Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Reymen Marc
Hello jim, I hear you have the same interests as I have. I'm a hg builder and i asked questions like yours to on the site but I discouverd to that the inerest for these items is minimal on this site. I'dd like to discuss these and others items like these but i think we can better do this not on

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Arle Lommel
Would it make sense to set up a Google or Yahoo Group just for makers and those interested in building hurdy-gurdies? While I don't want to fracture the group on this list, I wonder if a dedicaed group might not attract those who don't want to participate on a general HG list. It would

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Reymen Marc
certainly very interested...altough i'm prepaired to share everything with everybody... Marc - Original Message - From: Arle Lommel To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [HG] sympathetic strings Would it make sense to set up a Google

RE: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Lauwers Pieter
Everything?? Pieter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reymen Marc Sent: 29 September 2008 13:18 To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] sympathetic strings certainly very interested...altough i'm prepaired to share

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Melvin Dorries
We are very interested as well Arle.   Hurdygurdycrafters Mel and Ann --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Reymen Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Reymen Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HG] sympathetic strings To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 7:18 AM certainly very

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Colin
I'm not a builder and never will be (don't have the skills) but do enjoy reading about the craft as I'm interested in the instrument and not just the playing. Maybe just adding building to the subject line would be enough or tech for those not interested to push the delete button? I'd really

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread George Leverett-Altarwind Music
I would be interested George - Original Message - From: Arle Lommel To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [HG] sympathetic strings Would it make sense to set up a Google or Yahoo Group just for makers and those interested in

[HG] Builders group

2008-09-29 Thread Arle Lommel
Hi all, I just set up a Google Group for those interested in building. You can sign up at the following address: http://groups.google.com/group/hurdy-gurdy-builders In the group description I refer to this list for anything other than building matters. I certainly don't want to undermine

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Arle Lommel
Well, If the consensus is to keep these things on this list, I am certainly not opposed. The only reason for me to suggest another forum was because I'd seen enough let's take this off list discussions that interested me. If there is consensus to keep this here and people will continue

Re: [HG] builders' group

2008-09-29 Thread Melissa Kacalanos
While I'm not a builder myself and have no plans to be one, I still find builders' discussions interesting, and enjoy reading them on this list. They help me better appreciate all the work that went into my hg. I'd vote for leaving these discussions here, since then I wouldn't have to check a

Re: [HG] builders' group

2008-09-29 Thread Simon Wascher
Hello, I would prefer to keep discussions on one list. I would find it a good idea thougt to always use meaningful threads. In case its a builders question it could be common practice to start the thread with building question in the acctual case this would make: [HG] building question:

Re[2]: [HG] builders' group

2008-09-29 Thread Chris Nogy
Really, in looking back at the contents of this list from the time I joined, I can say that this is definitely NOT a players list. There are very few discussions of techniques, of arrangement methods, of playing techniques. There is a lot of discussion of events, of bands, of music to listen

[HG] The Listmaster Speaks: Everyone Read!

2008-09-29 Thread hurdy
Dear HG List members There are several issues I would like to address here. Please read them all, as they concern you whether you are an active poster or a lurker. First, I can appreciate that off-list discussions occur, which is appropriate. There are many things that should not be discussed

Re: [HG] sympathetic strings

2008-09-29 Thread Tony Vincent
At 06:22 AM 9/29/2008 -0400, you wrote: Would it make sense to set up a Group just for makers and those interested in building hurdy-gurdies? Hi Arle, I am predominatly an instrument maker, albeit very amatuer! rather than a player and would certainly be interested (although there is

Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active

2008-09-29 Thread Colin
Is this a personal thing or is there a problem with Google groups? Colin Hill - Original Message - From: Simon Wascher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active Hello, I will not

Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active

2008-09-29 Thread Colin
I don't have a gmail at all. I'm with Virgin.net and it accepted mine. Looking at those who have already joined, I don't see that anyone has a gmail address either. Out of pure curiosity (plus I love being a Sherlock and trying to find things out ), what message are you getting to say it won't

[HG] The Listmaster Speaks about gmail

2008-09-29 Thread hurdy
You don't need a gmail account. All you need is your current email The Google Groups help information at http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=46438cbid=-maem9jqr8uousrc=cblev=index seems to say that participation in a Google Group via a non-google email address is possible.

Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active

2008-09-29 Thread Jocelyn Demuth
It's pretty simple. I belong to several google groups and I don't have gmail address. Google groups is much easier way to organize and receive mail. - Jocelyn - Original Message - From: Dennis Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:02 PM

Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active

2008-09-29 Thread Orest Lechnowsky
I don't know much about google groups and the need for a google account. I do know that on yahoogroups, although they strongly encourage you to have a yahoo account, it is not necessary. I would assume the same is true of google, though I might well be wrong. In yahoogroups, you can join

[HG] The Listmaster Speaks about how to subscribe.

2008-09-29 Thread hurdy
Dear Listmembers, Sorry, that got last message got sent before I was ready. You don't need a gmail account. All you need is - your current email - the ability to use an internet browser - a Google Groups account You only need the browser and the Google Groups for the day you subscribe to the

RE: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: the new group is active

2008-09-29 Thread Marsbar
I joined with my standard bigpond account. It verified my account and I am now a member. Fi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orest Lechnowsky Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2008 8:26 AM To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] The

Re: [HG] The Listmaster Speaks: Everyone Read!

2008-09-29 Thread Peter Hughes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear HG List members snip agreed stuff for brevity Second, our community is pretty small, I thinks that's the key point. I certainly love the discussions here on all aspects fo HG, and whilst I rarely have anything useful to contribute (in fact I rarely