You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
Richard, if you look at paintings of hurdy-gurdy players it is interesting to note the change in class of the players as you move from the 18th into the 19th...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
May 14, 2012 2:23 pm
Hi Richard I'm thinking that like other instruments that went out of fashion (banjos, neapolitan mandolins & concertinas back in the 50s & 60s ) , the market...
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Geoff Turner
gyldageoff
May 14, 2012 2:15 pm
I think you may have hit the nail on the head as to why they got a bad reputation in the hands of street performers. It strikes me that the times that...
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Richard York
goddescale
May 14, 2012 2:07 pm
Forgive me if you've discussed this before, but... Gurdies, even basic ones, require a fairly complex level of workmanship and time. So unless you're a gifted...
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Richard York
goddescale
May 14, 2012 9:19 am
Hello, Tom Hughes, a piper in Cheshire, is organising this year's repeat of the Minstrels' Court event on June 16 in Chester. It takes place in St John's...
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richard338293
May 3, 2012 7:32 am
Thank you Clare, every find is valuable. R...
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clarerosephd
May 2, 2012 9:33 pm
Hi All I just went round the exhibition of paintings by Johan Zoffany at the Royal Academy London and was interested to see a picture of Italian peasant...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
May 2, 2012 1:22 am
I'm guessing that's Tamworth UK rather than Tamworth Australia? (forlorn hoping on my part) S M ... From: HurdyGurdyForum@......
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Andy Carter
gerbilroyd...
May 2, 2012 12:43 am
Hi Peter (again!) It seems there may be a gurdy happening in September (watch this forum, ha ha) or if you feel drawn to droniness before then, check out The...
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peter_kanssen
May 1, 2012 9:10 am
the houplagrundle one is fine for just lurking on groups but here's a profile with my name in it :-0...
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houplagrundle
May 1, 2012 9:03 am
Hello everybody. I've been lurking on the forum for a year or so. I went to the Blowzabella day on Saturday and met Andy and Bridget, amongst others, and was...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
May 1, 2012 12:56 am
Ah - righto I have a Neil Brook Wren in G/C And a Balazs Nagy (Nagy Balazs in Hungary) Gambaform tenor in D/G. Both rather different from one another which...
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Nick Groom
emailnickgroom
Apr 29, 2012 10:43 am
Apologies for the spam message sent to the list from my address (and while I was away from email in Ireland). It should be fixed now Best N ...
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robert loechler
robertloechler
Apr 29, 2012 6:32 am
hi E...My F/Bflat and lower pitched C/F gurdies are both guitar back types made here in the US by Mel Dorries of hurdygurdycrafters.com.Whereas I adore the...
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Mike D
miketdennison
Apr 28, 2012 11:12 pm
Colin - Thanks for the link, a good read, very funny and it is very good to hear of the tables being turned for a change. It should happen to all of the ...
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CWH
hillneerg
Apr 28, 2012 1:14 pm
Clicking on a link in a Spam message will generate cash for the Spammer as a referral to the site. It's only a tiny amount but, if enough people click, it can...
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Mark Powell
markpowell09
Apr 28, 2012 11:58 am
Thanks Scott. I wonder- has anyone anywhere in the universe ever responded to or bought anything in response to a spam message like this one? Does anyone ever...
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eflow
ericfloen
Apr 28, 2012 7:01 am
Sorry I wasn't very clear. I was looking for Hurdy Gurdy related info. So I should have said - Lute-back or Guitar-back styled gurdies, etc. And what kind of...
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CWH
hillneerg
Apr 27, 2012 3:27 pm
No, not from my account or PC. Spoofed address. Probably my email is in someone's address book which has been hacked. Not much one can do. Colin ... No virus...
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peter heinlein
heinpe
Apr 27, 2012 3:03 pm
Been happening a lot in the past few weeks. At least three people I know here in the USA have had their e-mail lists spammed, plus two Yahoo groups....
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Scott Marshall
sklmarshall
Apr 27, 2012 11:30 am
I think there have been about 5 spam emails sent to the list this week, the sort where the email account has been hacked. The group has a spam filter and that...
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Richard York
goddescale
Apr 27, 2012 10:56 am
Colin, has your email been hacked?...
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Mark Powell
markpowell09
Apr 27, 2012 10:56 am
Hi Scott. You may have received a spam email offering "employment opportunities" from my Yahoo address as someone has hacked into my account and sent it to...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Apr 26, 2012 11:15 pm
Tricky question as I have some instruments I used to play quite a bit, but don't very often these days. I guess in order of most frequently played:- Ukulele...
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Anita Hales
harpist_2002
Apr 26, 2012 5:29 pm
I play harp and guitar. Sometimes Irish bouzouki or mandolin. I most often play medieval and renaissance but spend a lot of time playing Celtic music. I play...
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CWH
hillneerg
Apr 26, 2012 1:58 pm
Many thanks. I bought this many years ago but could never figure out which way to tune it. I'll have a try now. There were so many alternative tunings if was...
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Rafael GarcÃa
duke_elington
Apr 26, 2012 12:45 pm
The tunning of the Bandurria is the same als the modern spanish Lute, but the bandurria is an 8. up: 1 - A 2 - E 3 - B 4 - F# 5 - C# 6 - G# Now you can go...
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CWH
hillneerg
Apr 25, 2012 11:18 pm
Out of curiosity, how was the bandurria tuned? I have one but I still haven't figured out a logical tuning (there seems to be so many ways on the Internet I...
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Rafael
duke_elington
Apr 25, 2012 8:56 pm
I used to play spanish folk music with guitar and bandurria (a kind small modern lute), but with the HG I like to play from Beatles to folk. I used mainly the...
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Scott Marshall
sklmarshall
Apr 25, 2012 7:45 pm
We used to have a poll function, I remember we had a 'do you live in East Anglia? poll ages ago! I dont know what happened to it...
