Does it make any sense when you think of it now? Really, I do not feel much difference playing one string or three... you need a little more control of finger...
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scott marshall
the.maud
Jan 27, 2010 9:20 pm
Maybe easier on tangent tuning with just one string? Out of interest the photographs of the 19th C guitar backed instrument Damian linked to a couple of weeks...
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richard338293
Jan 27, 2010 9:30 pm
Neil, I could do with you dropping me a mail cos this new one doesn't seem to work. Regards Richard H....
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Jan 27, 2010 10:32 pm
Sorry - I thought I'd deleted that work disclaimer from the end of the message. Alas we're a Natural History Museum which only has indigenous musical ...
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Greg Ruckert
gruck01
Jan 27, 2010 10:53 pm
I recall stories of John Garden riding his bike to work at Parliament House in Canberra with his gurdy on his back, so that he could practice at lunch time. ...
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arle_lommel
Jan 28, 2010 1:50 pm
On Hungarian instruments it was not uncommon in the past for there to be a second string running through the keybox that was never intended to be touched by...
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russell532407
Jan 28, 2010 7:42 pm
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russell532407
Jan 28, 2010 7:47 pm
I saw this arrangement on a ropey old Colson, a year or two ago, it looked as if it had been built that way. One chanterelle and five drones doesn't seem all...
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jonloomes
Jan 28, 2010 8:10 pm
My understanding of this is that the second >STRING< and second set of tangents were added at the same time. - Ie, you learn to play on single chanter,...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Jan 28, 2010 9:51 pm
Dear Mary, Â Â Thanks for the response.What is the size of each side of your ebony square?Thanks for this info if it is not inconvenient to you to...
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richard338293
Jan 29, 2010 8:28 am
I have just discovered 3 messages from hurdy-gurdy friends in my spam file. Usually I just delete the whole file periodically without even checking them. On...
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Chris and Bi
gurdynerdy
Jan 29, 2010 4:37 pm
I've heard the term 'simple jeu' relating to a single chanter, from a French luthier. I have a 1925 catalogue from Pajot Jeune in which he says his gurdies are...
you would think that if this was a learning device then it is much easier to leave a string of than leave the tangents off. regards Robin...
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peter heinlein
heinpe
Jan 29, 2010 6:11 pm
As a novice piper, I think I can explain the "half-set"; business -- a full set, i.e. with 3 regulators, costs U$3000 or so more than a half-set, puts quite a...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Jan 29, 2010 6:17 pm
I so much prefer a half set to a full set myself... the sound of regulators really, really does not appeal to me....
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David Gillett
ardslok
Jan 29, 2010 8:26 pm
That links to an aluminum siding supplier - maybe we should send this to Alden Hackmann for his all-weather HG? :)...
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Colin
hillneerg
Jan 29, 2010 8:55 pm
As someone who has just bought a half set (yes, one from Pakistan - don't laugh) at a very very cheap price as it was the last one they had (and had been...
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jonloomes
Jan 30, 2010 4:46 pm
I heard Jaques-Antoine Pajot went ex-directory after all those threatening calls from Nigout in the early hours of the morning. Anyone got an email address for...
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AnnP
aqzo01
Jan 30, 2010 5:52 pm
Sorry I cannot find the original message but someone recently sent us to watch some clips on You tube on how to play the HG and it featured a German lady...
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LORNA CLARKE
lorna9029
Jan 30, 2010 7:20 pm
http://www.hurdy-gurdy-music.com/...
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LORNA CLARKE
lorna9029
Jan 30, 2010 7:20 pm
http://www.hurdy-gurdy-music.com/...
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Ann Patmore
aqzo01
Jan 30, 2010 7:27 pm
Thank you, that is indeed the one. (I couldn't get at the disc itself as hubby is too busy listening to it) LOL. AnnP...
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Scott Marshall
sklmarshall
Jan 30, 2010 7:47 pm
Is it any good? Has anyone seen it?...
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Ann Patmore
aqzo01
Jan 30, 2010 9:54 pm
Very good as far as I am concerned but then I don't play the HG LOL. It certainly seems to be quite comprehensive and for those of us who do not live near any...
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pamacs24
Jan 30, 2010 10:45 pm
Has anybody seen the movie? We have just finished watching it and there is a bit of a mistery here to solve. There is a pub scene in the beginning of the film,...
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LORNA CLARKE
lorna9029
Jan 31, 2010 10:06 am
the clips are in German but you get the idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKeHFEvzdwc&feature=player_embedded# regards Robin...
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Ann Patmore
aqzo01
Jan 31, 2010 2:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyFskOfmOOw If you check out the above you tube clip it has English voice over. AnnP...
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jonloomes
Jan 31, 2010 9:51 pm
Why have a second row of tangents if you've only got one chanter? That's a bit like fitting extra wheels to your car that never touch the ground. I think the...
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jonloomes
Jan 31, 2010 9:53 pm
Why have a second row of tangents if you've only got one chanter? That's a bit like fitting extra wheels to your car that never touch the ground. I think the...
