngl

[@aramnemati1687]

every body what is the backround song name????????please reply

[@nicolasaldunate7894]

Background song name?

[@RedmarKerkhof]

dahurdy - gurdystorm

[@DragnEYE]

Does anyone know what is used to keep the keys away from the string while not pressed? I assume its not springs since that would cost a lot but what is it?

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

gravity. a key is pressed against a taut string and is at a slight downards angle, the key itself is not super light, so the logical action for it to take is to slide back into it's original position.

[@DragnEYE]

@@znuffyztruggles5744 Interesting! I struggle to envision it but I'm not really an engineer or musician. Well on the topic of its function, do you know why the barking strings make that noise?

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@DragnEYE Ah, yes that I can tell you, first off, it's not many strings that bark, typically only one or two, the higher pitched drone strings in fact. What is producing that barking buzz is a small piece of wood called the chien, (dog) it is not attached to the instrument by any adhesive or screws, solely fastened in place by the tension of the string. It's essentially a floating bridge. So with the chien in place all you have to do to create a beat is to jerk or strike the crank while cranking, qucikly increasing the speed will also make the chien bark. It's the most unique part of the instrument and considered the hardest part to master.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

@@znuffyztruggles5744 Interestingly enough there is a hg built in the 18th or 19th century (I forget) that was built to look like a stack of books, the keys did have a spring system as the instrument was played on a table ...

[@maxwilson7001]

@@znuffyztruggles5744 Right. And you hold the gurdy at such an angle so that the keys fall down when released.

[@Embrachu]

Billy Idol retired, to voice "How it's Made". (j/k)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Billy Idol is still there

[@ZappDragonOG]

Sound

[@tacoboss908]

Dude what am I doing here I have to be on a flight in 15 minutes

[@captainnomekop5056]

What is a laptop?

[@twokool4skool129]

How do they give the keys their spring return?

[@FitZhurdygurdy]

It's just gravity, the instrument is held tilted at an angle to the keys slide back out. There is also a slight pushback from the string when the key is pressed. Some people have experimented with springs or opposing magnets but the traditional way works very well.

[@Liliththehhlover]

Hurdy Gurdy Whirly Birdie

[@israelvelazquez6815]

Hello

[@mcmike89]

I thought the Hurdy Gurdy was an Irish instrument from Ireland, didn't know it was French instead. The sound it makes sounds very Irish to me.

[@AudoricArt]

that's likely because to the droning sound is like a bag pipe.

[@mcmike89]

@@AudoricArt True.

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@mcmike89 it's not french, it's origin can be traced to the middle-east in the very end of the first millenium. It traveled up the european contient and evolved to fit cultural standards. I myself would classify the instrument as an euro-centric instrument.

[@mcmike89]

@@znuffyztruggles5744 Cool.

[@googleuser3163]

@@znuffyztruggles5744 We cannot say for certain that the instrument traces back to the Middle East, that was the claim of one author based on a description which could be interpreted various different ways. The "wheel instrument" mentioned could simply be a mistranslation of "circle instrument"... that could be anything from a goatskin lute to a frame drum! Still an interesting hypothesis though.

[@noxnc]

Imagine committing to learning this very specific craft and just believing that you could make a living at it.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

It's very labor intensive.. I know a couple here that made the best hgs in the States and had a very good reputation, but quit a few years ago because the income wasn't sustainable. The biggest complaint with people new to the instrument looking to buy one is "wow, why do they cost so much?!" And then they buy a cheap ($400 or so) on Ebay or from a crap maker and wonder why the thing doesn't sound like they thought it should!

[@peterg1664]

I highly doubt that anyone is simply a hurdy gurdy maker and repairman, he’s probably a luthier specializing in period instruments. There is a huge early music scene and most “modern” luthiers do not know how to properly work with baroque or classical style violins, violas and cellos, let alone lutes and everything in the viol family.

[@ironsandhammers359]

i wouldnt be suprised if this man also makes furniture and other wood objects

[@peter-subramanian]

I know it would take a longer video... but this skips over a lot of the wood working I was hoping to see. :/

[@quinnfischer9624]

what pushes the tangins back out?

[@googleuser3163]

Gravity. The instrument is held sideways, almost like a guitar. This allows the keys to fall back down.

[@ryanbrandt3374]

If it was made in the 1800s and was repaired over the years is it still the same instrument? How much of it is original

[@metalman895]

The hurdy gurdy of Thesius?

[@SlayingBB324]

So you replaced everything but 2 parts. That's not the same HG then, That's a new one with Old parts. If your grandfather gives you an ax and you replace the handle and 2 years later replace the ax head. is it still your grandfathers Ax since no part of the current version he touched?

[@ProfPyro]

The old Ship of Theseus riddle eh?

[@SlayingBB324]

Bravo, You my friend get a gold star.

[@gooseknack]

It depends on the premise of the restoration. A restoration can mean replacing almost everything with new, made to original specs to make it usable as was originally intended. A restoration can also mean returning an old item to "as new" condition, with minimal replacement parts. I terms of a musical instrument, the latter can mean a beautifully crafted but barely functional instrument. The former, means a fully restored and "functional" instrument.

[@JERJES58]

It's interesting that in Japan they consider the old castles from centuries ago the ''same castle'' even if the castle was fully rebuilt after a fire. Their concept of ''something to be the same'' its in the object but not in the material. In western world we think different hahaha

[@Max_Griswald]

@@JERJES58 - Moral of the story, don't build a castle that can burn down!

[@ferretyluv]

I didn’t know pearwood was a thing. What are the benefits of it?

[@lilporky8565]

Fredrik Knudsen, anyone?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It's kinda a Strung Bagpipe that you play by Cranking it.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

More of a mechanical violin that sounds like bagpipes..

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@hurdygurdyguy1 And it's easier to play in tune than a Bagpipe because you turn the crank & you hit the keys so it's great for beginners.

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 hooooo boy i can tell you it is NOT that easy.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

​@@znuffyztruggles5744Actually the keyboard has the same layout as a Piano or even so an Organ

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

​​@@hurdygurdyguy1Anything written for Great Highland Bagpipes can also be played on Hurdy Gurdy

[@eFFeeMMe]

Who's the luthier?

[@jonloomesfolksongs9295]

Pascal Cranga

[@isdead6491]

im high and this is insane

[@MrRoblox1377]

DaThings PLEASE

[@mattystewart8]

So its not how its made its how its repaired....

[@Riyame]

TIL Hurdy Gurdy is an actual item... I thought it was just 2 nonsense words that people used.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Riyame _____ Every word is a "nonsense" word when you think about it.

[@maicey_t.]

Anyone else here after BDG's newest video??

[@googoofeesmithersmits4536]

is it really the same hurdy gurdy if most of the parts aren't the original ones?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Yeah

[@googleuser3163]

So long as it retains the same body, keychest and soundboard I think most would consider it the same.

[@googoofeesmithersmits4536]

@@googleuser3163 it was kind of a joke referencing a philosophical dilema :P

[@googleuser3163]

@@googoofeesmithersmits4536 I know, I'm just a big dweeb

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@googleuser3163 The new parts are made to look like the old ones.

[@tobar1451]

A-HURRRRRDY GURRRRRDY

[@randyholland2700]

Bull! I'm making him pay for it!

[@rawbacon]

All that work to make something that sounds like heck.

[@bowza1843]

I think it sounds lovely ^^

[@0008Seconds]

A swedish version is called nyckelharpa

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Close but the nyckelharpa is more accurately described as a keyed fiddle, there is no wheel... and it's key system is more complicated (unless you play a diatonic moraharpa, of course)

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@hurdygurdyguy1 and even though I have no proof, I can guarantee that nyckelharpa took the key chest tech of the hurdy gurdy. One interesting theory that I've heard here in Sweden about the hurdy gurdy is that the nyckelharpa may have been made in response to hurdy gurdy. In Sweden, when the accordion was introduced, the population despised the instrument because the motions of playing it wasn't seen as proper musicianship, a lazy instrument if you will. There are even accounts of accordion players getting hounded and chased out of villages, signs saying "any accordion brought here will be smashed" and so on. In the same vein, it is very likely that the hurdy gurdy was seen in a similar light, as simply cranking a handle could hardly be seen as an art form, and someone thought it would be a good idea to simply strip the keychest of a hurdy gurdy and play it like a fiddle instead.

[@robertszymanski717]

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin plays one in a video but I don't remember what film they did.....

[@justinpouplier9782]

Wait, it's the Kurzgesagt voice.

[@Visionhide]

It's the HURDY GURDY from "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute" :D

[@masaideesungabaru2024]

cutmyhair

[@ZappDragonOG]

He sounds like kurtsghasat

[@vivianwierts4036]

generalsam

[@pulsarbeam3857]

this clip has adhd

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

But when does he come singing songs of love?

[@peter_wav]

Sea of thieves

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Why is this instrument so easy to play but so hard to understand how it woks??

[@emmaw.6872]

Why would someone name something a hurdy gurdy

[@RedmarKerkhof]

It means swaying hips, if I'm not mistaken.

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

No you're right, some else has explained the name saying the same in some other videos i've seen.

[@maicey_t.]

The real question is, why _wouldn't_ you?

[@roelin360]

Sounds dreadful

[@nubreed13]

There are better sounding songs for the hurdy gurdy. Ones that take advantage of its droning sounds

[@silverspeak4813]

And they cost a grand for no reason

[@disky1784]

They're hand made, that's why they're expensive

[@silverspeak4813]

@@disky1784 I’m aware but they should not be the price of a small piano, it used to be the instrument of the masses. At the end of the day it’s a violin with keys.

[@silverspeak4813]

@@disky1784 I bought a large hand made native flute for £50, that’s a reasonable price

[@silverspeak4813]

@Joby Fluorine back in medieval times they were the instrument of the masses costing far less than they do these days, a far more reasonable price would be something like £150. I think they can get away with selling it for more because of pure novelty value. Also they don’t take that long to make, unlike a violin the strings don’t need to be as accurately positioned because they are hit by a perfect stroke with the bow unlike a violin which you have to manually aim the bow to hit a string.

[@silverspeak4813]

@Joby Fluorine also this guy in the video is selling antiques so the price he sells for is obviously going to be more

[@lazarobustos3403]

Damn, not the how its made narrator :(

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Lazaro Bustos The BEST narrator

[@kevinlogiudice5458]

Title should be “How to repair a hurdy-gurdy”? Fake news, False advertising.

[@michael-dm2bv]

Kevin LoGiudice - so u knew what a hurdy gurdy was prior? reported u are.

[@dkpirie]

Wow! Sounds super boring so I will not watch this one..

[@smirkydragon]

M8 this is high octane action

[@dkpirie]

John Smith:- Lol! So it would seem. Maybe too high for the likes of me.

[@nightlife9907]

you're all shit at sarcasm

[@dkpirie]

Nightlife 9:- Better than you then, because your just SHIT.

[@RDR911]

Del Mac what about his just shit? What about an unjust shit?

[@Hi-Im-Paul69]

First time I've ever seen these was in sea of thieves and I thought it was a made up thing lmao