I viewed the film again, my apologies, my internet connection was timing out on me and I had skipped a huge section. He mentions that his first hinges were the regular cabinet making hinges and then he turned to the traditional after getting a whole bunch of comments from old HG players that they were not proper HG's without the hinges, the ebony, etc. people insisted on having him make them the way they used to be. He basically learned from images and copying other HG's . The flatback is a copy of one he'd had in his hands and was 230 years old. Not sure about his perspective on dates.... you note the second HG he showed us was dated 1978, yet he talks about the two HG's being 50 years apart...
At the end, he laments on the fact that there isn't anyone to take over his trade and his shop. His son is not interested and prefers auto mechanics, which is more lucrative. He mentions he stopped making HG's 3 years ago. Kind of makes me want to retire back to my native country and continue the tradition.... not very realistic though!!! regards Bruno Cognyl-Fournier Montreal, Canada ( originally from France) On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Bruno Fournier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > He did not comment on the hinges, he commented on the ebony used for the > cover on all his other HG's except the first one, because he did not have > ebony in those days, so he used local woods, I did not catch the type of > wood he used. > > the coiled hinges are traditional, and easy to make with just regular > wire, my friend Daniel Thonon showed me how to make them. > > Bruno > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:31 PM, timw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thank you for your explanation of the video, Bruno! >> >> I was curious what he might have commented on the cover-hinges in the >> video. It appeared as if he was making comments regarding the coiled, >> wire-wrap hinges on one gurdy, as compared to the flat brass hinges on >> the other. >> >> I am just learning about gurdies and am not clear which hinges I >> should use. I suspect the coiled hinges might be more traditional. >> >> If sure would like to know what others here would recommend. >> Thanks, Tim >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "hurdygurdy" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy >> >> The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found >> at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts >> from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. >> > > > > -- > > Bruno Cognyl-Fournier > > www.estavel.org > > > -- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier www.estavel.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
