Christa, I AM from a different planet! LOL! :D
I think I actually remember that night... Thank you for remembering me
and my persnickety fears of my gurdy getting out of tune.
Hope to see you again someday.
Felicia.
On Dec 19, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Christa Muths wrote:
The hurdy-gurdy has a reputation of being difficult to play, this
needn't be the case.
Oh, oh, don't say that!!!!!!
I have had good and stable relationships all my life: in work,
family, friends and most things :-))). Unfortunately I can't say the
same about me and my hurdy; to say the least: it's been volatile,
unpredictable and at times seems to be impossible to master. I can
play it once it's tuned correctly, but the tuning seems to be
somehow above my abilities. Sometimes I master it and then I feel
like I lifted the Titanic singlehandedly from the bottom of the
ocean and about 10 minutes later it is out of tune again.
I have a Weichselbaumer and this really is a very good instrument
but sometimes experienced players cannot tune it, players who have
other types of instruments.
I remember some years ago Felicitas Dale came to play in the U.K. I
knew nothing about hurdies then. During the break I opened the
window (which was next to her hurdy) because the air was very
sticky. Felicitas ran over from the other side of the room, calling
out: "Please don't open the window, please shut it. My hurdy doesn't
like it!"
I was totally confused and not quite sure wether I had heard
correctly or wether she was somehow from a very different planet.
She closed the window, noticed my very confused expression and
explained that hurdies get quickly out of tune when the humidity
changes, and that hurdies are very difficlt to tune.
Well, now I know and
battle ..............................................and each time I
try to tune my instrument I think of Felicita and her visit to the
U.K.
:-)))
Christa
On 19 December 2011 15:25, JULIE BARKER <[email protected]> wrote:
Don't sell it. If you want to play bad enough you will succeed. You
quite clearly have a good instrument and just need a little support
to get up to speed. The hurdy-gurdy has a reputation of being
difficult to play, this needn't be the case. Obviously you need to
put in some time as with any instrument but with good guidence it is
possible to reach a good standard. In many cases this can even be
achieved without ever having to learn to read music.
I am sure there will be people on this list who could help and maybe
even live close to you.
Philip G Martin aka Drohne
www.drohne.co.uk
--- On Mon, 19/12/11, Jake <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jake <[email protected]>
Subject: [HG-new] May be selling my hurdy gurdy
To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, 19 December, 2011, 7:05
May have to sell my custom-made Volksgurdy hurdy gurdy next year if I
can't learn how to play it. It was built around 2002 and cost almost
$6,000. There was a two-year waiting period just to begin getting it
built.
It has a 3-pickup amplification system, built-in tuner, sympathetic
strings, outputs for various situations (1/4", XLR). It's old world
meets modern technology. Really hope to try and make some progress
learning how to play it otherwise I should consider giving it a good
home. Will consider selling it privately first before going on eBay.
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