(Only half the msg got off the runway.) I would strongly recommend that you get somebody to show you the cotton business. It is pretty easy to misunderstand even the best texts,but it's worth a shot, I guess,. Even less-than-perfect cotton is better than putting the dear aside until....until....(nope).... I still like to watch the experts cotton, ever hoping to catch something I may have missed. Get some live help, if you can...if not shall we pray for you? --- Roy Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Strenght comes with practice. So can carpel tunnel. Keep them wrists > straight! > Judgement comes with experience. Too much rosin is a very temporary > problem: > it's easy to remove it by holding a rag to the wheel and cranking a > few > times. or if you can stand it, just play and it will come off by > itself...eventually.....You will learn how much it takes. Alden > frequently > sez YMMV: but with rosin it probably will vary. People are always > asking > "How much?" and the answer is "As little as possible." You have to > learn > what works for you and and your instrument and the tune, etc,etc, > etc. I'll > give you a hint: "Too much" sounds harsh and jarring. As your tone > improves > you lose crispness in the dog. I tend to rosin up if I'm playing a > snappy > dance with a lot of dog work and save the pretty, slow tunes for > later > because I like the tone and legato feel. > > > > Eric Beharrell. It is beautifully made for a not all that expensive > > instrument (relatively speaking <g> ). Of course I don't know how > the > > sound > > quality is for a hurdy gurdy having never really met one before but > I am > > hopeful that I can make beautiful music with it-eventually ;-]. > Might > > need > > to get a strap as it didn't come with one. > > > > My main concern is to do the cotton and rosin right. I understand > you can > > overdo the rosin. It certainly is an instrument you want to get > down and > > dirty with right away. Thinking I might have to go to the gym to > build up > > my arm muscle strength, though that may come with practice <g>. > > > > Fi > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 5:37 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [HG] So now what? > > > > > My beautiful new hurdy gurdy arrived today from England. It has > 2 > > > chanterelles in D, one drone in D and a Trompette in G. It is a > lute > > back > > > with two rows of keys the bottom with 12 and the top with 9. > > > > Who's the maker? > > > > > Now I just have to learn to set it up and play it. The maker > sent > > cotton > > > and spare strings and I have some violin rosin. I will probably > use the > > > pirastro as the others are cheap cakes that came with chinese > made > > violins > > > unless there is a better option. > > > > Step 1: Sit down > > Step 2: Strap in > > Step 3: Crank! > > > > Alden > > > > > > > > >
