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From: Scott

To: HurdyGurdyForum@...

Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 8:59 PM

Subject: Re: [HurdyGurdyForum] Gurdy on Ebay

 

I had to go get glasses and look at this on my computer to read it. You may want to increase the size of the font on your computer. It is just too tiny to read.

Scott

Mike D <miketden@...> wrote:

Just noticed Item number: 290759860726

Anyone recognise it or got any info?

Mike

hi. im comming to the end of my hurdy gurdy project(4 years)and the last part i
must make is the wheel cover.the key box and the tail piece are made of ebony
and i would like the wheel cover to be the same,but my experience with the wood
suggests that it must be difficult to bend.also i need to inlay the purfuling,
would i do this before or after the bending.i would be greatfull for any ideas.
dennis.
i will post some pics soon

This may be an odd request and maybe not allowed but can I point out
that this clip isn't from anything that has been published or released
commercially (it was recorded at a session) and the tune itself will be
well out of copyright but plays in a loop at Disneyland and Epcot (my
other persona is involved in cataloguing these for historical purposes)
and is the one song we can't identify. I've contacted a lot of people
with no results (Disney don't have a listing of what plays either!).
Ring any bells with anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YLPmaVH9E&feature=plcp

Thanks,

Colin Hill


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I have two sources that may be able to help us. I'll see what I can do from the
wilds of California.

--Lorna


On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:00 PM, cwhill wrote:

> This may be an odd request and maybe not allowed . . .I've contacted a lot of
people
> with no results (Disney don't have a listing of what plays either!).
> Ring any bells with anyone?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YLPmaVH9E&feature=plcp
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colin Hill
>

Hi there, my name is Weldon I have just joined your Gurdy group I am a medieval
Luthier located in Canada. Saskatoon Saskatchewan To be precise. I have just
finished building two hurdy gurdys one for my wife and myself, and we thought it
would be great fun to go to a festival in England. So the question is does any
one know of a festival that is happening in the near future in either Ireland
England or Scotland mainly somewhere English is the language?
           Here is my website should someone be interested, cheers.         
www.graylorelutes.com



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In a word, you can't unless you make very thin laminations and even
that's not going to bend enough I would think. You can't soak ebony as
it's impervious to water. The usual way would be to cut the shape out of
a lump of ebony or sections laminated to give a large enough block. Bent
stuff is usually ebonised rather than being ebony.
Ebony splits really easily as well so be prepared if you really want to try.

Colin Hill



On 17/08/2012 20:32, gem.dennis wrote:
> hi. im comming to the end of my hurdy gurdy project(4 years)and the last
> part i must make is the wheel cover.the key box and the tail piece are
> made of ebony and i would like the wheel cover to be the same,but my
> experience with the wood suggests that it must be difficult to bend.also
> i need to inlay the purfuling, would i do this before or after the
> bending.i would be greatfull for any ideas.
> dennis.
> i will post some pics soon
>
>
>
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Hi all,

I've just come across with this site, general hurdy-gurdyness with Hungarian
emphasis:
http://tekerozene.uw.hu/
I know it is mainly in Hungarian, but quite useful with lots of links and info,
use google translator to understand the basics or drop me a line if you are
interested in any particular bits.

Cecilia

 

Also see http://www.halswaymanor.co.uk/courses-and-events.htm for 8th - 10th Feb 2013 for The Big Hurdy Gurdy Workshop Weekend :-)

Cheers
Andy

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From: Andy Carter
Sent: 18/08/2012 20:19
To: HurdyGurdyForum@...
Subject: RE: [HurdyGurdyForum] New guy

 

Hi Weldon,
Not quite a full-on gurdyfest, but there's a French fest in Hebden Bridge in October. There will be a gurdy workshop given by Steve Tyler (Misericordia, Daughters Of Elven) and he will be playing with Angles in the evening. See http://www.frenchdanceleeds.co.uk/

Also, not so far away (compared with Canada!) is a weekend near Frankfurt in Germany, see http://www.kurtreichmann.de/index.php?q=node/13

Welcome to the world of gurdy! :-)

Andy
Sent from my Windows Phone

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From: Weldon Gray
Sent: 18/08/2012 10:00
To: HurdyGurdyForum@...
Subject: [HurdyGurdyForum] New guy

 

Hi there, my name is Weldon I have just joined your Gurdy group I am a medieval Luthier located in Canada. Saskatoon Saskatchewan To be precise. I have just finished building two hurdy gurdys one for my wife and myself, and we thought it would be great fun to go to a festival in England. So the question is does any one know of a festival that is happening in the near future in either Ireland England or Scotland mainly somewhere English is the language?
Here is my website should someone be interested, cheers. www.graylorelutes.com


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Hello,
I have been searching through the Hungarian website that was posted a few
messages ago and found a link to a real nice tune that sounds great on HG.  Does
anyone know where I can come up with the sheet music for the melody?  The tune
is called Rokatanc or Fox Dance and I believe that it is a traditional Hungarian
or Gypsy tune.

http://youtu.be/W62pEU1ro7Q

Thanks for any help,

David Smith
Michigan, USA

thanks everyone for their suggestions,i think i will try neil`s method using
maple.anyone one know of a good veneer suplier
thanks dennis

--- In HurdyGurdyForum@..., Rafael García <duke_elington@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have no experience with the cover because I made my gurdys without them. But
I have seen that 
> the cover is made completly (with wood purfling) befor bending. But if you
want to use any other kind of purfling (shell, bone, plastic...) for inlay, I
think that is better made the inlay after the bending.
> I hope that this can help you.
>
> Regards
>
> Rafa
>
> ________________________________
>  De: gem.dennis <dengem1@...>
> Para: HurdyGurdyForum@...
> Enviado: Viernes 17 de agosto de 2012 21:32
> Asunto: [HurdyGurdyForum] wheel cover
>
>
>  
> hi. im comming to the end of my hurdy gurdy project(4 years)and the last part
i must make is the wheel cover.the key box and the tail piece are made of ebony
and i would like the wheel cover to be the same,but my experience with the wood
suggests that it must be difficult to bend.also i need to inlay the purfuling,
would i do this before or after the bending.i would be greatfull for any ideas.
> dennis.
> i will post some pics soon
>

Hi Dennis. I am the new guy from Canada I have been following your conversation
about the Ebony wheelcover. I have a suggestion, if you are not set on Ebony,I
have a black dye that I use on my Lute necks. It makes Maple look just like
ebony. If you think that would solve your problem let me know I would be happy
to help you obtain some. Catch you later Weldon

hi weldon thanks for the reply,  i am intrested in your idea, have you any
details of your dye
--- In HurdyGurdyForum@..., "gray_weldon" <Graylorelutes@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis. I am the new guy from Canada I have been following your
conversation about the Ebony wheelcover. I have a suggestion, if you are not set
on Ebony,I have a black dye that I use on my Lute necks. It makes Maple look
just like ebony. If you think that would solve your problem let me know I would
be happy to help you obtain some. Catch you later Weldon
>

Hi everyone,
I'm a new memeber and long time lapsed player. I joined with the intention of
selling my Henri III EMS kit that I built over twenty years ago and not touched
in many a year since BUT having recently seen (& heard) a chap playing an
electric gurdy on the seafront in Sidmouth (folk festival) and brushing the dust
off it today I've changed my mind, get it working and play is now the order of
the day. I need new strings for a start, I used to have gut ones but no idea of
the make. Just reading through the subject on the other forum and there's a
suggestion that a set of Aquila nylgut baritone ukelele strings were a good and
modestly priced option. Does anyone here have experience with these or any other
reaonably (cheep) suggestions.

regards, Jim.

I'd appreciate reading any replies to this, so please reply to the list.

Ta!
--Lorna

On Aug 24, 2012, at 1:30 PM, jimlcck wrote:

> Just reading through the subject on the other forum and there's a suggestion
that a set of Aquila nylgut baritone ukelele strings were a good and modestly
priced option. Does anyone here have experience with these or any other
reaonably (cheep) suggestions.
>

 

hi weldon thanks for the reply, i am intrested in your idea, have you any details of your dye
--- In HurdyGurdyForum@..., "gray_weldon" <Graylorelutes@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis. I am the new guy from Canada I have been following your conversation about the Ebony wheelcover. I have a suggestion, if you are not set on Ebony,I have a black dye that I use on my Lute necks. It makes Maple look just like ebony. If you think that would solve your problem let me know I would be happy to help you obtain some. Catch you later Weldon
>

Just checked the Gotschy web site. Prices valid from 2010 for phoenix 5 string :
1800 and for 6 string : 2050 ( euro's presumably ). Hope this helps. Jim.

--- In HurdyGurdyForum@..., JULIE BARKER <drohne@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone on the list sold a Gotschy Phoenix gurdy in the last year or so?
> I know of one that could be for sale very soon but the potential seller does
not know a current price to work from. It is the standard brown instrument but
with pick-up case and a trompett capo.
>
> Philip G Martin aka Drohne
> www.drohne.co.uk
>

From the -other- HG forum list, I found this link to sheet music for Rokatanc
and lots more Hungarian folk tunes.

http://www.borokas.hu/nepdalok/tancrend2aa.html

David Smith


--- In HurdyGurdyForum@..., "David" <dtsmithnet@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have been searching through the Hungarian website that was posted a few
messages ago and found a link to a real nice tune that sounds great on HG.  Does
anyone know where I can come up with the sheet music for the melody?  The tune
is called Rokatanc or Fox Dance and I believe that it is a traditional Hungarian
or Gypsy tune.
>
> http://youtu.be/W62pEU1ro7Q
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> David Smith
> Michigan, USA
>

Does anyone have an arrangement (sheet music) for solo HG for Vivaldi's "La
Primavera" (Spring)? Just curious before I start doing it myself. Thanks!