Hurdy-Gurdy Basics: Using a strap

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[@zachb8012]

It rolls off your lap because it's shaped like a watermelon. I don't play a gurdy but from the rounded guitars the gourd banjo I've played, maybe round looks cool like a big noisy half of a butt, but an instrument you cant comfortably hold is annoying design. Funny choice when you think about what it took to build that thing.

[@MaxEnloe]

You'd be surprised! There is no shaped gurdy that doesn't fall off your lap. All gurdy players use a strap. Guitar backed, box shaped, any shape. They aren't heavy instruments and the cranking motion is impossible to control while the gurdy moves even a little bit.
The luteback is probably the most ergonomic shape of them all - in terms of design. Some gurdies even with a strap like to slip around, like a teardrop shape.