The Student has a good sound, similar to a guitar body. Woods are usually mahogany or African walnut. They seemed to have a diatonic keyboard, but to avoid limiting the range for the player, I make them with a 2 octave chromatic keyboard. There is usually 1 melody and 1 trompette string, and 1 bass drone. The sound is as expected, quite quiet, and ideal to accompany solo voice.
Woods are sycamore, walnut and mahogany.
This is the same size and shape as the standard 3 string Symphony, but is capable of a greater variety of sounds and can be regarded as a conventional Hurdy Gurdy in box form. This is a large guitar body hurdy gurdy of my own design loosely based on a Spanish Folk instrument, and has a flat back and soundboard. It usually has a simple heart shaped pegbox or can have a scroll if preferred. Two chanterelles, trompette and three drones. A bright clear full sound, chosen for its suitability for medieval music.