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Hi Colin Just found the bug on the link. You may find the pegheds a bit long. An alternative is to use planetary banjo pegs - I have some gold plated with...
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Samantha Riffle
sam_riffle
Jul 18, 2012 12:23 pm
I thought it was fantastic!! :D The weather on Friday was absolutely horrible (it was so bad that I left before the evening concerts because I couldn't stand...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Jul 18, 2012 6:29 pm
Ah, I had never thought about banjo pegs! I do have a few old banjos (no longer functioning) around the house with both machine-type pegs and ordinary friction...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Jul 19, 2012 12:19 am
How can you have a 'no longer functioning' banjo? What is needed to render it into this condition, and is it different to a 'totally broken' banjo? Having seen...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Jul 19, 2012 7:11 pm
Basically, surplus ones which I no longer play as I have bought a better one :-) It was very cheap (as are most starter instruments that are mass produced). I...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Jul 20, 2012 12:06 am
Wow - and I thought I had a variety of instruments! Sounds like a great collection. Any youtube clips of you playing them? S M ... From:...
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peter heinlein
heinpe
Jul 20, 2012 1:58 pm
You probably know about this already, but just in case -- there's a synthetic replacement for vellum heads, that looks pretty decent, and doesn't sound bad...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Jul 21, 2012 7:57 pm
During my "active" time (running and playing in folk clubs) was rather a long time ago and pre-camcorder days! Old age is catching up fast (I think it's...
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Judith Lindenau
judithlindenau
Jul 22, 2012 5:22 am
July, 2012 Sent from my iPad Judith@......
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Jul 22, 2012 11:42 pm
Snap - sort of - I got my hurdy Gurdy in my 50's too! What a great set of instruments you got to play over the years. Congrats. S M ... From:...
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richard338293
Jul 24, 2012 10:13 am
Hi Colin You said... "I suppose I would have been better concentrating on one or two and playing them really well but I just love learning new things." I don't...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Jul 24, 2012 11:28 am
One of my problems was (is) that I have never been been able to read music that well (no chance with bass clef). I can manage a few keys (C,D,F,G) and so tend...
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Martyn Robinson
robinsonmartyn
Jul 24, 2012 11:41 pm
Now that makes me feel there's some hope for me. I can't 'sight read' music either (although given time I can work out the tune from sheet music) and I...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Jul 26, 2012 9:43 pm
Just to let you know that i will be doing a beginners hurdy-gurdy workshop at Broadstairs Folk Week on Monday 13th August 10-11.30 Crampton Tower Museum...
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Mike D
miketdennison
Aug 13, 2012 7:39 pm
Just noticed Item number: 290759860726 Anyone recognise it or got any info? Mike...
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Scott
fahnreich
Aug 13, 2012 7:59 pm
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...
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Paddy
paddybutcher...
Aug 13, 2012 8:49 pm
Hooray! There is life in the old forum. Reluctantly selling my lovely Chris Eaton lute back HG. Can be seen on e-bay; 330777986614, or viewed any time by appt....
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Mike D
miketdennison
Aug 14, 2012 12:26 pm
Ooops - sorry Scott & all Think the email must have picked up the font properties from the item number on the Ebay page that I copied/pasted and I forgot to...
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gem.dennis
Aug 17, 2012 7:32 pm
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...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Aug 17, 2012 9:57 pm
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...
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Rafael GarcÃa
duke_elington
Aug 18, 2012 8:59 am
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...
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Lorna Joy Shashinda
lornajoy
Aug 18, 2012 8:59 am
I have two sources that may be able to help us. I'll see what I can do from the wilds of California. --Lorna...
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Weldon Gray
gray_weldon
Aug 18, 2012 9:00 am
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...
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cwhill
hillneerg
Aug 18, 2012 9:00 am
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...
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Neil Brook
nwbrook@...
Aug 18, 2012 11:07 am
Hi Dennis The best way is to make your cover in maple and then inlay the ebony - no thicker than 1mm . The completed ebony veneer can then be glued to the...
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Andy Carter
gerbilroyd...
Aug 18, 2012 7:19 pm
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...
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Andy Carter
gerbilroyd...
Aug 18, 2012 7:32 pm
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 Sent from my...
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pamacs24
Aug 19, 2012 10:44 am
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...
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Weldon Gray
gray_weldon
Aug 19, 2012 3:08 pm
Thanks Andy we checked it out and I think it is something that we might try to do. First we have to figure out to fly and how to get there having never been...
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Andy Carter
gerbilroyd...
Aug 19, 2012 3:40 pm
Last year I picked up a gurdy traveller up from Bristol Airport. Its about an hour / hour and a half from there via camper van! Cheers Andy Sent from my...
