... I would actually think the opposite to be true. I'd imagine that in many cases the blind folks got better sound because they would be more sensitive to the...
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peter heinlein
heinpe
Nov 11, 2010 2:05 pm
If this http://www.museumsinflorence.com/foto/duomo%20museum/pagine-luca/8.html is the panel in question, those are very weird-looking indeed. For a moment I...
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Geoff Turner
gyldageoff
Nov 11, 2010 2:35 pm
Sergio I think that I would have to differ with you over this. I cannot believe that hurdy-gurdy was the instrument of choice for large numbers of blind people...
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CWH
hillneerg
Nov 11, 2010 4:28 pm
You could well have asked "what makes people go on X factor"? Most people find it difficult to actually be realistic when it comes to their own performances...
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Sam Riffle
sam_riffle
Nov 11, 2010 5:29 pm
... youtube ? I can't speak for everyone, but I put up a couple of terrible videos after my very first lesson because my friends and family wanted to know what...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Nov 12, 2010 2:27 am
Dear Geoff...Yes,you have an excellent point in that there is probably no "precision" substitute for either a good ear for musical intonation or the carefully...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Nov 12, 2010 2:56 am
dear Neil...Yes,I agree that consistent cottoning is the key to stable tangent positioning,that is,not having to reset higher tangents after each cotton...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Nov 12, 2010 11:02 am
Hi Robert It depends on the instrument but quite often I find that adding a bit of cotton thickness to one edge or the other can fix occasional tone problems. ...
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roddy.mckenzie
Nov 12, 2010 11:19 am
The other problem with the Gurdy is that unlike most other instruments it is tuned just and not even. While this makes the instrument sound so much sweeter (if...
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CWH
hillneerg
Nov 12, 2010 5:59 pm
Nice point re just/even. I would suspect that most new players would use a piano (or whatever thesesdays as I suppose not many household have a family piano...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Nov 13, 2010 3:05 am
dear Neil...thanks for the clarification about cotton placement relative to tone issues.indeed,in a perfect gurdy world,we could just put all the cottons on...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Nov 13, 2010 3:37 am
dear Roddy...thanks for all the information and encouragement to those of us who are gurdy neophytes.Since I have figured out the basics of tone,tuning,and the...
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roddy.mckenzie
Nov 13, 2010 12:43 pm
Colin So true! And yet somehow by either embarrassment or lack of time some players struggle on by themselves without sorting the issue out. To meet up with...
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roddy.mckenzie
Nov 13, 2010 12:55 pm
You are kind but never a truer set of words spoken than in your reply. as for the 'lower class' issue it is true and to think that the last purge of gurdy...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Nov 14, 2010 3:05 am
dear roddy...yes,some of the folky Irish whistlers around these parts of New England groaned when I mentioned starting to play the gurdy a couple years...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Nov 14, 2010 11:51 pm
The more synthetic strings you seem to have the more it seems to stay in tune! Also some people's ones stay in tune better than others so it may also depend on...
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Nicolas
drejelire
Nov 15, 2010 12:40 am
Hello out there. Is there anyone who knows if there exists an English translation of Aurore Sand's "Les Maitres Sonneurs" ? I have tried to find it on the...
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kevin hughes
brunokev
Nov 15, 2010 1:59 am
Yes. And you can get it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Master-Pipers-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/019283097X ... From: "Nicolas" <nicolas@...> Sent:...
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CWH
hillneerg
Nov 15, 2010 1:00 pm
It doesn't surprise me that synthetics stay in tune better than gut. Remember that the moisture absorbency of gut is what makes the little man or woman come...
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SKL Marshall
sklmarshall
Nov 15, 2010 1:58 pm
From Steve Tyler ... From: steve tyler <sj.tyler@...> Subject: Misericordia/medieval music news To: info@... Date: Wednesday, 15...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Nov 15, 2010 2:36 pm
There are two English translationes. The Master Pipers........Oxford World Classics [sometime around 1994ish] and.. The Bagpipers...........published Chicago...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Nov 15, 2010 10:16 pm
The hurdy Gurdy as a weather forecaster - is there no limit to this versatile instrument?! S M ...
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Wayward Entertainment
wayward_ricarda
Nov 16, 2010 1:54 am
How true, Geoff! When explaining the history of the gurdy I often get the comment: "Wow, it's amazing that they could built such complex and sophisticated ...
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Nov 16, 2010 8:26 am
Ordered and paid for. Thanks a lot for the info Regards Nicolas ... translationes. ... [sometime around 1994ish] ... Bagpipers...........published Chicago...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Nov 16, 2010 10:47 pm
A friend has just sent me this request. I don't know if they've found anyone yet but if you feel like a bit of acting as well as playing then please read the...
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nicolas@...
drejelire
Nov 17, 2010 5:08 pm
I know that some people have had problems getting in contact with the German HG maker Helmut Gotschy. There has ben some different rumors about what is going...
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roddy.mckenzie
Nov 19, 2010 11:49 am
sad. An excellent maker of Gurdies. Its been a long time since he made the one I have. I knew he'd had health issues because two years ago (nope it might be...
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Scott Marshall
sklmarshall
Nov 19, 2010 4:11 pm
From Anne Marie Summers: 'I've got a new CD out with my lovely all girl group Fleurs De Lys. Lots of medieval fiddle, pipes and gurdy and lots and lots of...
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gurdymaker
Nov 23, 2010 12:30 pm
Back in 1983, William Molan put together a great fault finding chart for the HG Journal. If anyone knows his contact details, it would be good to ask his...
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Richard Smith
gurdysmith2004
Nov 23, 2010 7:02 pm
Bill Molan died about 20 or so years ago. Richard ... From: gurdymaker To: HurdyGurdyForum@... Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:30 PM Subject:...
