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Thank you, I will give that a try. If you happen to see a HG player who never seems to put the instrument down walking around, that'll be me having superglued...
There's some stuff called "Peg Dope" or "Peg Soap" that violinists and lutenists use to keep tapered pegs working - it seems to keep them from either sticking...
Egon has some great videos on Youtube, this is the performance from the recent Tekero camp: http://www.youtube.com/user/88noge#p/a/u/0/H8Gp5SOTBQE...
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Neil Brook
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Sep 2, 2010 10:36 am
Hi Richard By saying she knew the maker and supplier, that implies she didn't get it direct from the maker and it's been sitting around in an overheated shop...
Well it's been quite quiet over the ether of late (either that or I'm having internet troubles) so I'll re-ask something which someone asked once before but I...
I'm just speculating here, but how about flax fibres? The plant grows all over Europe and the Middle East, and it would have been readily available to most ...
The last time I heard this question I thought, living next to the North Yorkshire Moor as I do, 'cotton grass' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_grass (go...
Of course, if you have a nice rounded edge to your wheel, and the correct pressure, you can survive without cotton, although the strings will obviously not...
... Is lambs wool less greasy than adult sheeps wool? I've been told sheeps wool takes a lot of washing (especially without modern detergents) to get the oils...
Thanks for all those 'cotton alternative' responses you lot. It seems as tho' there may have been more cotton alternatives than I was aware of (or even none at...
I often hear from people that are looking to get into playing them that hurdy gurdies are too expensive. I often compare the prices to guitars saying "if you...
Scott, Truer words were never spoken! Thats how we got into the Hurdy-gurdy building business by trying a cheap kit and then trying to "fix" a cheap...
Hi all In my other life I'm a textile historian (not medieval but C19th) so here goes - Cotton was available in western europe from the medieval period,...
Asking for indulgence as a latecomer, how far back does the evidence go for using cotton/any other type of fibre on the strings - is it based on texts or...
Hello Martyn...As a gurdy player for a year now,I have come to the same conclusion about seeking some more stable alternative to cotton as well.Since I have...
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Neil Brook
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Sep 12, 2010 1:26 pm
Hi Robert Just a suggestion. Instead of always tweaking the tangents to get it in tune, try endlessly re-applying the cotton. Once you understand what effect...
I suppose that there might be less lanolin in lambswool, but even still it would have to be very thoroughly washed/scoured to make it even possible to use on...
Robert, I have two antique baroque HGs G/C with octave G chanters Both are set to Just Temperament with some quite extreme tangent angles I can recotton either...
This is a total shot in the dark. I will be in Warwick on Saturday 25th September and will be at a loose end during the afternoon. Any suggestions? I am...
... I tried bamboo fibre a few years ago. My experience with it is that it's actually terrible. It started out sounding quite nice, but after just a little...
Arle, I use silk/cotton blend which I got from Alden & Cali Hackmann I don't know the blend proportions Its very easy to apply and very long lasting Graham...
Hello all, This stuff about cotton is really interesting - quite by chance and from a completely different direction came across this fascinating little...
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