Ah Chris, I knew I would miss you and Bi at my party! Clare xxxx ... at last, without all those idiots playing instruments all the time. Its going to be great...
... What light do you feel the morin khuur (Mongolian "horse-head" fiddle, played with a bow since ~1000AD) casts on the origins of the vielle and/or...
... I've often thought that the keys might have been invented by a violin player who developed arthritis and wanted to continue playing. I certainly used to...
I reckon it is probably a matter of convergent evolution where unrealated instruments develop similar traits (bow or wheel). Does any one know how far back the...
Hi people I have a problem my trompette is ok my melody string fine but I am getting a strange whoop sound on my main d drone (sorry d/g tunning. It does not...
Cold conditions? When ever do you know cold conditions? Oh! Of course! All the time! Yo live in Cold Comfort Castle! LOL! www.thegreenmanpottery.com ...
'Vielle' occurs in English in 1714 and seems to have been a familiar term by then. Visual depictions of the instrument also appear in several C18th prints -...
I think this is the problem when trying to track the history of any instrument. If we go back a thousand years we have a stinged instrument played with wheel...
Thanks Andrew I built in adjustable bridges for the drones and have tried and tested every rosin in the book, so changing the string size or use the "whoop"...
You don't define the sound too well, is it a screech or a wow? The drones run best with slightly more pressure on the bridge side of the wheel. Try packing out...
Thats very interesting Neil. You're always right with these things, but I would have had it the other way round. Working the theory that we want even string...
I would like to propose that a certain nameless person be banned from this list. After writing an extremely obnoxious letter he now is trying to inveigle his...
Robin, the viol and the violin are not related. Read a book by a guy called Baines its what my lecturer at college based all his lectures on. JON ROBIN...
This evening was my first chance to look at the Forum since Lancaster. I really have very little sympathy for Andrew Nixons comments. Anyone who claims to have...
ok i ,l try now , . last picture. on my album .. bye sylvain http://uk.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/HurdyGurdyForum/photos/browse/e3d1 ... From: lecornemusier...
People claim that Wikipedia is not to be trusted completely. It seems to me that the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth edition (2008) can't be trusted on the ...
Trying not to get sucked into the roundabout discussion but.......don't confuse the bowed vielle with the vielle a roue.........and the names of instruments...
Wolodymyr Smishkewych is involed in the Zanfona project (not his first) He is I believe, a qualified musicologist and a member of the USA based HG list He is...
Perhaps banning is a little harsh but I do think he should go away and learn about the parts of the instrument.--- In ... this list. After writing an extremely...
