[NSP] Re: Cymbal

[Richard York]

 And to complete the circle, there's a recording of both nsp's and 
gurdy at http://www.richardhaynesmusicservices.com/page6.htm
I'm not saying it's state-of-the-art playing on either, but it's a very 
interesting and rather nice sound combination.

It's only fair to read his comments first: it's track 8.

And you can see the organistrum carving from Santiago in the VA 
museum's castings gallery. Assuming it hasn't gone the way of their 
instruments gallery and been closed yet.


It's rather pleasing to add that the Hurdy Gurdy discussion group 
currently has a photo of a carving from York Minster showing both a 
gurdy and bagpipes. Not smallpipes, but pleasant that a certain amount 
of twinning is going on here :)


Richard.

On 02/11/2010 23:47, Colin wrote:

All you need to know:
http://www.hurdygurdy.farmcom.net/front.html

I actually play a flatback gurdy (not by this maker) from Germany made 
by Helmut Seibert..

There's something about drones..
Colin Hill
- Original Message - From: Gibbons, John 
j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk

To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:37 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal




See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organistrum for another name, a 
description, and a good picture.


John



From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf 
Of Philip Gruar [phi...@gruar.clara.net]

Sent: 02 November 2010 17:50
To: Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal

Does this sound familiar to anyone else who knows more about this 
field of

expertise?

Yes. The symphony - more or less as you describe it, was a mediaeval 
version

of the hurdy-gurdy.
One of the best illustrations - of the big two-man version - is 
carvrd over
the doorway of Santiago de Compostela cathedral. No time to write 
more just

now - I'll post links and references later if anyone is interested, and
unless someone else puts it all up here first!

Philip



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[NSP] Re: Recommended new recordings and books

[Richard Shuttleworth]

Hi Anthony,

The sub-title is well deserved.  I thoroughly recommend Force 6.

Cheers,

Richard

- Original Message - 
From: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
To: John Dally dir...@gmail.com; Matt Seattle 
theborderpi...@googlemail.com

Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 5:34 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Recommended new recordings and books




  Following Matt's brave suggestion on the recording front there's a new
  Cd coming out next week from the band that arose out of the Windy Gyle
  CD. It has piping and fiddling and some lovely clarsach too.
  Snips can be heard at [1]www.robbpipes.com .
  Richard Shuttleworth was kind enough to suggest that the CD name Force
  6 should be Force 9,  so thank you Richard for the subtitle!
  Cheers
  Anthony
  --- On Tue, 2/11/10, Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
  wrote:

From: Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Recommended new recordings and books
To: John Dally dir...@gmail.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 2 November, 2010, 19:30

 Well, obviously I'm biased, but I recommend
 Matt Seattle Band ~ Reivers of the Heart
 from [1]dragonflymusic.co.uk
 Traditional and Original Music from the Borders and Northumberland,
 including state-of-the-art versions of some Northumbrian classics (I
 did say I was biased)
 On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:21 PM, John Dally [2][2]dir...@gmail.com
  wrote:
   With the holidays coming up, perhaps it might be a good idea to
  make
   a
   list of the best new (they're all great, I'm sure) recordings and
   books with Northumbrian/Borders content.  I want to make a list to
   give to my friends and family.  ;-)
   Can anyone recommend good histories, old or new, of
  Northumberland?
   To get the ball rolling, I highly recommend Margaret Watchorn's
  new
   book.
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References

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  3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
  4. http://dragonflymusic.co.uk/
  5. http://uk.mc5.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dir...@gmail.com
  6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html