Hurdy-gurdy Mailing List - April 2001Our deepest thanks to Maxou Heintzen for this fabulous photograph, taken at Saint-Cloud near Paris in 1957 by an unknown photographer. The following are the archives of the Hurdy-gurdy Mailing List, sponsored by Alden and Cali Hackmann of Olympic Musical Instruments.
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= = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 17:21:27 -0700 From: Alden & Cali Hackmann <hurdy _at_silverlink.net> Subject: Re: [HG] When will my gurdy be ready? To our hurdy-gurdy customers : A small correction to my earlier message - we expect to be working on getting the new shop ready for occupancy for about 2 weeks, and will probably take another week to get everything settled in and organized. After that we should be back up and running faster than ever before. ;-) Alden = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 23:19:45 -0700 From: Alden & Cali Hackmann <hurdy _at_silverlink.net> Subject: [HG] Forward from Bruce Nally re Porcelain Hello Everyone; I need some technical advice from our exclusive group of Hurdy Gurdy Builders. I have a request for a Porcelain knob on a vielle carree under construction, and as I have use of a friend's potters wheel, I have made several test models. The problem is "what is the best way to attach a porcelain knob on it's axle", without having excessive play on it's shaft, also not having the axle protrude the head of the knob. After firing there is a problem with shrinkage of the knob's centre axle hole, if it is just a bit too large, the knob is very noisy in use. Bruce Nally = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 07:34:50 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: [HG] Forward from Bruce Nally re Porcelain Bonjour, I have bought my porcelaine knobs from Pascal Cranga ( he has a w-site) today they are made on centrifufal equipment , and are cheap enough it is not worth the time spent to make it myself. Pascal also sells nylon attachement but suggested to use wood instead . I have not used it yet , I guess they have to be brocken and replaced if they need later service. Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:10:29 +0100 From: J&A Turner <atthings _at_lineone.net> Subject: Re: [HG] Forward from Bruce Nally re Porcelain Try Putting a metal bush over the handle and then gluing it into the hole in the knob. Adrian Turner. www.hudson83-freeserve-co-uk.freeserve.co.uk = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:40:50 +0100 From: michael.i.ross _at_bt.com Subject: [HG] Sessions in Paris As I will be in Paris next week, does anyone know of anywhere that plays HG/French music. Do the French have 'sessions' as we know them? Thanks Michael = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:10:06 -0400 From: Bruce Nally <bln _at_idirect.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Forward from Bruce Nally re Porcelain Thank you and also J&A Turner for the information and help with the porcelain knob. Henry, I browsed the Pascal Cranga site, it's a very informative site in both English and French Unfortunately the English site information does not work, a question? I know you can help me with, what is Porcelain Hurdy Gurdy Knob in French? Bruce = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 23:22:51 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] Poign�e Hi Bruce , A crank handle is " une poign�e de manivelle " ( in fact "poign�e" translates as a handle and as a handfull ) There are many things that Pascal sells that are not listed on his w-site catalog , a good thing to ask . To Michael , I do not think that the session on the Seine border have started yet , most other HG sessions I heard of are in very restricted folk groups. Do try to see the Cit�e de la musique and visit " le boucher " ( Andr� Bissonnet " in his shop on the" rue du pas de la mule "street ( but leave your wallet at the hotel that day <g>). Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:18:45 +0100 From: graham <graham _at_altongate.co.uk> Subject: [HG] Anyone want to build me an HG ? Hi all you luthiers out there, I am Graham Whyte, I live with my partner Polly in Hampshire England I have a EMS Henry III, I built it in 1991, couldn't get it to play and left it for several years. In 1996 I got interested in Tudor re-enactment (living history) thanks to meeting Polly and eventually sorted the HG out with considerable help and a decent set of strings from Cali Hackmann. It plays well and is much loved and used. We play for Tudor dancing (HG & drum) and also as wandering players with others (bagpipes, shawm etc), mostly at Kentwell Hall, a lovely, moated Tudor manor house www.kentwell.co.uk in Suffolk England but also for English Heritage and The National Trust. We probably introduce the HG to up to many thousands of adults and school children every year and the vast majority of those seem to like it. We are very interested in having a second c/g HG made for us. It would have to be of an authentic(ish) style for use in 16th / 17th century but any "bells and whistles" would be welcome as long as they were not obviously modern. A particularily useful device would be an F# leading note at the open end of the chanters, bag-pipers have this advantage over us. How about open F# chanters with spring applied G tangents which could be removed from the strings using the thumb on the key on the other side of the key box ? Probably a crazy idea but there a lot of tunes which only stray that far below the tonic and could then be played in G instead of having to play them in C. I suspect there might be a problem in having the open chanters defined by tangents rather than the nuts. It would also be very useful to have a device to shift the trompette from D to C without re-tuning. If anyone is interested in building an HG or has one for sale that might be suitable, please contact me directly at graham _at_altongate.co.uk Thank you Cathy for the superb translation, it was very, very moving Graham Whyte = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 17:48:33 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] XVIIth centh. Hi , In the 16 and 17 th century the HG was the instrument of beggars ( lyra mendicorum ) one good exemple is shown on George de la Tour paintings :http://perso.wanadoo.fr/xaime/vielle/histoire/delat.html Not much ( if any) archives about those instruments , they were very different from the square boxes generally pictured played by monks . In St Chartier I saw a reconstitution ( to the best of my memory it was made by Daniel Grandchamps but I would not bet my paycheck on it ) These instruments were monoxyles : the sound box was carved from a single log of wood , like a rebec and other instruments of that time .This explains the strange tri-lobe shape of the crank side and the oyster like look when viewed from the side Maybe it is also an explanation for the nailed sound board found on some Flemish and German HG , sometime or later instruments the nails are only decorative .The vielle carr�e or vielle Normande ( HenryIII style for you ) was the next innovation possibly from the second part of the 17th cent. Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:14:09 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] XVIIth centh. previuos://...instruments of that time .This explains the strange tri-lobe shape of the crank side // I don't understand. Wouldn't a log end up sort of squared off at the bottom. Why tri-lobe? = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:51:00 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Anyone want to build me an HG ? so...bag pipes have the drone of root and fifth, and then F# sounds disonance against the fifth? I wondered if there could be one key to a third string in the key box that, open was a root, but with the key (mid way)gave an F#. Only thing is that it would be a half step from a fifth on a drone string. I'm not a builder so please forgive me for speaking too much. jim = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 22:16:58 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] Tri-lobe, One can shape the outside of the log as well as the inside . Now, why a tri-lobe shape? I wish I knew ... Difficult to come with a clear answer since there are no archives about it and no instrument survived, all we have are a few paintings. My wild un�ducated guess is that it may have something to do with an effort to prevent the wood from splitting ? = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:35:45 -0700 From: R. T. Taylor <rtaylor _at_amp.csulb.edu> Subject: [HG] The Nordic Roots Festival "Hurdy Gurdy Project" concert If you are near Minneapolis Minnesota on April 19-20, you might want to check out the Nordic Roots Festival � http://www.noside.com/festival/index1.html � 7Pm and an extra Midnight show on Friday April 20 has been added for the Hurdy-Gurdy Project (Stefan from Garmarna and Totte from Hedningarna). This is the premiere of new collaboration, where all the sounds are made by hurdy-gurdies, with large doses of modern music technology. � I have no idea what this is going to sound like but it could be interesting. � There's still time to gain admission to individual concerts and for the whole weekend with the Festival Pass. For tickets, call 612 338 2674 or visit http://www.thecedar.org r.t. 000� Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 12:02:14 +0100 From: J&A Turner <atthings _at_lineone.net> Subject: Re: [HG] Tri-lobe, Tri Lobe? as a woodworker I have no I dea what you are all talking about so cant add any suggestions.. I would like to suggest that this strange configuration my be the artists aberation!!! Adrian Turner = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 08:53:01 -0400 From: Matthew Szostak <gurdy _at_midcoast.com> Subject: Re: [HG] The Nordic Roots Festival "Hurdy Gurdy Project" concert And, on a somewhat unrelated note, for any of you V�rttin� fans out there, this will be their ONLY scheduled North American performance this year.� Can you imagine?� Such a big group over hear for ONE performance?� What do you suppose their fee is? Gilles Chabenat played hurdy-gurdy on 4 of the tracks on their newest recording (right out in front on 3 of them); no word whether he'll show up, but somehow I doubt it! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Szostak - Hurdy-Gurdies 7 Grove Street Camden, Maine� 04843 phone/fax: 207-236-9576 email: gurdy _at_midcoast.com website: http://www.midcoast.com/~beechhil/vielle -------------------------------------------------------------------- = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 12:12:28 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] Tri-lobe, artists aberation!!! Look again , the tri-lobe bottom is characteristic of most pre-baroque gurdies , the Henry III and the " a la Turque "still have some remains of this shape . http://www.museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Francais/mcc_j_txt11b_fr.html Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 18:06:28 -0700 From: R. T. Taylor <rtaylor _at_amp.csulb.edu> Subject: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Here is some information about� Tekero events in Hungary from May through August. � It would be nice to learn about the other Hurdy Gurdy workshops, festivals, concerts etc. that well be held in other parts of the world. Maybe Alden could update the festival web page if you send information about events that you know about. ...................................... This information I received from Lipt�k P�ter � 5 May� POMAZ����� Tekero meeting and� workshop � 2,3,4 June BUDAPEST�� Tanchaz talalkozo � 7,8 July� GOIK (Belgium)�� Bokros� ensemble�[ this is the group that performed last year at St. Chartier ] � 26 July� -� 5 August�� KAPOLCS���� Tekero exhibition,music and friends � 29 July - 4 Aug.����� NAGYK�R۠���� Folk music and dance Camp�� (Krisztian teaches the Tekero. Guaranteed teaching in small groups 3 hours in the morning, every evening tanchaz� (guest stars are welcome) � 17- 2O Aug. BUDAPEST���������� International Meeting and Exhibition of Instrument makers (some of them known from St Chartier) � ................ � Teka Tekero camp information from this web page. http://hungaria.org/lists/folklor/news/teka-taborok.htm � My Hungarian is not too good. My simple translation is this. Tekero and Bagpipe festival� in Boldogk�v�ralja Hungary, 22-26 august. The teachers are Bartha Z. �goston, Havasr�ti P�l�and Szer�nyi B�la. I have played with all of them and they are good players and teachers too. For more information, you can contact Havasr�ti P�l at the contact address at the bottom of the message. � � 2001. augusztus 22-26. II. Teker�- �s Dudat�bor Boldogk�v�ralja 'Virgina lassan nyomogatva zenge, duda bord�j�t�l az k�fal is renge...'T�borunk a magyar �s az eur�pai teker�- �s dudamuzsika hagyom�nyaival k�v�n foglalkozni Teker� oktat�sa kezd� �s halad� szinten� Alf�ldi ol�hos, lass� �s friss cs�rd�s dallamok Hogyan vatt�zzunk, recsegj�nk, hangoljunk...? Tan�rok: Bartha Z. �goston, Havasr�ti P�l �s Szer�nyi B�la Duda oktat�sa kezd�knek �s halad�knak� Alf�ldi dudan�t�k Dudas�p k�sz�t�se, s�psz�r hangol�sa, dudab�r kik�sz�t�se Seres Imre, Szikora J�nos, P�l Istv�n dud�sok dallamai, j�t�ktechnik�i Tan�rok: L�nyi Gy�rgy �s Istv�nfi Bal�zs Klarin�t �s t�rogat� oktat�sa: Ber�n Istv�n Tervezett el�ad�sok ifj.Cso�ri S�ndor: Hogyan muzsik�ljunk egy�tt dr. Hank�czi� Gyula: Kieg�sz�t�sek a teker� n�prajz�hoz - Az alf�ldi duda Koz�k J�zsef: A magyar duda T�borunk c�lja, hogy a n�pzen�szek legyenek k�pesek a hagyom�nyos magyar n�pzene st�lush�, hiteles �s �lm�nyt ad� megsz�laltat�s�ra, tov�bbi �n�ll� tanul�sra, felv�telek, kott�k �s n�pzenei gy�jt�sek alapj�n Hangszert felt�tlen hozz�l magaddal! Est�nk�nt Padkaporos-dudab�l! R�szv�teli d�j: 6000,-Ft / f� + �tkez�s: napi 1200,-Ft Napi jegy: l�togat�knak 900,-Ft/f� ; csal�dtagoknak 500,-Ft/f� Jelentkez�sed Havasr�ti P�l v�rja faxon: 06-23-36 57 14, telefonon: 06-30-940 12 42 vagy e-mailen: teka _at_mail.datanet.hu http://w3.datanet.hu/~teka = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 22:57:18 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Of these, is the Tekero exhibition the best one for seeing Tekero instruments? � Thank you. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:52:32 +0200 From: "[Windows-1252] Wenceslao Mart�nez Calonge" <wencesmc _at_interacesso.pt> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Hello everybody: � it's a small world! Due to academic reasons I happen to visit Budapest in May!� Not planning to travel with HG. Where is Pomaz? Is it easy arriving there by train or public bus from Budapest? � >5 May POMAZ�� Tekero meeting and workshop � Last but not least, I am not rich but it would be nice knowing about second-hand, cheap instruments shops in Budapest. � Greetings from Coimbra (Portugal), Wenceslao Mart�nez Calonge wencesmc _at_interacesso.pt http://www.interacesso.pt/~wencesmc/index.htm = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 13:00:08 +0200 From: Simon Wascher <Simon.Wascher _at_chello.at> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Hello, > Wenceslao Mart�nez Calonge wrote: > it's a small world! (...)> Where is Pomaz? Is it easy arriving there by train or public bus from > Budapest? > >5 May POMAZ Tekero meeting and workshop As things are I will be doing some teaching and a small performance there. Pomaz seems to be somewhere in the outskirts of Budapest. But all I really know is that someone will pick me up at Keleti pu train station on the morning of the fifth. Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 09:19:31 -0600 From: arle lommel <fenevad _at_ttt.org> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Hi, Pomaz is a suburb of Buda (the western half of the city) and is about six km north of the edge of Buda. Public transportation would have you there from Batthy�ny T�r (on the red subway line) in half an hour, more or less, and would cost very little. The train you would be looking for is called the "Szentendrei H�V and would cost very little. If you are arriving in the airport though and need to find transportation your best bet is to call either "F� Taxi" or "City Taxi" and request a taxi to Pomaz since Hungarian taxi rates are quite reasonable (I would think you are talking about $25-$30 dollars to get there). Both companies are in the phonebook and give their best rate if you call, and both should have English-speaking dispatchers available (not a problem either way if you know Hungarian, but most visitors don't). Don't take a taxi waiting at the airport, even if it is from one of the companies I mentioned since their rate for a flagged versus a called taxi is about double. Some of them are fraudulent as well and would try to charge you up to $100 or more for the trip. If you want to go on the cheap side you can catch a bus at the airport (I don't remember the number) and go to the end. Before getting on this buy three bus/metro tickets since you will use them to get to Pomaz and you can't buy them on the bus or subway and there are conductors who will check. This bus will dump you at a station on the blue line metro (subway). From there you get on the metro and take it to D�ak T�r and change to a red-line metro headed for D�li Palyaudv�r and get off at Batthy�ny T�r. You would need to buy a ticket there for the H�V (commuter train) and take it to Pomaz. (The H�V is in a different area of the station than the metro, so you might have to ask how to get there. If you have a good sense of direction it is in the north part of the station, but signposting in Hungary is not to the level it is in most of Europe, so if you can't find the relevant sign and figure out how to pay for tickets you might need to ask someone for help. If you know English many young people can help you.) Cost for all this would be less than five bucks. If you are coming in by train you will most likely arrive at Keleti Palyaudvar. From there you can take a taxi (probably $20) or hop on the red line metro and go to Batth�ny T�r and proceed as above. (Buy two bus/metro tickets in this case.) I would strongly recommend taking a taxi if you have much luggage. Budapest, unfortunately, has a lot of pickpockets and thieves that work the metros. I have been nailed once and seen many other fall prey to them. If you are from some place where this is a problem and you know what to watch out for Budapest is not bad, but if you haven't experienced that sort of problem before, definitely avoid the major public transportation while carrying anything valuable. If you are from the U.S. and have never used any European public transportation then I would even more strongly recommend taking a taxi as being a foreigner and confused is not an excuse that most train conductors will buy. Saving twenty or thirty bucks is hardly worth the trouble if you have a bag or a wallet stolen on the train as the likelihood of ever seeing it again is about zero. (One other note: contrary to what most Hungarians will tell you, the majority of subway thieves are not Gypsy/Roma; in the two years I lived in Hungary I saw more Hungarians stealing on public transportation than any other group. While there are Roma thieves on the public transportation, you are more likely to see Roma beggars than thieves, so don't assume anything based on the skin color of anyone crowding you or doing anything you think is odd.) If anyone has any other questions about transportation in Hungary let me know. Short of giving you bus times or something like that that I can't find out from Utah I can probably at least point you in the right direction to find what you need. Regards, Arle = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 11:38:14 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. You (Arle) are so very, very nice about the details of getting there. And I'm just on the side line reading it all. Do you know how to "picture" that particular day? It sounds like it is all about the Tekero and a big, big weekend there for that instrument. Do many people come and is there a strong interest in Hungary in the Tekero these days? = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 18:27:34 +0200 From: Reymen reymen <reymen _at_pandora.be> Subject: Re: [HG] Anyone want to build me an HG ? Hi ,over there, I am Marc Reymen living in Antwerp and amateur luthier In fact I was so interested in the HG and could not find one that I made the first one almost whtihout any help or plans That was some 10 years ago. Now I have made 3 and remade the first one into a real instrument. If you can give me some pictures of what ouy want and some explanation about the string arangement you like i can see what i can do . I would suggest to make an instrument and then let you buy it . Please let me now something. Marc reymen _at_pandora.be = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:04:41 +0100 From: peter.j.hughes _at_bt.com Subject: RE: [HG] Anyone want to build me an HG ? Hello Graham, I have a hurdy gurdy built by Chris Eaton which has both low F and F#, access to them is via sprung keys. The 'open' note is thus G. It's not, however, a simple sliding key mechanism. The 'keys' actually operate rotating capos, rather like those used on chromatic harps. On the whole, it works well, with stable tuning. If I had a digital camera I'd send you a photograph. The advantages are pretty much as you describe - both natural and harmionic leading notes become available when playing in G, and some tunes in C benefit from a low F. It also makes playing in the key of F over a C drone more practical, and some bagpipe gracings such as burls become playable. It's only two extra notes, but they're particularly useful ones. Clif Stapleton has the same mechanism on one of his instruments. A capo to shift the trompette from C to D is quite a common feature which many makers can provide. I live in Woodbrige, Suffolk, which is less than an hours drive from Kentwell so next time you're there drop me a line. Best regards, Peter hughes. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:20:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Roy Trotter <rtlhf _at_yahoo.com> Subject: [HG] Turbo-Valse ? Hello, At the Over the Water Festival last September, I was inspired enough by the Music and Dance workshop/ discussion, that (as soon as I could walk) I took waltz lessons *. I'm glad I did, BUT: What I'm dancing to is considerably slower than what happens on my HG CDs. Is the French Valse more toward the Vienna style than the Ballroom Waltz? Or is it something completely different? Additionally, I'd like to discuss (privately) the possibility of getting video copies of French Dance at OTW, ST C., or other arenas. Please contact me at <rtlhf _at_yahoo.com>. Surely we can work something out. Thanks, Roy T. * <g> I suspect R.T. and Matt and a few others are thinking I should have taken elocution lessons...<g> Maybe we can get together for group rates. <waaa ha ha ha> = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 11:20:52 -0600 From: arle lommel <fenevad _at_ttt.org> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian Tekero events this year. Hi, I haven't ever been to Pomaz, just through it on the train, so I can't say much about town itself. It looks like it is about the size of its better-known neighbor Szentendre, which means you could walk across the town in twenty minutes or less. Concerning your other questions, yes, there is considerable interest in the teker� (and duda - bagpipe) in Hungary. The folk revival in Hungary is very strong and is best compared to what has gone on in Celtic countries in terms of the general level of public interest. The interest is mostly in more or less authentic music (however one defines that, a topic we could waste a lot of bandwidth on and still never come to any conclusion), and owes a lot to Bart�k and Kodaly's enormous influence on the Hungarian national image. This is an area your average Hungarian takes a lot of positive pride in and supports at least in intention if not action. -Arle = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:21:52 -0700 From: Christina Wright <ccwright _at_halcyon.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Turbo-Valse ? Dear Ray, Your question about the French valse is one I have grappled with, so I'll come out of hiding on this list to reply. When Luther (my husband) and I first went to St. Chartier, watching with eyes as large as saucers, of course, we thought there were two waltz tempi. But, no, the slower one, the one that feels like an American waltz, is usually a mazurka. We began to notice that most people were doing steps we had never seen before (but which I can teach you this September at the OTW Festival.) The valse, in France, is quick, with smaller, lighter steps, more turns, with less space begin taken by any single couple. (The French version of the Scottish is similar, in that it takes up less space than its Scandivnavian counterpart, with smaller steps and tiny lifts instead of hops.) This is rambling, but I suspect that your waltz lessons will come in plenty handy when you crank yourself up to French tempo. Try it. The only way to move that quickly to that beat is to take teeny steps! Chris Wright = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 11:33:20 -0600 From: arle lommel <fenevad _at_ttt.org> Subject: [HG] T�ka HG and bagpipe camp Hi, R.T.'s list of information on the Hungarian events had a section in Hungarian that R.T. didn't feel comfortable translating. I have translated that and some of you may find it of interest. I doubt that any of the instruction will be in English at the camp as the primary focus is for Hungarian musicians, but if anyone is interested you could probably go and follow along and I imagine you can find someone who speaks English well enough to help you find your way around. The contact person is P�l Havasr�ti, who speaks at least some English. However, if anyone is interested in contacting him I can translate what is needed so that it is easier for him. (I am not familiar with the village of Boldogk�v�ralja and my atlas of Hungary is packed away at the moment, so I don't know how to get there.) I figure the cost for the entire thing as about 12000 HUF (about $42 U.S.), really an amazing deal for everything covered. Having never been to an event like this I do not know what the lodging options are. If anyone is interested I will ask P�l Havasr�ti about that via e-mail. I wish I could go but work and moving to Indiana will keep me away. Maybe next year. Arle Here is the translated information on the camp from R.T.'s message: ******* 2001. August 22-26. Second Teker� and Duda Camp Boldogk�v�ralja Our camp wishes to deal with Hungarian and European hurdy gurdy and bagpipe music traditions. HG instruction at beginning and intermediate levels. Alf�ldi ol�has, slow and fast csardas songs. How to cotton, use the dog, and play the instrument. Teachers: Z. Agoston Bartha, P�l Havasr�ti, and B�la Szer�nyi. Bagpipe instruction at beginning and intermediate levels. Bagpipe reed prearation. Chanter tuning, bag preparation. Songs of bagpipers Imre Seres, J�nos Szikora, and Istv�n P�l. Playing technique. Teachers: Gy�rgy L�nyi and Bal�zs Istv�nfi. Clarinet and T�rogat� instruction: Istv�n Ber�n. Planned presentations: S�ndor Cso�ri Jr.: How to play together Dr. Gyula Hank�czi: Additions to an ethnography of the teker� - the Alf�ldi bagpipe. J�zsef Kozak: The Hungarian bagpipe The goal of our camps is that folk musicians be capable of playing traditional Hungarian music in a manner true to the style, faithful and such that it gives an authentic experience, and that they also be capable of further independent study on the basis of recordings, scores and collections of folk music. You must bring your own instrument with you! Every evening there will be a bagpipe dance! Participation fee: 6000 HUF (approx $21 U.S.)/person + meals at 1200 HUF (about $4 U.S.)/day Day ticket: for visitors 900 HUF ($3 U.S.)/person; for family members 500 HUF ($2 U.S.) Send bookings to P�l Havasr�ti: Fax: 06 23 36 57 14 Tel: 06 30 940 12 42 Email: teka _at_mail.datanet.hu Web: http://w3.datanet.hu/~teka = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 19:42:44 +0200 From: Simon Wascher <Simon.Wascher _at_chello.at> Subject: Re: [HG] Turbo-Valse ? hello, Roy Trotter wrote: > What I'm dancing to is considerably slower than what > happens on my HG CDs. Is the French Valse more toward > the Vienna style than the Ballroom Waltz? Or is it > something completely different? I do not not know what kind of waltz you learned exactly. To my observations the viennese waltz is a bit slower than the central french folk waltz. The solution for the dancers is not to make a full turn on two bars in the central french style of waltz as saw it in france. There is not such a rigid dance direction round a circle, so one does not need so much the time to get around. Also keep in mind that music played for recording or concert follows other rules than music been played for dancing. Playing for dancing ideally means to follow the steps of the dancers, so in this case the dancers give the tempo. In general with waltz there are different ways to make the steps depending on the tempo: If slow every step is done seperately, if faster the steps start to slide together into one fluent two bar movement. Also there are to possibilities with which foot to start: with the right one in viennese waltz with the left in some folk styles. To my observation folk dance is nearly always faster than at a formal dance. Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:07:53 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] Turbo-waltz, Bonsoir, Exact observation , caracteristic of the french waltz is quick short steps , wich eventually evolved into the "Java" as the HG and the bagpipe were replaced by the diatonic and later the chromatic accordeon. The java started in those Paris caf� owned by immigrants from central France . Here in Qu�bec the tradition is the Austrian or German style with long steps at slower tempo , legacy of the German musicians, music teachers and piano makers who came with the British army after the 7 years war (French and Indian war for you Yanquees<g>) Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:21:14 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: [HG] Nice picture , Just a nice picture of Hungarian bagpipe and HG : http://www.i-voir.com/festiv/stchar/sc48.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:47:35 -0700 From: R. T. Taylor <rtaylor _at_amp.csulb.edu> Subject: Re: [HG] Nice picture , That is Havasr�ti P�l playing Tekero and Lanyi Gyorgy playing Duda. They are both in the Teka Ensemble. There are also 68 other pictures taken at St. Chartier 2000. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:13:42 +0200 From: B&D Renaudin <d140557 _at_club-internet.fr> Subject: Re: [HG] Sessions in Paris Hi Michael, michael.i.ross _at_bt.com a *crit : > > As I will be in Paris next week, does anyone know of anywhere that plays > HG/French music. Do the French have 'sessions' as we know them? Well, we do have irish and related music sessions... Not for Centre France music, a very elusive specie! :-) Dominique Renaudin http://perso.club-internet.fr/d140557/index.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:44:50 -0400 From: Judith Lindenau <judith _at_taar.com> Subject: [HG] FW: The Slovak Spectator - forwarding the article Of interest: The Slovak Spectator's article "The lost art :of hurdy-gurdys revived" zo SlovakSpectatora: :http://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok.asp?vyd=2001012&rub=spectfeat&cl=345. I was able to acquire a ninera from Tibor after visiting him in 1999. He's a delightful man and an excellent folk musician. Judith = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:58:32 +0200 From: www.altemusik.net <thomas _at_altemusik.net> Subject: [HG] Einladung f�r Handwerksst�nde: Kaltenhauser Mittelalter 2001 Einladung f�r Sie! Bitte auch weitermailen. Danke! zur Teilnahme am gr��ten Mittelalterfest �sterreichs am Samstag, dem 16. Juni 2001 14.00 - 22.00 Uhr Hallein-Kaltenhausen (bei Salzburg) * Wir haben: noch einige Pl�tze f�r mittelalterliche Handwerksst�nde frei * Wir suchen: Historische Handwerksst�nde von Qualit�t * Wir bieten: Standpl�tze ohne Standgeb�hr f�r Sie auf dem gr��ten Mittelalterfest �sterreichs * Sie sind: Astrologe, B�cker, Bader, Brezelweib, Drechsler, Flickschuster, Gerber, .... * Sie wollen: bei unserem Fest teilnehmen mit mittelalterlichem Stand und Gewand * Sie sollten: das beiliegende Formular ausf�llen und schnellstens uns faxen Mit freundlichen Gr��en aus Salzburg, Thomas M. Schallab�ck K�nstlerischer Leiter des Kaltenhauser Mittelalters Antworten per mail: thomas _at_altemusik.net oder Fax: 00 43 / 662 / 831 002 (von 8 Uhr bis 19 Uhr) Thomas M. Schallab�ck Erzabt-Klotz-Strasse 27 A - 5020 Salzburg Tel & Fax: 00 43 / 662 / 831 002 Mobil: 0043 / 664 / 33 78 522 ______________________________ Kaltenhauser Mittelalter 16.6.2001 �sterreichs gr��tes Mittelalterfest s�dlich der Stadt Salzburg http://www.altemusik.net/kaltenhausen2001.htm ______________________________ = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:07:41 +0200 (CEST) From: marcello bono <lyra_mendicorum _at_yahoo.it> Subject: [HG] Easter Hi Happy Easter to the list. I wish you all great time (resting or working, it depends on your habit). See you next tuesday ===== Marcello Bono my hurdy-gurdy page is http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1045 = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:53:47 -0700 From: Joan L. D'Andrea <jeepstr42 _at_uswest.net> Subject: Re: [HG] Easter Happy Easter everybody. Joan L. D'Andrea = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 06:44:32 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Easter Easter/Pasca God bless. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:51:19 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Easter I always seem to mis-type and mis-spell; I'm sorry. Actually Pascha. But, as far as the hurdy gurdy and saying it that way, I have one recording that seems rare. It is the leader of a Russian choir, the Siren Choir, singing a chant and playing the hurdy gurdy as he sings. The notes indicate that they called it was called a Lyra and that blind, very poor men would sing like that and play in Russia. I guess similar to Schubert's melody/ Muller's lyrics that the list talking about about little bit. Thanks for reading, as always. jim = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:42:25 -0700 From: Cynthia A. Wright <cwright _at_smartt.com> Subject: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site Greetings list...Happy Easter. The "official" Cordes en Folie web site is now online....check it out! (you might need a bit of patience on a really slow modem, but worth it.) www.CordesEnFolie.com There was some discussion on the list a while back about buying their CD... In the "Our Music" section, there is a link to a distributor, where you can buy it online. Enjoy the weekend. Cynthia = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:48:50 -0400 From: Judith Lindenau <judith _at_taar.com> Subject: RE: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site What a beautiful site... judith = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 01:03:19 +0200 From: www.altemusik.net <thomas _at_altemusik.net> Subject: [HG] Alte Musik Rundbrief Nr. 10 / 19.4.2001 Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Liebe Freunde der Alten Musik und des Mittelalters! � Kaiser Mittelalterfest im Hofbr�u Kaltenhausen Das gr�sste Mittelalterfest �sterreichs � http://www.altemusik.net/kaltenhausen2001.html� � Auf dieser Homepage finden Sie alles: � 1. Das Programm 2. Die Akteure 3. Strassenarten und Router f�r Ihre Anreise 4. interaktives Verzeichnis von Hotel, Pensionen, Jugenherbergen und Campingpl�tzen���� ��� und vieles mehr ... Mit freundlichen Gr�ssen, Thomas M. Schallab�ck � � Dear Sir! Dear Madam! Dear friends of early music and medievalism! Caesar's Medieval Festival in Hallein-Kaltenhausen nearby Salzburg The greatest Medieval Festival all over Austria http://www.altemusik.net/kaltenhausen2001.html� On this homepage you`ll find everthing: � 1. programme 2. staff 3. maps and router for your travel 4. hotels ��� and much more ... � All the best Thomas M. Schallab�ck 000� Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:57:51 -0400 From: zhenya <zhenya _at_prexar.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site This group has some very, very pretty songs with acoustic guitar and hurdy gurdy. jim = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 15:25:39 -0700 From: Henry Boucher <boite _at_sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site Salut Jim , Gouging a few minutes of a sunny saturday afternoon of "pre"-gardening ( raking leftover leafs from last fall <g>) Photocopies are done and leaving from the post office in a few hours . Is there any Indian communities in your area ? A bient�t, Henry = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:19:49 +0100 From: Neil Brook <hurdy.gurdy _at_virgin.net> Subject: Re: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site Is it just me or are the links faulty on the Cordes en Folie site- I can't get past the second page. Neil www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 04:20:25 -1000 From: Don V. Lax <donvlax _at_maui.net> Subject: Re: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site you need the very latest version of the Macromedia Flash plugin. It's worth it. The website is one of the most beautiful I've yet seen... Neil Brook wrote: > Is it just me or are the links faulty on the Cordes en Folie site- I can't > get past the second page. > > Neil > www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:30:25 -0600 From: arle lommel <fenevad _at_ttt.org> Subject: [HG] Hungarian teker� and bagpipe camp Dear list, Last week I made a translation of some information RT had posted regarding the Hungarian HG camp. I just got the following from the camp's organizer indicating that they would welcome players of all types. I wish I could myself be going, but I really think this would be a great opportunity for anyone interested in the Hungarian HG tradition. -Arle Dear Arle Lommel, R.T. translation is correct. We waiting for every players, in our special bourdon camp. If you need any help just write me. (40 players was in a camp a last year) Regards Pal Havasreti ********************************************************** TE'KA Band - Havasre'ti Pa'l - Hungary - 2030 E'RD, Dea'k Ferenc utca 74. phone: (36) 23/ 523-714 phone/fax: (36) 23/ 365-714 cell.phone: (36) 30/ 9401-242 teka _at_mail.datanet.hu http://w3.datanet.hu/~teka ********************************************************** = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:29:41 -0700 From: Cynthia A. Wright <cwright _at_smartt.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Cordes en Folie web site Hi Neil and others with similar problems on the Cordes en Folie site... You have to have the Flash 5 plug-in for the site to be viewed as created...(follow the link on the first page). The Flash 4 plug will result in you 'missing pieces' to the site... The Web Master is in the know, and is working on resolving this... Cheers, Cynthia Vancouver = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:56:41 +0100 From: Mike Gilpin <mjgilpin _at_tesco.net> Subject: [HG] Workshop with Cliff Stapleton For all you out there with G/C gurdies - � "Cliff Stapleton will be holding a 2-day Hurdy Gurdy workshop on26th/27th May at Haddenham, Cambs. This is specifically for GC instruments. The cost of the weekend will be �25, which includes an evening concert on 26th. Full details available from Ruth Bramley 01353 740999. This event is being organised by Ely Folk Club." Hope to see you there Mike Gilpin = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:47:41 +0200 From: Simon Wascher <Simon.Wascher _at_chello.at> Subject: [HG] Vienna hurdy gurdy outdoor session Hello, As the spring arrives here in the city, the idea of an regular outdoor hurdy gurdy session took place. Sugesstions are to meet every Wendsday at six considering the weather to be OK meaning: no rain during the very day, air temperature not less than 17� Celsius. Proposed meetingplace: Heldenplatz. Please mail me if you have anotations about time, day, place ... Repertoire and keys: central french, suitable for vielles en re (hurdy gurdy in D). Vielles and cornemuses en re only, drones in D. The target is the great sound of such a hurdy gurdy only session which often is missed with mixed sessions including other instruments. Suposed to be an open air session and therefore depending on daylight makes me think this session should not interfere with the 1st wendsday breton session starting at nine. Weekend was ruled out because some musicians in question are out of town regulary then. If this idea finds your interest please mail me back personally. Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:14:26 -0400 From: Matthew Szostak <gurdy _at_midcoast.com> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian teker�Q== and bagpipe camp I can't seem to find that translation from a week or so ago - would someone with a copy be willing to send it to me again? I have a friend who is interested... Thanks! ~ Matt = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:13:38 -0600 From: arle lommel <fenevad _at_ttt.org> Subject: Re: [HG] Hungarian teker�Q== and bagpipe camp Hi Matt, here is my original posting on the subject. -Arle [reposting deleted] = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:46:06 +0100 From: Dave Praties <dave _at_dpraties.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: [HG] lubricatink keywork Hello all, Some time ago, there was a debate here about the lubrication of keys, and I remember reference to wax of some kind being used, but I can't remember what kind. Could someone remind me? I like graphite powder for this purpose, but I'm quite into trying something different. The question I have is, however well this wax works, does it absorb moisture/dirt/ anything else, and get sticky needing cleaning off and replacing. Is there any evidence of wax being used traditionally for keywork? Cheers, Dave = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:01:48 +0200 (CEST) From: marcello bono <lyra_mendicorum _at_yahoo.it> Subject: Re: [HG] lubricatink keywork Try graphite (not powdered) : just rub a soft pencil over the key shafts and/or in the keybox holes. Sometimes the "real" problem in not " lubrication" but "friction": keybox holes can change dimentions because of changement in dampness. That's why I filled the keybox holes grain with something hard: I used to put a little bit of cyanoachrilate glue (...sorry for the spelling folks...) before the final finishing of the holes. I had good results with filled holes and pencil I don't think that wax is a good idea, because it can collect any kind of grime (as oil does)....wax works great for bicycle chains, because it doesn't allow penetration of dirt inside, then dirty wax falls while you push on you pedals and you just have to replacing it (every 150-200 miles) .... but gurdies got just one wheel. ciao ===== Marcello Bono my hurdy-gurdy page is http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1045 = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:50:08 +0200 From: Karsten Evers <Evers.Frydrych _at_t-online.de> Subject: [HG] Helmut Gotschy - hurdy gurdy maker since 1979 Have a look at the homepage www.gotschy.com if you like. Beside some information about fine hurdy gurdys of Helmut Gotschy you will find a documentation about making a hurdy gurdy, which is also available as a book meanwhile. You can receive it from Helmut Gotschy (but it is written in German). Karsten Evers = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:25:13 +0200 From: Simon Wascher <Simon.Wascher _at_chello.at> Subject: Re: [HG] lubricatink keywork Hello all, Silicone spray works nice. But you have either to remove the wheel before applying the spray or put the keys off the instrument since the silicone also could lubricate the wheel ;-) And Marcello is right it is more likely that a swollen hole or tangent is causing the sticking. Simon Wascher - Vienna Austria = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:37:10 -0700 From: george.swallow <george.swallow _at_beechcottage98.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: [HG] Dewit hurdy gurdy- Die deutsche Ausgabe ist geboren This instrument, about which Alden has written notes and made extra drawings was originally contained in a book published in Holland and later translated for a USA edition. Both are now out of print. Thanks to Cor Westbroek, the existence of a German edition has been revealed to me, and I have obtained a copy of it from Amazon in Germany. It was published in 1999 and at 20DM plus postage (about �11 all in to UK)it is well worth it. If you don't speak German, you can do what I did with the Dutch and ignore it; the drawings, a bit of thinking, and Alden's notes are quite sufficient to make the instrument. This edition of the book is called "Musikinstrumente selberbauen" and is obtainable from www.amazon.de . You can type in the title or search under B�cher and then Jack Botermans to find it. At present they say they have six copies left in stock. If your order ends up with "ausverkauft" or "vergriffen" written on it, then you are unlucky. George Swallow = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:29:19 +0100 From: Neil Brook <hurdy.gurdy _at_virgin.net> Subject: Re: [HG] lubricatink keywork I like to spray dry film PTFE mould release agent ( from engineers merchants) onto the keyshafts. It is super slippery and does not build up at all. Check the solvent is compatible with the instrument finish and keep it well away from the wheel ! Neil. www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:56:07 +0100 From: J&A Turner <atthings _at_lineone.net> Subject: Re: [HG] lubricatink keywork As cabinet maker and Luthier I would advise against the use of silicon spray .. appart from problems if any should stray to the wheel .. It makes re finishing a nightmare ,, Each molicule of silicone breaks the surface tension of any material you apply to the surface and makes it almost impossible to get a smooth coating . It is almost impossible to eliminate the stuff once it has been applied to the instrument even if you were strip all the finish off some traces of the material would remain. I would recomend wax applied as localy as possible.. Adrian Turner . Hudson Instruments.. Wales UK = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:01:56 -0400 From: Timothy S. Hall <hallt _at_louisville.edu> Subject: [HG] Minstrel model HG for sale Hello all: Unfortunately, circumstances force me to sell the Mistrel model HG I bought recently from John Peekstok. This is a great little instrument in perfect shape, and I hate to see it go, but need the money more than the instrument right now. It was checked over by Alden just before it came to me, so should need nothing else. Tuners work well, comes with tourne-a-gauche, cotton, rosin, extra chanter string and thread for tirant adjustment, and Volksgurdy care & feeding video. Trompette works well and reliably. It has the standard Minstrel range, and the custom case advertised on the Olympic web site. This is also the Minstrel featured on the recent "Men of OTW" calendar (with its previous owner), so comes with a storied past... I have really enjoyed it, and will probably seek out another (or get on the waiting list) at some point. Anyone who wants a great entry-level gurdy, and wants to avoid a 2-year wait, please contact me. Please pass this message on to anyone you may know of looking for one of these little beauties. Pictures, etc. available on request. If I don't hear from anyone in a couple of weeks, I'll probably put it up on Ebay, but my experience is that Ebay's not that great for really good instruments, and I'd rather sell it privately to a list member. Best, Tim Hall hallt _at_louisville.edu = = = = = = = = = = = = = |
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