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January. Cliff Stapleton will be doing a gurdy workshop in Kent on the third weekend in January. www.walshaw.plus.com/kerry/EurobashKent10/ for full details. ...
Dear Gurdymaker, Â Â Your comment about perception of the trompette's loudness was rather correct.After supergluing my .036" gut trompette like crazy,it was...
Here is a plug for one of Steve's gigs :) : A Concert of Traditional and Medieval Music and Stories with Adam Bushnell (seasonal spooky tales), Steve Tyler...
It's surprising how loud a trompette sounds to listeners compared to the apparent volume to the player. You only have to listen to a recording of your playing...
Greetings All Australian TV has just finished showing the series Aussie Ladette to Lady. http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/aussieladettetolady/ Don't ask me...
Hi Neil, Thanks for the information. May try out an alternative trompette string one of these days. And I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the...
Dear Gurdymaker, Â Â Thanks for the string tips...Here is my setup with a D#/G# from hurdygurdycrafters in the US:Gros and Petit bourdons:Pirastro wound cello...
Hi Bridget Synthetic strings are so much more stable than gut that I'm surprised gut is still the standard material. They do give a gut sound of course but...
Hooray someone else talking about strings...you do really need to drag it out of some people you know. I have tried almost everything possible by now...cost a...
Thanks for the information Neil. Peter Streng, the guy who had the strings at the w/e workshop, did mention that you have to be careful when putting cotton on...
Hello Enzo, Yes this is a good opportunity to aquire and our first CD which is now out of stock. It's got some nice gurdy playing from Enzo on it. Mark. ...
I've tried these and they are a good sound. My problem was the windings seemed to break too easily at the wheel so they did not last long. Corelli Crystal are...
A couple of weeks ago I was at a weekend HG workshop near Frankfurt. One of the tutors had new (chanterelle) strings on his hurdy gurdy and they sounded...
Hi All, extremely rare edition i.e. not the modern Minkoff reproduction, of Corette's methode de la vielle in good condition on Ebay.fr Item 290354759193 Might...
Hi everyone, Mark V. pointed this out last night with not much time left. Prego's first CD Mocha Express (1993) is on eBay. I think it's now unavailable and...
This is a figurine -- child playing a hurdy gurdy (?) on US eBay. Anybody got any thoughts about the instrument? 290368247509 -- Judith Lindenau JWL...
For everyone withing droning distance of Kent.... Sunday 15th November; Xim [gurdy, pipes, accordion, flute and percussion] will be playing for French dancing...
Hi Jon, This is from the track listing (according to this review: http://www.cdroots.com/hojo-pandemonium.html) 5 Like the Snow/The Chimney (Sydney Carter arr...
Anybody have sheet music, lyrics and/or MIDI file of this cut from Eaton's Pendemonium CD? Or know of a place I can find them? "Like the Snow - The Chimney" ...
It was a brilliant weekend. I understand the workshops with Gilles Chabenat were scary, challenging and fantastically informative! The playing in the evening...