UGears Hurdy Gurdy Mechanical Model Kit

Description:

• Condition: 100% Brand New
• Brand: UGears
• Color: As picture show
• Level: intermediate
• Number of components: 292
• Assembly time: 4-5 hours
• The Ugears Hurdy-Gurdy is a fully fledged musical instrument
• A unique combination of good taste, wood and mechanics
• An awesome gift and smart hobby idea for your friends and family
• Model Approximate dimensions: 400mm x 165mm x 220mm(L x W x H)

Features:

• Recommended for ages 14 + years
• The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces a sound resembling one of a bagpipe by a hand-turned wheel rubbing against the strings working similarly to a violin and a fiddle bow
• The history of this instrument begins in the 15th century. One of the earliest forms of the hurdy-gurdy was the organistrum (a portable organ) in Medieval Europe
• After some modifications it became a common instrument among travelling musicians in England and went through its renaissance period in the later 17th-18th centuries as more of the noble class musical instrument for the amusement of the rich
• Those instruments were decorated by craftsmen with inlays and carving and had the built-in hurdy-gurdy mechanism into the guitar or lute body
• Some call the Hurdy-Gurdy music “a medieval rock’n’roll”, which we find pretty cool, It captured us and we decided to create the Ugears’ version of the Hurdy-Gurdy.
• Inspired by the art of medieval craftsmen, enriched by smart engineering of the XXI century and created by Ugears engineers’ collective imagination
• Richly detailed with an eye toward romance and artistry.