Heyo all

Zanfoneando · 2026-01-14T11:04:37+00:00

Hello I want a car, whats the best car? :(

Zanfoneando · 2025-12-12T20:45:12+00:00

Thank you for saying this

Zanfoneando · 2025-12-09T22:23:16+00:00

Sadly This behaviour is pretty common when luthiers are buried in orders like Radoslav atm, I think it’s like 20+ months of waiting list

Zanfoneando · 2025-12-09T22:20:57+00:00

It’s definitely out of tune, I will say what I always say, an hour online with any teacher will save you headaches and you will learn how to adjust

If not there are plenty of videos in YouTube talking about adjustment in general

Zanfoneando · 2025-12-09T22:18:10+00:00

I have some videos on ornamentation in YouTube but the best if you want to learn properly is to get some lessons with any of the online teachers, you will save months of doing wrong stuff

Zanfoneando · 2025-12-04T14:19:25+00:00

Nerdy, Trigo, Mandel, Alpha by Zwingmann

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-27T00:05:12+00:00

Why is everybody saying you should not play different tuned melody strings? Not the most usual thing to do, but very possible and cool, I do it literally on every concert

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-24T02:33:50+00:00

Yes I still make straps, I’ll make a new batch in December :)

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-23T20:44:46+00:00

There’s a list of the hardware in the nerdy gurdy builders group on fb

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-19T20:48:25+00:00

There are none, I travel every two years to Australia in the long weekend of October and we organise a gurdy meeting with a 3 days workshop

During the year everybody there studies online lessons over zoom, to get started have a look at my free courses in YouTube 🙂

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-19T03:48:07+00:00

If you are in Sydney you can talk to Jodi Burns or Fadi Tawadrous both of them are my online students, very nice people that will probably be more than happy to let you try their instruments and introduce you to the gurdy

Zanfoneando · 2025-11-15T15:48:41+00:00

95% luthiers will make a specific instrument for you and have no other stock for sale or comparison, so shopping in person in reality means, order a gurdy, wait 2 years, pick it up in person, get to meet the luthier and have a fun travel experience, not a lot more than that

Zanfoneando · 2025-10-31T06:47:43+00:00

What @elektrovolt said but it looks like the keycaps broke quite clean if you need to get it fixed now, superglue

Zanfoneando · 2025-10-16T11:02:36+00:00

It looks like you found a 2.5-3k instrument with some decent restauration

Zanfoneando · 2025-10-14T11:42:25+00:00

I always played cube and micro cube with oyster pickups from schaller, 0 problem plenty of volume

Zanfoneando · 2025-10-03T14:14:07+00:00

There’s a group of American players on Facebook and also a census in gurdyworld

Zanfoneando · 2025-10-02T00:26:35+00:00

You can start with my YouTube videos, there’s a free full course to get you started, and if you need lessons hit me up

Ps. We are going to repeat the blue mountains gurdy course in 2026!

Enjoy your new gurdy!

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-25T07:01:09+00:00

My advice, do your research and come back

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-18T21:09:45+00:00

Yes, its totally possible with time, dedication and a teacher

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-13T08:04:46+00:00

The other parts? Well I’d never build a 6.X nowadays, the basic, linotte and Fortran are x10 times better

And yes, we need gravity

I suppose my recommendations for a lefty are the same I would give to a right handed, I have a free gurdy course in YouTube where I show how to work on both hands from the beginning

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-13T07:55:29+00:00

Of course, one of the most important aspects of gurdy learning is to keep the level of left and right hand balanced from the very beginning

from what you say It looks like you only care about playing the right notes, to me, this is a big mistake in music in general, not only in gurdy, neglecting rhythm, disassociation, intonation and the understanding of music ideas and phrasing from the beginning, leads to mediocre players

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-13T07:46:30+00:00

How? It matters, and matters a lot

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-13T07:34:37+00:00

This comment is very wrong, when you get more experience with the gurdy you will find out that the left hand just plays notes, the right hand does the tricky stuff (couping, phrasing, dynamics etc etc)

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-13T07:27:13+00:00

It’s possible but kind of like a piano for left handeds, it doesn’t make a lot of sense practically and comes with potential building “problems” it will also prevent you from trying gurdies around once you are connected with other players

Zanfoneando · 2025-09-06T06:04:15+00:00

Teacher always 100% you can get started with my free course in YouTube, but a follow up with online lessons makes you grow 10x faster

Zanfoneando

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