The Gateway Gurdy: an affordable Hurdy Gurdy at last

A project in Brighton and Hove City, UK by Neil Campbell
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It's only taken 800 years, but now everyone can be a Hurdy Gurdy (Wo)man. We're proud to present a playable hurdy gurdy instrument.
Backers: 63
Average Pledge Per Backer: £514

Funded: £32,382 of £13,500
Dates: Oct 11th -> Nov 10th (31 days)
Project By: Neil Campbell
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Latest News

THANK YOU

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Well there goes my quiet night

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Second Stretch Goal now unlocked... All instruments now ship with spare strings... but the big question is... with 10 minutes to go can we stretch goal Number Three? £34000 for an additional strap button! Well, we'll know in 10 minutes...  (Read More)

One Last Blast

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
So, we've had a great campaign and a lot of support from our backers and our Facebook group.  Obviously launching in the middle of a global pandemic was never going to be easy, but we hoped we might bring some sunshine through the showers... Now, we... (Read More)

AND Stretch!

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
So, we hit £30k folks and even if dips back through adjustments we're going to honour our pledge... All Gateway Gurdies now ship with stainless steel keys!  Well done everyone...  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play... (Read More)

One More Sleep!

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has helped us, backed us and shared our message... Now, we have one quick question to ask...  Have you seen a body as sexy as this? This is an example of the flamed oak bodies we are now offering as add ons...  Speaking of... (Read More)

Just a quick one tonight

November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Last 48 hours peeps...  Here we go... To celebrate, we've added two new add-on rewards! Flamed Oak Bodies in Blue and Green. You can also now select either Tenor or Concert size regardless of whether you chose the   Standard or Tenor Model More... (Read More)

Last Three Days Woot Woot!

November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a hell of a week...  We've doubled our target! We've had some really exciting developments, which we can't fully disclose right now, but one thing we can say is that we're getting some outside help...  The upshot of this means that we can... (Read More)

What a Week!

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
50 Backers! Go you, you are amazing Now, we've got a few things to get through so you might want to grab a snack... First up some housekeeping. As one of our backers pointed out, we've got a glitch in the matrix and you may notice that when adding... (Read More)

Woah We're Halfway There...

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Woah... Well, what can we say?  We've had the best two weeks... We've almost doubled our target and (spoiler alert!) we've begun work on another prototype. and this will be the first instrument we ship...   Importantly, we're going to make this one... (Read More)

First week... add-ons sorted... enter the experts... onwards & upwards

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Funded in hours - check Awesome backers - check Addressed Add-on issues - check Add-ons is a brand new feature from Kickstarter which is not universally available. Gateway Gurdy has been specially selected by Kickstarter as one of the pioneering... (Read More)

WELL... We LOVE YOU!!!

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
WE DID IT!  (Read More)

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