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Hi Folks. Still time to enroll for HG workshops with Yves Grospretre & Nicolas Henriot of 'La Mére Folle' at Elmswell. IP30. sat 25th. See <burybal.com>...
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CWH
hillneerg
Sep 15, 2010 3:03 pm
You do need to angle the gurdy towards your feet or gravity won't drop the keys back when you stop pressing them (unless you have some form of return...
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Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
aylwen_garden
Sep 15, 2010 7:09 am
We play standing up - http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/band2.htm with a leather strap configuration over the should and across the waist. Bye for now, Aylwen...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Sep 15, 2010 7:01 am
Martyn, I almost always play standing up Look at (OTW 2008) http://www.hurdygurdy.org/straps/hg_straps.htm Graham On 15/09/2010 02:57, Martyn Robinson wrote: I...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Sep 15, 2010 1:57 am
I have another question - and sorry for all these questions but I'm in one of these 'hurdy gurdy players are rare' areas, so you lot are my main source of...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Sep 14, 2010 4:43 am
Wow - this subject is turning up some very interesting information. Thanks everyone for posting those up. I'm also interested in Randy's silk use on the...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Sep 14, 2010 3:19 am
Dear Randy...Thanks for the info about silk for chanters.A couple questions.How does it compare with cotton so far as tone,so far as volume?Also,ironically,I...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Sep 14, 2010 3:07 am
Dear Graham...As just mentined to Neil Brook the tuning hitch with metal tangents comes from pulling little hunks of cotton off the chanters in between cotton...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Sep 14, 2010 2:58 am
Dear Ruth...I have good experience using bamboo top,especially for drone strings.Plus,it is very inexpensive,about $4 for an ounce here in the US from...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Sep 14, 2010 2:52 am
Dear Neil...Again,thanks for your wisdom about cottoning.The only hitch here is that in the course of playing 7-10 days I tend to move around/spot tune the...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Sep 13, 2010 8:12 pm
Hi Eric Details are on my site. It's much the same format but with a French accent. Cheers Neil...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Sep 13, 2010 5:56 pm
Is the D/G one out already? apart from the repertoire, is it the same as the G/C one?...
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Eric Floen
ericfloen
Sep 13, 2010 5:52 pm
I just got the C/G DVD tutorial and finally had a chance to sit down and watch it. It is amazing! Great work. I am only into the first lesson chapter and I...
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hurdygurdyguy
Sep 13, 2010 4:17 pm
About 15 years ago a friend recommended silk in lieu of cotton and gave me a handfull. I have used it ever since on my chantrelles. I do need to use a little...
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CWH
hillneerg
Sep 13, 2010 2:59 pm
I suppose cotton has become the staple (pun intended) choice over the years because it has the necessary qualities with the fewest drawbacks. Looking at the...
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Neville Beal
neville.beal
Sep 13, 2010 2:27 pm
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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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Sep 13, 2010 2:23 pm
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...
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arle_lommel
Sep 13, 2010 2:03 pm
... 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...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Sep 12, 2010 8:40 pm
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...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Sep 12, 2010 6:31 pm
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...
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Ruth Bramley
ruthbramley
Sep 12, 2010 1:57 pm
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...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
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...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Sep 12, 2010 11:56 am
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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Michael Boughey
mlchaelb
Sep 12, 2010 10:12 am
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...
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Scott Marshall
sklmarshall
Sep 11, 2010 4:54 pm
Thanks Clare, thats really interesting :)...
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clarerosephd
Sep 11, 2010 4:25 pm
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,...
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Sep 10, 2010 4:44 pm
I couldn't have said it more correctly Scott......
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Sep 10, 2010 4:43 pm
I couldn't have said it more correctly Scott......
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Melvin Dorries
Melannde
Sep 10, 2010 11:09 am
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...
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VonHorne@...
fahnreich
Sep 10, 2010 7:55 am
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...
