... On another matter, I've just been sent a load of StChartier programmes. If anyone wants one, please send a medium sized s.a.e. to me and you can have one. ...
MM Hello all, I just joined up. I'd better not get the StChartier program... I,m still recovering from having purchased one of Neil's Lute Backs S/H. Just a...
Hi John Good to hear from you. The problem was at Virgin but it seems ok now. Best wishes Neil http://www.myspace.com/neilbrook www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk ... ...
Hello everyone! I have just joined the forum. For a while I thought I was the only person in the world who was hurdy gurdy obsessed; and now I know different....
Hi Lorna, there are a few of us who play HG up here. I suppose I should say down here as I live in the Borders. My email address gives a good clue actually...
... there are hg players noirth of the boarder. do you know of anyone near DUNDEE/ABERDEEN. Hi Lorna, there are a few of us who play HG up here. I suppose I ...
Greetings to ye all. My name is Joel Harding. I've been playing for a few years, on and off. I am also based in Scotland (Glasgow) and I've also been wondering...
hello, yahoo gave me a hard time on the 'user-name' and the symphony bit is from my beginnings in tudor re-creations every june&july at Kentwell Hall , Long...
Hello Sam Hurdy Gurdy Jamie calling Is Sam your Kentwell name ? I got an EMS Henry, played for many years at Kentwell Whose HG on the manor got you started ? ...
John, Good to here there are other Tudor re-creators out there with an interest in hurdies, I am a Tudor symphony player myself, and I am currently learning...
Hi Sam I'm not a million miles from you...in Cambridgeshire, near Ely. Sorry for delay in replying - I've been away and I'm trying to catch up with all the...
hi thanks to scott marshall to accepted me in your groupe . my name is sylvain from quebec canada near montreal.. im a piper for a scotish band for 3...
Hello. I've been sort of meaning to drop in sometime but as you know tempus fugit or something like that. You'll find me on the map in Norwich but also I can...
Hi You didn't give your name. Thats hell of a journey from Inverness to Norwich. Any chance of posting a picture of the offending tangents? I originally made...
Ah spot the deliberate mistake...Roddy McKenzie otherwise known as Dr. Uid (long story). Long journey it may well be but if I tell you I do it in 40 plus year ...
I have used both screw-in and traditional flag tangents, my first gurdy was an Eaton with screw-in followed by an older Eaton with traditional, I originaly...
Philip (is it your secret identity to be Julie or have I missed soemthing there? Got drohne cds and yes the vw camper engine sound is very familiar. I never...
Phil, you couldn't be more wrong. There are 5 processes in making screwed tangents as against 3 for flag type. I favour them for their reliability under any...
Hello Neil I did say that I "thought" makers favoured screw tangents because they are easier to make, I stand corrected. It is true that they are reliable and...
Hi Roddy I have made the journey a few times myself (I have musician friends in Dereham) but not with that much style. My wifes mother is just north of...
Hi Roddy, I have metal pins as my tangents with plastic shrink over them . The sound is good and no difficulties in setting them. Actually in the 3 years I've...
I am assuming that you mean that you can't turn them enough to tune the string. Have you tried setting something hard (like the end of a pen) on the string in...
This is absolutely right. And a traditional tangent can make nasty noises even before it is obviously loose, causing confusion and adding to set up stress. The...
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