Hello all. My name is Robert Resnik, and I live in Burlington, Vermont, USA. For the past year I have been the proud owner of a lute-back gurdy built by Jean-Noel Grandchamps in the early 1980s, and am proud to report that I can usually keep it in good working order (particularly now that there is enough humidity so that many of the tangents don't spin like a top when I try to play!) I love the playing of Nigel Eaton, and was also inspired to play the gurdy by Daniel Thonon and Nicolas Boulerice.
Speaking of the Grandchamps gurdy, this instrument was apparently imported by a man in California named Arrigo D'Albert, who, it appears, removed the original Grandchamps label from the lid and put his own name on a label inside the instrument. If anyone has a vielle built by Jean-Noel Grandchamps that has an original label, I would very much appreciate it if I caould get a digital photograph of the label so I can duplicate it and reinstall it on my lid! Thanks and best wishes, Robert Resnik -- ************************** * Robert Resnik * * All the Traditions * * Vermont Public Radio * * 365 Troy Avenue * * Colchester, VT 05446 * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * 802 865-7222 * ************************** -- This message has been scanned by MailScanner
