I regularly play with an A mouch and C trompett on my G gurdy, I find it gives a very contemporary Laurie Anderson kind of sound. Philip G Martin aka Drohne ...
Try tuning the Mouche to B. I've been using the mouche tuned to A for some time, it gives a slightly arabic tone but I have found recently B works very well...
I regularly play with an A mouch and C trompett on my G gurdy, I find it gives a very contemporary Laurie Anderson kind of sound. Philip G Martin aka Drohne ...
Matthew, I also play in A minor regularly on my G/C instruments What I do is tune the Gros Bourdon UP from G to A Tune the Trompette UP from D to E to get a...
I've recently discovered I can temporarily convert my C-G Soirat gurdy to play in A by slackening the C bourdon and C trompette string down to A. The strings...
This looks amazingly like a cousin of my mountain dulcimer (made from a strip of pine hollowed out and covered with plywood with frets fitted and then a...
Hi Graham, So I forgot to put the link in....here it is this time: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/hurdy.htm regards Alex ... go to ... the ... a ... of ...
Hi Graham, So here's the link to the $20 - make yourself - hurdy gurdy. Any advice on its likely limitations would be most welcome. regards Alex ... go to ... ...
HI Alex A few years back i came across the $20 HG and thought about making it. I did start but then decided it was only a little bit more work to make...
Hello and welcome Alex A $20 gurdy simply can't possibly work well if it works at all Give us the link any you will get more advice I am sure Graham ... From:...
Welcome Alex, I am sure that it won't happen as you already love them, but if you fail on building the $20 one or fail to get a good sound out of it, don't let...
Hello, I'm Alex. I don't play a hurdy gurdy yet but love their sound - I go to a lot of world music events and always find them entrancing. For the last few...
Out of hospital and back on a proper keyboard. I play a Chris Allen Colson HG (tuned DG) and love it. I've been doing dance and song stuff in primary schools...
i'm in hospital for few days and the system is dire so this is just hello and more at the end of the week hopefully i'm in hospital for few days and the...
The gurdy T-shirt I love the most is the one Ben Grossman did....it's black, and all it has across the front are the key holes in white. You can see the...
Made my own Tshirt tonight (with a little advice from Colin) Bought some tshirt transfer paper from Smiths and use my own artwork for the design. It works...
This guy does gurdy T-shirts, with a design taken from the 13th century illustration of two gurdy - sorry symphonie - players having a chat whilst playing...
On the subject of stickers. Some years ago the promo copies of my Radio Noir album carried a parody version of the "Parental Guidance" sticker that appears...
IIRC, The Bagpipe Society used to have a great instrument box sticker: "Play it? I can hardly carry it!" - I've always wanted one of those - perhaps we can...
Noise of Minstrels, with whom I played for many years, also had (I still have one), badges made cheaply which said "it's a hurdy gurdy". It worked when playing...
Oh, NICE. I make a lot of tee shirts for the summer holidays for myself and family (pretty easy with a sheet of transfer paper, a printer and a hot iron as...
If I recall, Enzo used to have a large badge which said 'It's a hurdy gurdy, impossible to speak while playing' Mark. ________________________________ From:...
you could always use print-on-demand webshops like Café Press or something to have a nice variety of design T-shirts available without the hassle and initial...
Years ago, Angela Beaumont had the bright idea of printing " It's a hurdy-gurdy " above the picture which saves a lot of people asking that question ! Just a...
