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Item number 260310159124 (Royal Doulton figure) - for that price I'd want it to make a noise! Cheers Andy...
2 Dec 22, 2008
12:28 pm

Dave Holland
davebiffuk
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Well, i will try to introduce myself. As i am german this might be kind of funny, because of my clumsy english. Some members of this group might allready know...
6 Dec 21, 2008
6:18 pm

sylvain gagnon mini m...
lecornemusier
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Hello to you all . Have just found this site after a bit of a surch of the net for any sign of second hand hurdy gurdys and was wondering if anybody on here ...
5 Dec 20, 2008
5:52 pm

Neil Brook
gurdymaker
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Folks, I have loaded my contribution to the T-Shirt design into the files section of the forum under Geoff's Tunes. Anyone is welcome to use it. Note. The...
5 Dec 17, 2008
2:14 pm

Ian Waughman
iwaughman
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For anyone who likes a challenge, I've massaged the canon to fit on the d/g gurdy. It's on the files in midi. If there are 3 players who get it sorted,and one...
17 Dec 13, 2008
9:19 pm

Jon Loomes
jonloomes
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Hi All, I'm restoring a Bernard Ellis guitarback, almost identical to the one that sold on EBay a couple of days ago. I'm at the point of drilling out to fit...
4 Dec 11, 2008
5:17 pm

Neil Brook
gurdymaker
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The T shirt design was not from the Musica getuscht, but from an early 17th century woodcut of a selection of instruments, in a book whose title so far escapes...
2 Dec 5, 2008
6:16 pm

Michael Muskett
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Hi Everyone, as you know we don't charge a membership fee for the forum, but one of the ways you could help us finance things like the Festival and the Website...
3 Dec 5, 2008
2:09 pm

sklmarshall
hurdygurdyboy
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Thursday the 18th December 2008 from 8pm Les Panards Dansants Christmas Dance, with band Heretique, at Headingley Parish Hall. HÉRÉTIQUE make a sound that...
1 Dec 4, 2008
8:09 pm

snozz_pipes
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I receive regular newsletters from UGMM the agency for traditional music in Morvan. The latest newsletter has 4 gurdies in the instruments for sale section,...
1 Dec 2, 2008
9:10 am

JULIE BARKER
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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...
14 Dec 1, 2008
7:26 pm

JULIE BARKER
julie909295
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Has anyone recently produced a hurdy-gurdy tee shirt? If so, do you have a photo? Mike...
15 Nov 30, 2008
11:25 am

MARK VEEVERS
mark562484
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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...
1 Nov 28, 2008
12:05 pm

iwaughman
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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...
4 Nov 27, 2008
7:03 am

Ian Waughman
iwaughman
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Folks, I have posted some photos of this years session at the Shroppie Fly earlier today. Regards Geoff...
5 Nov 21, 2008
10:07 pm

dudelisabeth
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Hello all, I am a H-G fan studying composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. How much H-G related stuff is going on up here? Any local...
5 Nov 15, 2008
11:44 am

Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
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Hi Charlie - Welcome to a fellow composer. I studied Composition at the RSAMD, (after growing up in Manchester) and have been trying to find any information...
1 Nov 14, 2008
11:29 pm

Joel Harding
skintcomposer
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Hi people, I just wanted to tell you all, that I held a 'Gurdy Busk' session at Chesterfield College, where I work, to raise money for the 'Children in need'...
1 Nov 14, 2008
9:32 pm

MARK VEEVERS
mark562484
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There is a Euro dance planned at the Gregson Centre in Lancaster on Sunday 16th at 3pm. Music supplied by whoever turns up so all welcome. The event is being...
1 Nov 11, 2008
3:24 pm

Neil Brook
gurdymaker
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Cecilia and I are hoping to get over to Audlem on Saturday, just wondering who else will be there? Best wishes Scott...
3 Nov 11, 2008
3:19 pm

Neil Brook
gurdymaker
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Hello gurdy people, After a massive 6 months downtime we have regained control over our website! It's now up, for a start it's just a basic welcome page...
1 Nov 10, 2008
9:48 pm

Cecilia Patko
pamacs24
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Wotcher everyone. Just to let you know that my current band "heretique&quot; has just got it's website up and running (courtesy of our accordionist, Murray). At the...
5 Nov 9, 2008
5:34 pm

Jon Loomes
jonloomes
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It turned out to be a rather patchy history of early symphonies, not symphonys as I had expected! Well, maybe some day...apologies to anyone who tuned in as I...
1 Nov 9, 2008
2:10 pm

John Burke
dividebyzerouk
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Hi gurdy people, Tomorrow's Early Music programme on the BBC (Radio 3, Sunday)traces the history of the symphony. With medieval hurdy gurdies, spinets and ...
2 Nov 8, 2008
4:05 pm

Andy Carter
andrew712485
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It has all gone very quiet on the forum. Is there anybody out there? Mark....
16 Nov 6, 2008
8:43 pm

Matthew Williams
mattwill75
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dear all, i just joined your gurdy forum and want to quickly introduce myself. i started playing the hurdy gurdy 10 years ago. i have been through a few models...
10 Nov 6, 2008
3:26 pm

Saalfrank, Elisabeth ...
dudelisabeth
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Good morning everyone I am close enough to the organisers to be able to promote new events at the festival Would there be any mileage in arranging a week long...
4 Nov 5, 2008
6:15 pm

Geoff Turner
gyldageoff
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What strings do people use on their D gurdy? My Low D has started to split (it's Gut) and just wondered what people had found the best strings to be before...
6 Nov 4, 2008
4:49 pm

roddy.mckenzie
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Thanks to everyone who voted on the poll, the venue is now booked for the 2009 Hurdy-gurdy Festival on the 14-17th May, Youlgrave, Derbyshire. We are starting...
6 Nov 4, 2008
9:25 am

John Quail
tapin2life
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Greetings, Following Scott's plea I'll oblige and introduce myself. I've been playing for nearly five years, since discovering the music of Blowzabella and...
14 Nov 3, 2008
12:50 pm

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