Yes those , hey are often finished in a yellow colour. For some reason they were not listed in the early catalogues of their maker. Some sold with a local label but obviously made in Jenzat.
The local HG heroe was a man nicknamed Villedieu , if my memory is still worth something Henry Boucher Message Original: ----------------- A partir de: Roy Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:49:07 -0700 (PDT) A: [email protected] Sujet: Re: Re: [HG] From the Savannah Morning News Today.... Oh, that's those real deep one's.They are the same from the top as the Lamberts but the soundbox is twice as deep. It seems I remember M. Bouffard saying something about that. Roy --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is at least one Celtic tradition of HG playing , in east > Bretagne , around the town of > St Brieuc , the area called " pays Gallo " . The HG used were > large > guitar shaped instrument made > in Jenzat especially for that market . Make a Google search for " > les > Chiens Jaunes " and "la Mirlitantouille " > > Henry > > > > Message Original: > ----------------- > A partir de: Michael Gaschler [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:28:22 -0500 > A: [email protected] > Sujet: Re: Re: [HG] From the Savannah Morning News Today.... > > > Dear Simon and the rest, > I think you have raised some very good questions, and here is a > small > start in beginning to answer them. > > First, you wonder what the mysterious 'Seven Celtic Nations' are. > Judith provided a very nice link in her email that led you to a page > on the GSU website, The very first thing that it addresses is the > identity and history of the Seven Celtic Nations. > > Second, I will agree that the Celts cannot make any sort of claim to > being the creators of the Hurdy Gurdy, but, as with many, many other > instruments, the development and use did not arise from only one > group > of people or one geographic location. So, maybe 'commonly' is a touch > inappropriate, but it is an honest mistake. > > Furthermore, I believe that the word 'experimental' might be (again) > a > bit too sweeping of a description. Perhaps something more along the > lines of 'state-of--the-art' would be more fitting. But even then, > does it matter? I personally would be very contented to be able to > see > a fine Gurdy-ist like Chabenat play in concert, even if he isn't > using > an 'experimental' hurdy gurdy. > > Once again, you raised good points that I feel deserve an answer. I > hope I have helped answer those and I would invite anybody else to > chime in with their two cents if they feel that I have inadequately > addressed any issues. > > > Yours, > Michael Gaschler > > -- > []\/[] [] { []=[] /\ []= []_ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Vérifiez votre courrier électronique depuis le web sur > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Vérifiez votre courrier électronique depuis le web sur http://mail2web.com/ .
