Re: [HG] Sound post?

2008-09-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HG is not like other strings instruments for one reason : the power of sound generating system. Lets make an experience , find a bicycle dynamo , that litle thing that produce electricity when it is in contact with the bicycle wheel.Set it up with a light bulb or better some

Re: [HG] New to list...

2008-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. Michele from Delaware here.Welcome to the list and the HGcommunity at large. We're a fun sort of folk...cranky at times, but that is to be expected ; ) Pan's Fancy is the name of the duet with Karen Myers on HG, lute, etc. and Edwin Myers playing all sorts of bagpipes (many, many types) as

RE: [HG] Alden's rant on iconography, and a challenge

2008-02-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
guess that's the difference about growing up american... it seems we have strats as teethers and rattles in the crib...we all cut our rock-n-roll teeth/rock-n-roll ears on strats ; ) _ Click here to save cash and find low rates on auto

RE: [HG] string tension help

2008-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
instrument, shaped like half a pear, and one string played with a bow, used in mediaeval times ( 3-4 strings) and still played in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Crete. ( And see Marcuse. Musical Instruments Michael t -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [HG] Is this a Lyra ?

2007-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web resources. It is all very cloudy. Probably a good topic for a doctoral thesis for somebody:^) Orest -- Arle Lommel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orest, Your research points out one of the problems we have in discussing the instruments. When we talk about them we tend to want to put labels

Re: Re[2]: [HG] Is this a Lyra ?

2007-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
, my father was Russian and my mom was Polish, and the common language was Ukrainian. We spoke Ukrainian at home. Orest -- Chris Nogy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am almost 100% pure Pole. On the day my mother married (in the words of my grandmother) that no-good, son of a coal mining Polish

Re: [HG] Is this a Lyra ?

2007-12-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that was labelled as french in 1995 , I do not know if the label has been changed . Do you notice that the tangents are in a very extreme position ? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: hg@hurdygurdy.com To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] Is this a Lyra ? Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22

Re: [HG] Is this a Lyra ?

2007-12-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for centuries) and the revival is more organized and systematic? Orest -- Simon Wascher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Am 11.12.2007 um 15:42 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, as I say, though the keys are more-or-less equally spaced, the tangents are offset by quite a bit to make up the difference. I

Re: Re[2]: [HG] Restrictions on posts (was Am. HG makers)

2007-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Once you start dissecting, you lose the momentum and synergy of a larger list, and the likely outcome is two or more stagnant lists, instead of one vibrant but broad list. Orest -- Colin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not a HUGE list is it? Once one starts splitting up things then it opens up

Re: Re[2]: [HG] Now that I have some design parameters...

2007-02-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
a better photo of the carved out stylehttp://www.wumag.kiev.ua/index2.php?param=pgs20041/100an interesting article on the performance style with this kind of instrumenthttp://www.ukrfolk.kiev.ua/epos/eng/texts/2.htmlhere you can listen to a carved

RE: [HG] Truing/Scraping a slightly oval wheel.

2007-01-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
side . Henry St Lambert , Québec Original Message: - From: Seth Hamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:12:58 -0800 (PST) To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: [HG] Truing/Scraping a slightly oval wheel. I'm currently building a symphony gurdy while I wait on my

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2006-12-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [HG] Which way shall I turn?

2006-12-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for plans ? How about thise ? http://www.boisbuis.com/ Original Message: - h way shall I turn? I have decided that I need to build a lute-back, for several reasons, but mostly because I can strut around and say I did. I can't decide whether I should buy a set of

Re: [HG] Which way shall I turn?

2006-12-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pascal Cranga ?Owner of Bois et Buis Original Message: - From: Nan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:04:54 -0500 To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] Which way shall I turn? Who (or what) is Caranga? Nan - Original Message - From

Re: [HG] was Celticness and Arts funding NOW: Last one, I promise, I'm fixin to shut down and go to bed.

2006-10-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
of the spectrum , many dancers from french background dance freely on anything , Québecers do not even care for measures , dancing on the beat only . Lucky us who do not have to play bulgarian music on our HG. Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 13