Re: [HG] synthetic Wheels?

2008-09-26 Thread Oscar Picazo Ruiz
Just curious Which kind of polymer is it? polyurethane? phenolic? epoxy? If you say it is not an injected piece, I guess it is a termostable rosin. 2008/9/18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Arle, I think by the time I had faced, banded, etc. that I would prefer to use a voidless baltic birch ply

RE: [HG] Harpe de Gourde

2008-09-26 Thread Nathan Roy
I'm under the impression that harpe de gourde is an etymological back-formation, posited to explain the origin of the English term hurdy-gurdy. To my knowledge, there isn't actually much evidence for it's authentic and independent use. I'm not an expert, but my experience in linguistics has

[HG] Screech owl

2008-09-26 Thread Gary Plazyk
Hi! I've had animal reactions to my music. My crickets chirp when I play my hammered dulcimer. Our Bearded Collie howls when I play the upper register of my concertina. The cats run away when I play the didgeridoo. But tonight beat all - I was playing my hurdy gurdy about 9:30 in the