It actually looks to have the dog. It is just under the notch on the wheel cover. You can see it as a dark spot on the pictures. What it is missiing is the string to the chein from the tirant. Scott -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 7:22 AM Subject: [HG] instruments with tirant pegs and no chien...
Just in curiosity, I went to search completed listings on ebay to see which instrument Alina purchased, and came across another instrument, a cute Henry III. But something again seemed wrong. http://cgi.ebay.com/HURDY-GURDY-Ghironda_W0QQitemZ260112073949QQihZ016QQcategoryZ308QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem This one does have all 6 strings, but it doesn't have a chien, though it dies have a tirant peg. Seeing as how our discussion some time back about being able to discern the earlies modern form (chien) gurdy from painting because it had a tirant peg, seems strange that there are this many strange occurrances of gurdies with only part of the chien mechanism. What other use could the builders have for putting in a tirant pin without a chien and bridge except for aesthetics? Chris Nogy *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/15/2007 at 8:59 AM Arle Lommel wrote: I, on the other hand, do have a vested interest in the book (I was the translator), but I have to agree with Philip that the book is very useful for starting out, most importantly because the buzzing bridge technique on the tekero is very different from that of French-style instruments (it is controlled with wrist motions rather than hand motions), and there is no other method-type book that will explain that to you. If people on the list are interested in obtaining copies, please respond to me off-list with your name and where you live. If enough people are interested, I can probably get another set of copies for sale (my personal stash is empty at present). Price in the U.S., including shipping, would be about $25–30 US (I'm not exactly sure at the moment since I need to work out shipment details with Balázs). One thing Balázs and I have discussed is producing an English-only edition for sale outside of Hungary. Thus far we have not made one, but if there is sufficient interest, we could. -Arle On May 15, 2007, at 4:24 AM, JULIE BARKER wrote: Hello Alina and welcome Great to see some young blood coming to the instrument. You could be interested in a book that I aquired at the Lancaster HurdyGurdy Festival in England... Tekerolantosok Konyve by Nagy Balazs--The Hurdy-Gurdy handbook by Balazs Nagy. It is reasonably priced, beautifully presented and in both English and Hungarian. I suspect an internet search could find Balazs, who actually speaks fairly good English. By the way I have no vested interest in this book, it's just that I would have found it very usefull if it had been available when I was starting out. I think the gurdy player on the Loreena McKennet recordings could be Nigel Eaton. If you want to hear more gurdy playing go to my website www.drohne.co.uk or better still www.myspace.com/philipgmartin , where, as well as my music, you will find a lot of good gurdy stuff courtesy of my "friends" eg; Blowzabella, Primeval, Stephane Durand and lots more. Good Luck Philip ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
