Hi Matt,
Do you know how old the Hurdy Gurdy is?
Could be that it was an early model and the old Trad way was used.
Just a thought!
Billy Horne
I'm still having a frustrating problem with my chanter string on my C-G
gurdy. It tends to sound an octave too high when I play the fifth note (D).
Following helpful replies to an earlier post, I've tried (a) changing the
cotton, (b) adjusting the shimming, (c) changing the string, (d) raising
Just a thought,
It's possible you are getting an unwanted harmonic from the bridge - if it
is too light, it can vibrate at a frequency which does strange things to the
normal string vibration. Try adding some weight to the bridge ( a pound coin
with BluTack ). If this fixes it, you can try
Matt,
Do you have traditional wood tangents in hardwood keys? If so try pushing
in on the key while playing and then push down on the offending tangent and
see if the sound goes away. If it does you need to remake a tangent for the
hole or re drill the hole to the tiniest fraction of an
Hi, All-
William and I got notice of this Gilpin gurdy for sale in Massachusetts via
our MySpace page. Here's the url if you're interested:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewfriendID=156554875;
blogID=273854728MyToken=2906ffdc-51a3-4c83-9e47-2b209bdaca4e
Sure looks pretty!
The traditional method of installing the wheel was to put it permanently.
When all else fails for figuring out the bearings, you can get an X-ray of it.
;-)
Alden
At 10:49 PM 6/10/2007 +0300, you wrote:
Hi Matt,
Do you know how old the Hurdy Gurdy is?
Could be that it was an early model and
