my new "hurdy-gurdy" portrait

hi all! - here is one version my new "hurdy-gurdy" portrait, taken over the weekend by my awesome daughter Anya!

The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly

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Otley Gurdy Gathering 9th – 10th November 2013 – Otley, Yorkshire

Welcome to the Otley Gurdy Gathering.

An informal weekend of Gurdy playing, technique learning and tune sharing based at Otley, near Leeds, back for a second year.

Starting on Saturday morning at 11am, the gathering will be at Clifton Village Hall, a mile out of Otley town centre. There is space for indoor sleeping on Saturday night, a full kitchen, mens and ladies toilets and a pub next door. There is a reasonable sized car park for 10 cars / camper vans and a small field if folks are inclined to camp!

Sleeping will be communally in the hall which will sleep 10-12. Otley also has a couple of B&Bs if that is more to your liking.

Cost will be £25 for the weekend, which is just to cover hall hire. This is from 11am Saturday until 11am Sunday, 24 hours and includes 2 workshops.

Spaces are limited due to the hall size. Please make all bookings using the payment page.

If you have any questions, please do get in touch at:   gurdy@snozz.com

Otley Gurdy Gathering 2012. Paul's beginners works - YouTube

The weekend kicks off from 10.30 Saturday morning with tea and coffee before the first workshop of the day.There will be two workshops on Saturday, before a music session in the Roebuck pub, next door.
Workshops are to be run by well known Ockbrook and Leeds player, Jerry Oakes who will be looking at Trompette techniques for French dance – Jerry has been an inspiration to me for many years and I am greatly looking forward to tightening up my skills.

▶ Hurdy gurdy, improvisation by Harald Pettersson - YouTube

I am also pleased to announce a workshop with Swedish Hurdy Gurdy master, Harald Pettersson.
Harald is well known in his native Sweden for his mastery of the Gurdy, and his innovative and progressive playing.
I am extremely lucky to be able to offer this rare opportunity for a workshop with Harald at Otley.
Several videos of Harald are available at
http://www.haraldpettersson.se/youtube.html

We should get another chance to have a play in the hall on Sunday morning before vacating at 11am.

otleygurdygathering.info

Hurdy Gurdy & Bagpipe Courses November - May | Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

Hurdy Gurdy & Bagpipe Courses 

November 2013 - May 2014

Always wanted to learn to play bagpipes and hurdy gurdy,

or you are an advanced player and would like to deepen? 

Zaterdagmiddagcursus november t/m mei  (english below)

Altijd al draailier of doedelzak willen leren spelen? Of ben je een gevorderde speler en wil je je graag verder verdiepen? Dit kan in de komende reeks zaterdagmiddagcursussen. Elk jaar biedt Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak een cursusreeks aan, zowel voor beginners als voor gevorderden. Daarnaast is er een samenspelgroep gericht op optreden. De cursus vindt plaats in Driebergen op de volgende zaterdagen:

- 16 november (met uitzondering van de groep van Rémi Decker, zij starten op 30 november)
- 14 december (op verzoek van de school, aangepaste lestijden: 12.30-16.30) 
- 18 januari 
- 8 februari 
- 22 maart 
- 5 april 
- 24 mei 

De cursusdagen starten om 13.00 en duren tot 17:00. De locatie is basisschool De Vuurvogel Vrije School in Driebergen (Faunalaan 250). Klik verder voor de routebeschrijving. Een goed bespeelbaar en perfect afgeregeld instrument is voorwaarde voor deelname. Deelnemers zijn daarnaast ook bereid thuis voldoende tijd in het instrument te steken om de lesstof voor de volgende les voor te bereiden... [more]

* english via google translate -

Course Saturday November / to May

Always wanted to learn to play bagpipes and hurdy gurdy Whether you're an advanced player and would you like to deepen? This is Saturday afternoon courses in the upcoming series. Each year, Foundation Hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe a series of courses, both for beginners and advanced. In addition, a group focused on interaction occur.The course takes place in Driebergen on the following Saturdays:

- November 16 (with the exception of the group of Rémi Decker, they start on 30 November) 
- December 14 (at the request of the school, custom times: 12:30 to 16:30) 
- January 18 
- February 8 
- March 22 
- April 5 
- May 24 

The course days start at 13:00 and last until 17:00. The location is the primary Firebird Free School in Driebergen (Faunalaan 250). Click through for directions . A playable and perfectly tuned instrument is a prerequisite for participation. Participants are also prepared at home stabbing sufficient time to prepare. The curriculum for the next lesson in the instrument... 

> Zaterdagmiddagcursus november t/m mei | Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

October 5 Hurdy Gurdy Workshop in Zeist | Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

Altijd al draailier of doedelzak willen leren bespelen? Of ben je gevorderde speler en wil je je graag een dag lang verder verdiepen? Dit kan tijdens onze workshopdag in Zeist.

Always wanted to learn to play? Hurdy gurdy and bagpipe Or are you advanced player and want to deepen your love for one day? This can during our workshop in Zeist.

On Saturday, October 5th Foundation organizes Hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe another full day workshops for beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Always wanted to learn to play bagpipes and hurdy gurdy but you have no instrument? No problem! Participants in the beginner groups can borrow an instrument  (English by Google Translate)

Or are you advanced player and want to deepen your love for a day with teachers such as René Meeuws, Kim Delcour? This can during our workshop in Zeist.
For more information, read more >>>

Tijdens deze dag in Zeist zijn er draailier- en doedelzakworkshops voor beginners en voor gevorderden.

Geen instrument? Geen probleem! Deelnemers aan de beginnersgroepen kunnen een instrument lenen.

Op zaterdag 5 oktober organiseert Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak weer een volle dag workshops voor beginners, halfgevorderden en gevorderde spelers. Altijd al draailier of doedelzak willen leren bespelen maar heb je geen instrument? Geen probleem! Deelnemers aan de beginnersgroepen kunnen een instrument lenen Of ben je gevorderde speler en wil je je graag een dag lang verder verdiepen bij docenten zoals bijvoorbeeld René Meeuws, Kim Delcour? Dit kan tijdens onze workshopdag in Zeist. Voor alle informatie,  >>>lees meer

Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

Henri 3 Renaissance Hurdy Gurdy - Graeme McCormack's Hurdy Gurdy Plans

 

Free  downloadable Henri 3 Renaissance Hurdy gurdy plans can now be found at:

 https://sites.google.com/site/gurdymaking/home/henri-3-renaissance-hurdy-gurdy

I have also put together a construction booklet for free download. This will be updated as I find more photos of my build." I'm sure I put them somewhere"

I hope this of some help to prospective gurdy builders.

Cheers

Graeme

Graeme Mccormack

"AntiQuated Strings"

Tasmania

email: mccormack.graeme@gmail.com

web:http://sites.google.com/site/mccormackgraeme/antiquatedstrings

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Here are [my] drawings for "the Henri 3 Renaissance Hurdy Gurdy". I have modelled it on an existing instrument from Paris circa 1750. The main deviation from the original is that it can play a chromatic 2 octaves, has adjustable bridges and string lifting mechanisms. I have also changed the internal frame to use smaller wood stock. The original has solid end blocks that needed large wood stock to cut them from. There are 10 x A1 size (841mm x 594mm) sheets to this plan. I have written up the making of the Henri 3 Renaissance hurdy gurdy in a pdf booklet. This booklet combined with my plans "blueprints" will allow the construction of a period looking, modern playing hurdy gurdy."

Henri 3 Renaissance Hurdy Gurdy - Graeme McCormack's Hurdy Gurdy Plans

Paraszta Pé - Brazilian music played on a hurdy gurdy

Pablo (hurdy gurdy) and Danny (percussion) play traditional music from northeastern Brazil, but with a Hungarian twist.

Using a hurdy gurdy to imitate a Brazilian rabeca (fiddle), Paraszta Pé presents a somewhat medieval take on traditional songs and rhythms from Northeastern Brazil. Recorded in Hungary in the summer of 2013, their eponymous debut CD includes a variety of styles, including maracatu, cavalo marinho, and, of course, forró and baião.

credits

released 18 September 2013
Pablo Lerner - hurdy gurdy
Danny Bain - percussion

Recording, Mastering: Leonardo Perez
Mixing: Allan Cuevas
Cover Art: Danny Bain and Melinda Kiss

▶ Paraszta Pé

Indiana Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop • October 3 to Sunday, October 6, 2013

EMIM’s Second Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop in the Midwest will take place on Thursday, October 3 to Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the Waycross Camp and Conference Center in scenic Brown County, Indiana. Learning and playing with both amateurs and professionals will take place alongside other enthusiasts in a relaxed atmosphere with renowned teachers and performers.

Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop

see also: Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly: photos of 2013 Indiana Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop

Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak | Hurdy Gurdy | Instruments

via the Dutch "Hurdy Gurdy and Bagpipe Foundation" --

One page of Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak website lists hurdy gurdy makers, and used instruments for sale

-- Instruments


How to Get a hurdy gurdy or bagpipe? On this page are links to some instrument makers and a number of ads for used instruments. Foundation Hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe incidentally is not responsible for the quality of these instruments. If you have a hurdy gurdy or bagpipe search, we suggest not just on marketplace to buy an instrument. If you see something on the marketplace, always consult an expert.
For our students, we also turn winches and bagpipes for rent.

in Dutch - use Google Translate - -
put in http://draailier-doedelzak.nl/instrumenten.htm#aangeboden

Instrumenten

Hoe kom je aan een draailier of een doedelzak? Op deze pagina staan links naar enkele instrumentenbouwers en een aantal advertenties voor tweedehands instrumenten. Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak is overigens niet verantwoordelijk voor de kwaliteit van deze instrumenten. Mocht je een draailier of doedelzak zoeken, dan adviseren we om niet zomaar een instrument op marktplaats te kopen. Als je op marktplaats iets ziet, raadpleeg altijd een expert. 
Voor onze cursisten hebben wij ook draailieren en doedelzakken te huur.

Aangeboden instrumenten

Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak is niet verantwoordelijk voor de kwaliteit van deze instrumenten. Mocht je een draailier of doedelzak zoeken, dan adviseren we om niet zomaar een instrument op marktplaats te kopen. Als je op marktplaats iets ziet, raadpleeg altijd een expert.

Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak | Instruments • Stichting Draailier en Doedelzak

Festival Chants de Vielles- June 2013, Québec

Festival Chants de Vielles

Les 28-29 et 30 juin • June 28-30, 2013

Festival Chants de Vielles takes place in the lovely, country setting of Montérégie in a quaint and historic Québec village. Every year, Chants de Vielles brings in a fresh and delicious musical harvest by providing a place for sharing and learning on a human scale. This ninth annual edition promises tasty, nourishing discoveries, fantastical meet-ups and deeply-rooted exchanges.

Pendant 8 ans, ce happening de chant et de musiques trad, folk et acoustique a grandi dans les terres fertiles de Calixa-Lavallée. Les 28-29 et 30 juin prochains, la roue qui tourne nous transportera tous dans le magnifique village patrimonial de Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu qui sera l’hôte de ce rassemblement musical festif ouvert à tous. La 9e édition invite à la découverte des musiques acoustiques aux rythmes des longues journées lumineuses de la fin juin. Son nouveau campement sera planté aux abords de la rivière Richelieu, témoin des premiers balbutiements de notre pays. Des cordes et des vents sur une toile de fond de cultures et de traditions. Tout ce qu’il faut pour que notre nouveau bateau défasse les nœuds du quotidien s’amarre au quai du temps qui passe nous permettant d’emplir nos oreilles d’airs frais, de nous dégourdir la jambe et de lever le coude à la santé du bonheur partagé. Au cœur de l’édition 2013, plus de 50 artistes de renom (Québec, France (Bretagne, Auvergne, Occitanie) et Irlande) y deviendront phares. L’on vous convie à laisser, vous aussi, vos lumières allumées et à embarquer sans hésiter. Au plaisir de vous rencontrer !

Festival Chants de Vielles

Drehleier hurdy gurdy on Vimeo

Drehleier hurdy gurdy from EismannFilm on Vimeo.

Halsway Schottische by vickiswan on SoundCloud

Halsway Schottische by vickiswan on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds: A tune written by Nigel Eaton, this is part of the 'How many people can we get to play and record Halsway Schottische' idea. So this is my version arranged for three nyckelharpas. A quick recording with blemishes. :)

getting a gurdy | hurdy gurdy short list

getting a gurdy - this one!

- and soon!

UPDATE 12/17: my hurdy gurdy has arrived!

hurdy gurdy 2 - YouTube

starts off with a couple of songs that i'd like to play, or at least to approximate, some day :)

see also:

whats more: Hurdy Gurdy playlists (listening and instruction)

whats more: Hurdy Gurdy - what next blog | video playlists | newspaper

The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly

hurdy gurdy postcard from Germany • Lira Organizzata

a friend who was traveling sent this from Germany awhile back

2609. Orgelleier von César Pons

Grenoble, Ende 18. Jh.

"Gurdy organ" by César Pons

Grenoble, late 18th Century

i am still trying to figure out what the layers under the keys are all about. - looks like maybe sound resonators (?)

Neil Brook: "The instrument in your link is a " Vielle Organisée " which has an air pump operated by the crank to power a pipe organ linked to the keys. They never caught on !!"

^ Neil: thanks! - i wondered why it is so deep!

Neil Brook: "There is a lot going on inside. The bellows are a clever three chamber design to give a constant airflow when the crank turns. It's the same principle as cuckoo clocks use only more powerful."

thanks Neil! sounds like quite a contraption!

Staatliches Institut für Musikforshung, Berlin
Msikinstrumenten-Museum

thanks Dean!

update -
more info received from Robert Mandel - a whole article on this instrument!

The Lira Organizzata, by Robert Mandel
(From the Book by Robert Mandel: Classical and Romantic Instrument Marvels, Kossuth Publishing, 2008

Known in the French-speaking world as the vielle à roue, the hurdy-gurdy found itself once again in vogue in the eighteenth century. The viellistes of the Parisian streets and the vaudeville theaters were so popular that even wealthy aristocrats were known to take hurdy-gurdy lessons from some of the more capable musicians. During the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, two hurdy-gurdy virtuosi, Janot and La Roze, even held positions in the orchestra of the popular composer Jean-Baptiste Lully.

The most famous of the aristocratic viellists were Marie Leszczynska, who only played for the enjoyment of it, and Madame Adelaïde, the third daughter of Louis XV, who played the vielle à roue masterfully.

The most renowned maker was Pierre Louvet, but Charles Baton was also of note. In 1757 Baton published “Mémoires sur la vielle” in the newspaper Mercure de France. In it he provided not only the secrets of making the instruments but also introduced his readers to some of the arcana of playing it. The unexpected popularity of the vielle elevated it to the level of a true status symbol to the extent that makers could scarcely keep up with the orders.

During the golden age of the hurdy-gurdy, Esprit Philippe Chedeville, Michel Corrette, Philibert Delavigne, Joseph Bodin de Boismormortier, Jacques-Christophe Naudot,  Jean and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and both Leopold and later Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed pieces for it. This golden age ended in 1789 with the French Revolution and the instrument, most beloved in the courts of Versailles, was even banished from Paris for a time. Beyond the borders of France in Naples, the lira organizzata, a version of the hurdy-gurdyfitted with organ pipes, survived the revolution that had devastated the instrument’s homeland.

Ferdinand IV (who later ruled over the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies that unified Sicily and Naples as Ferdinand I) was a compulsive collector of musical oddities. At the recommendation of the Viennese Norbert Hadrava, the Austrian ambassador to his court who also served as his private secretary, he ordered two of these organ-vielle combinations. Again following the ambassador’s advice, he commissioned Joseph Haydn to compose simple yet moving duet performance pieces for them.

In 1786, Joseph Haydn wrote five concertos (Lirenkonzerte), and in 1790, eight nocturnes for the instrument, with which he was probably scarcely familiar. In these works the two lire organizzate were played along with two horns, two violins, two violas, a cello, and occasionally a string bass. It is likely that the king played one of the two liras while Hadrava played the second. They commissioned similar works from other well-known composers, and as a result Adalbert Gyrowetz, Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, and Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel all wrote works to be played on King Ferdinand’s vielles.

Robert Mandel

The lira organizzata was used for probably the last time 1810 in La famille savoyarde, a pastoral musical play by Henry Darondeau. Generally known to the French as the vielle organisée, the instrument adds a built-in row of organ pipes to a Baroque guitar-bodied vielle. The characteristic S-curved crank turned not only the rosined wheel that rubbed the instrument’s six strings, but also a hinged transmission that drove a bellows apparatus built into its interior. In order to keep the air pressure and quantity even, the assemble used a multi-chambered bellows that pumped the air to the row of pipes via a vertical airway carved into the instrument’s back, while a check valve kept the air from flowing backwards. This incredibly complex instrument had a very beautiful sound, as modern examples made based on currently non-functional examples preserved in museums bear witness. The most demanding task in playing it would have been getting the two melody strings into tune with each other and precisely adjusting the tangents. These flag-shaped pieces of wood could be turned in holes drilled into the stems of the keys so that they touched the strings in precisely the right place. When a key was pressed in, its end simultaneously opened a valve so that when the tangents reached the strings the organ pipes would sound in unison with them. In order to keep the sound even, the vielle was cranked evenly instead of in the rhythmic manner characteristic of the hurdy-gurdy. This complex instrument never did achieve great success. Instrument collections in Berlin, London, Paris, and Brussels have preserved original examples.

Kossuth Publishers Inc.

- special thanks to Robert Mandel for providing this!
www.mandelrobert.com

see also

whats more: Hurdy Gurdy - what next blog | video playlist | newspaper
whats more: tag: hurdy gurdy

Hurdy Gurdy - what next blog | video playlists | newspaper

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be sure to check out

 The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly

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Hurdy Gurdy playlist on robertcherwink's channel

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012: "There are now over one hundred videos in my Hurdy Gurdy playlist!"

hurdy gurdy - YouTube

update: that one is full... a second list started... but really, check out
The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly

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see also

hurdy gurdy instruction - YouTube: 28 videos to date

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barrel gurdy

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new top view, 2/20/12

- an idea that i've been working on for awhile
- there is now a page on it here at whats more

whats more: barrel gurdy

"it uses a hand-cranked wheel to bow playing strings and drones like a hurdy gurdy, but is played with a slide like a Vichitra Veena (as in video) - no gurdy keybox..."

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misc set ups & notes

thinking about how to set things up... things to consider

guitar gurdy by Graeme McCormack

what next: HURDY GURDY - Recycled Guitar | AntiQuated Strings | Lute-backed

see also > what next: cello strings, harmonics & spectograms

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whats more: barrel gurdy | what next - label: Hurdy Gurdy

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hurdy gurdy

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painting by Hippolytus Lipinski: minstrel (1876),
possibly in Krakow (?)

i am seriously wanting to get a gurdy :)

see what next: Hurdy Gurdy: What's a Hurdy Gurdy anyway?

see what next: HURDY GURDY - misc photos

check out some beautiful instruments at what next: HURDY GURDY - photos: instruments by Hurdy Gurdy Crafters

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NEW: hurdy gurdy playlist at

robertcherwink's YouTube channel

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