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So, someone should ask Nigel at the upcoming workshop how he gets around/puts up with the problem, compensates, etc and post the answer here! Randy ... The...
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Bridget
halpin_bridget
Aug 27, 2010 1:02 pm
Just spotted a Pajot Jeune on ebay France, not a gurdy but a diantonic accordion from around 1900, which I thought was very interesting: ...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Aug 27, 2010 2:49 pm
Hi I'm guessing the keybox was fitted at the wrong angle so the wheel rim was trimmed the " wrong" way to get the chanters to line up. This then resulted in...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Aug 30, 2010 2:54 am
A question which has always puzzled me which one of you lot might know the answer to? You can have your strings all cottoned up and behaving well and sounding...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Aug 30, 2010 6:15 am
Hi Martyn I think the answer lies in the phrase " a month or so " You will probably have worn through the cotton and like a string snapping, it reaches a point...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Aug 30, 2010 6:40 am
That could well explain how to solve it - but then there's the follow-up question - how frequently should you change the cotton? Is it a time period or...
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CWH
hillneerg
Aug 30, 2010 3:50 pm
Possibly the cotton moves in such a way because gut strings are twisted and, I suppose, form some sort of a "thread" which the cotton could screw itself up? I...
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Aug 30, 2010 4:05 pm
Another reason why the cottom is moving could be because of the pressure. When the cotton has been on a string for some time - slowly beeing glued togeather...
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Aug 30, 2010 4:15 pm
In case anyone should be around ... We are arranging a hurdy-gurdy workshop with Matthias Loibner in Denmark in October. More info can be found at...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Aug 31, 2010 12:15 am
Thanks for that you two. It always was a surprise to me whenever it happened and how much of a jump up or down the string it was. I'll just have to try to...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Aug 31, 2010 1:39 pm
Hi Martyn, I used to have a Chris Eaton luteback, which responded well to have the chanter cotton changed frequently: every few times the instrument was ...
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Friederike Gunzel
fk_gunzel
Aug 31, 2010 4:28 pm
Hi, Â I had the same problem recently - the peg for adjusting the chien got stuck and split when I tried to turn it. I got a replacement peg from the builder...
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CWH
hillneerg
Aug 31, 2010 9:07 pm
I may have to. However, since the humidity dropped, the peg seems fine and turns without problems so I may wait until it goes completely before doing so as the...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Sep 1, 2010 12:44 am
Thanks for that Mike - there's some excellent tips there. I've tried the '- if there are chords marked on the music, play the root notes of the chords' option...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Sep 1, 2010 3:54 am
Hi Colin While you can get it out, I'd suggest getting hold of some "Zap" superglue - it is extremely thin and will penetrate and repair the damaged fibres of...
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CWH
hillneerg
Sep 1, 2010 8:26 am
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...
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peter heinlein
heinpe
Sep 1, 2010 1:38 pm
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...
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 2, 2010 6:41 am
from www.gurdy.co.uk/forum ... From: Feed My Inbox <updates@...> Subject: 9/2 Hurdy-gurdy Forum To: sklmarshall@... Date: Thursday, 2...
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the.maud
Sep 2, 2010 6:47 am
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
nwbrook@...
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...
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 3, 2010 6:10 am
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 8, 2010 6:46 am
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Sep 9, 2010 6:10 am
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...
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 9, 2010 6:43 am
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Zach Most
clermont1348
Sep 9, 2010 3:33 pm
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 ...
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richard338293
Sep 9, 2010 3:33 pm
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...
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gyldageoff
Sep 9, 2010 4:02 pm
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...
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Dave Holland
davebiffuk
Sep 9, 2010 4:05 pm
... 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...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Sep 10, 2010 1:32 am
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...
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 10, 2010 6:28 am
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