I do wish you well in this. It will be the loss of those special little tools made and adapted over years of work that will be the worst. Instruments can be rebuilt -those little special things cannot. There's little I can do but I do hope that the HG players who are good enough to perform in public will be able to, at least, raise some funds so that he will be able to attempt to re-start his craft. Even if insurance cover makes good some of the financial loss, I realise just how hard the loss of the specialised stuff will hurt him and I grieve for his loss, as I am sure everyone on the list will. Please pass on any messages to him or at least let him know that there have been some) if you are in contact so he knows how we feel. Colin Hill.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esa M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:01 PM Subject: [HG] A black day for Leif.... > Hello all! > > Very, very sad news from Scandinavia: The workshop of famous swedish > instrument-maker Leif Eriksson has been destroyed in a fire. The > groddalira-hurdy-gurdy, moraharpa and swedish bagpipe -he was the one > who revived those all. Leif has lost the center of his life-long > work: special tools, moulds, drawings, unfinished intruments and also > those that were left to him to be repaired etc. > > Here you can see a picture and read the story: http:// > www.falukuriren.se/artikel.asp?id=1597876# > > In the story Leif says that not a knife was saved. Something in the > electricity system might have caused the fire. Leif and his neighbour > tried to tame the flames as much as they could before the firemen > came with garden hose and other equipment at hand. Other parts of the > house were savd,only the music-instrument workshop was destroyed > (Leif does other types of special carpentry too) > > I've always been grateful to him when I play the Groddalira, my first > hurdy-gurdy. Now it's time to do something. Anyone willing to join? > Swedish network of bagpiers is going to arrange a fund-raising to > help Leif, maybe all of us could join this somehow? > This guy is organizing the fund-raising: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can be in contact with him and ask > what could be done internationally. > > Think, how would you feel if this catastrophy would happen to you - > all your dear and valuable instruments or workshop destroyed just > like that! > > > Yours > > Esa Mäkinen, Finland > >
