Hi Tom and Felicia, I've heard of Skype but don't know anything about it. Will investigate and maybe is something possible to try. Thank you.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Tom LOzano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > Another solution if you like is to skype each other and go one thing at > the time to set you up with your gurdy. > > Let me know if that is a possibility, > > Best, > > Tom Lozano. > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Felicia Dale <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Jake, I saw in one of your posts that you live in New Jersey. I'm going >> to be out on the eastern seaboard for most of next year so I imagine there >> should be some sort of opportunity for us to meet, if you'd like to do so. >> You can contact me at this email address or just watch our website to see >> where we are: >> >> www.pintndale.com >> >> Then you can avoid us more easily, too. :) >> >> I hope you don't give up on that wonderful sounding gurdy. If you do, >> please let me know right away. I'd be interested in taking a look at it for >> myself and may know of others who need a high-end gurdy with electronics. >> Of course, knowing this list a dozen other folks have already emailed you >> privately with the same message! :D >> >> Personally, I think you were right to go for a better quality instrument >> right from the beginning. If I could have afforded it myself I would have >> done the same. Luckily, my Volksgurdy has done what I needed it to do and >> only recently has been not quite enough instrument for me. I still love it, >> though, that's for sure. >> >> Felicia. >> >> On Dec 20, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Jake Conte wrote: >> >> Hi Elisabeth and Kevin, >> >> By "high maintenance" I mean the whole cotton issue. Do I put to much >> cotton, loo little cotton? Tweaking the tangents. One player once told me >> not to worry about whether I put too much or too little cotton. Eventually >> I should know how much to put on. Another roadblock was that I had asked >> to have it set up in D/G as I play primarily Celtic music and figured D/G >> would be better suited for that. >> >> And, not to dwell on Bruno's comments, but I just wanted to add that this >> was going to be my one and only hurdy gurdy purchase and I wanted to get it >> with all the 'bells and whistles' and I wouldn't be able to afford a second >> gurdy. Now, I'm thinking maybe I should have bought a more basic model >> instead. They did make a "Symphonie" model which was a lot less expensive. >> >> Thank you all for your inspiration. I will definitely make a go of it >> and, hopefully, will not be putting it up for sale next year. >> >> Jake >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Kevin Hughes <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello Jake, >>> >>> I'm curious as to what problems you are encountering in learning to >>> play. You used the phrase high maintenance in two of your emails. Could >>> you be more specific as what these issues are? >>> >>> I was once asked to look an Orca from Olympic Instruments. A friend had >>> borrowed it from another friend(who been give it as a gift but never played >>> it) and thought that the bridge needed to be lowered(or the string notches >>> made deeper) and wanted me to look at it and see what I thought. It turned >>> out that he was trying to tune the open chanterelle to D and so the string >>> was not making good contact with the wheel. I looked at the paperwork that >>> came with the instrument, found the chanterelle should be tuned to G, tuned >>> it, cottoned the string, did a bit of shimming, and the instrument >>> played. (This was a couple of years ago and I still haven't seen the friend >>> play it.) But it seemed like the instrument was close to being good to go >>> when shipped. >>> >>> When starting out the cottoning and related shimming is the first hurdle >>> to overcome. Neil Brook has a youtube video that is helpful for >>> this. Next is getting used to turning the crank and playing notes. The >>> Muskett book is good for this as are Neil Brook's DVD tutorials. Aftre >>> that work in trompette technique. Scott Gayman has a great series of >>> youtube videos on this. And as with any instrument consistent practice >>> yields best results. >>> >>> You will of course have to replace the cotton from time to time. A >>> tangent or two may shift and need to be realigned. There could be other >>> issues that arise, however once the instrument is set up it doesn't seem to >>> me to need constant tweaking. Other folks may have other experiences. >>> >>> I wish you well in your endeavors. >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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