Day Three: The Hurdy Gurdy Moves

...so I left the hurdy gurdy in the straightening rig overnight, and it did move over about one centimeter: half of what I wanted it to do. Considering I had put in half the bracing strips, I took that to be progress.

This morning I took it out of the straightening rig, flipped it over, screwed it back in, and installed the bracing strips along the top. My wife looked over my shoulder and said "This looks like the height of tedium." I actually like the minutia, the problem solving, the tactile nature of it all. Whether it will result in a playable, presentable instrument is yet to be seen.

Here's how it looks now: