I read that the wheel needs to be removable, why is this?  The removable wheel is handy if warrantee work is ever required.  Think of it like this: Fender electric guitars have a removable neck (for the same reason) but in the course of normal playing, no one ever takes the neck off the guitar.  This analogy works for the HG wheel too. Having said that, we include directions for this in our lesson book, just in case.

 

Do you sell plans / kits of your instruments?  Not at this time.  We do consider the idea of a kit (fairly often actually) but we always get hung up on a few critical items like adjusting the wheel bearings & setting up the 'dog'.  These are next to impossible to get right if you don't know how they're supposed to 'feel', and beginners usually don't have the background to successfully sort this out.  

 

Are your instruments durable?  Yes. Over the years our personal hurdy gurdies have been:  rained on, blown over by the wind, through a very bad car accident, spilled on by various beverages & bodily fluids (don't ask), survived over 1,000 school assembly programs, played in bars, concerts and as street musicians.  In spite of all this they still sing wonderfully.