
The Minnesinger sounds beautiful at various tunings and is suitable for solo or ensemble use. It features a steel shaft, trued wheel, brass bearings, precision molded keyboard shafts, tangents, keyshaft-guides, buttons, built-in shoulderstrap buttons, cotton & rosin container, and gear-tuners. The Minnesinger body is made of beautiful Appalachian hardwoods with a Sitka spruce soundingboard. Includes wood case. Tuning and playing instructions also included.
Depending on the string gauges chosen, the Minnesinger Hurdy-Gurdy can be tuned from -D- to -Eb-, or -Bb- to -C-. Please state your choice of tuning. If in doubt, D to Eb is most common and should be specified.
Trim color affects the keyboard, tangents, rossettes, crank, lid-locks, and buttons.
Hear the Hurdy-Gurdy on the "Art of the Hurdy-Gurdy, Vol. 1" at Amazon.com.