Roger, I see that the link was "wrapped" in text mode. http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/catgirl_pink1/SCAevents/2007-06-23_HoultonMidsummerGathering/ If...
Hi all, Apparently, Jay Witcher is a master harp-maker; I've seen some of his instruments on the following website: http://home.att.net/~HarpPlayer/Witcher.htm...
I had a look t the videos - and they worked for me - but then I'm a member of YouTube, that might make a difference. What great clips ... I've just bid for a...
hi, you may not have noticed, but suddenly anglo saxon lyres is now in the yahoo ADULT category. I"ve actually seen this error happen before in another group....
Hi Patrick, Jay is "old school" type, and he does not have a web page. Most of his harps are sold through retail shops. I am lucky in that the group I am in...
Thanks for the heads up. I checked and apparently the Yahoos make this decision for no apparent reason, and it is almost impossible to get them to change it. ...
Hey all: I should clarify that Michael King is the list owner; he asked me to step in and cover for him as moderator while he's been elsewhere. I don't think...
Hello Larry, everyone, Thanks for your informaton and concern, I do not think we have done anything to cause this, Most likely yahoo is just updating its ...
I've made several copies of the bridge of the Trossingen lyre, to size. Recently I tried putting one of them on the old replica of the Trossingen that I made...
... wrote: Hi David, Barbara Theune-Großkopf seemed to think that there's still a chance a tailpiece might be found. But it seems to me that a tailpiece is ...
Benjamin Bagby's lyre (by Rainer Thurau) has a very narrow bridge, which tends to pinch the strings together. This doesn't seem to affect the playability...
maybe it's because the other instruments I make have steel strings, but I always cut out a wooden bridge such that the grain is running across the length of...
Do any of you have a link on where to get the report? I speak German, and my wife is German, we'd be MORE than happy to help if we are able. And I'd LOVE to...
What I meant was that I usually try to get the grain on the tailpiece in the same direction as the pull of the strings. I didn't clearly say so, but in fact I...
LM writes: ... I've generally done it that way as well. ... I've used both rawhide and silver wire for attaching tailpieces to end pegs. The silver wire has...
... I think it's pretty clear in the pictures of the bridge of the Trossingen lyre that the grain is running horizontally. I'm pasting the picture into this...
My university's library got a photocopy of it from the Stanford library. I scanned and OCR'd the relevant parts it to rtf, and would be happy to email that to...
That would be sweet. I live in Rock Springs, Wyoming....just about as far away as you can get from pre 8th Century Europe. Frideger ... From: David Friedman ...
... wrote: Hi David, ... Unfortunately no tailpieces are known to have survived, so we don't even know what form they took or even if they were used, let alone...
Great News! Yahoo emailed me this morning to say that we have been re-classified in the "Instruments" section, the problems with RSS feeds should now be...
... No problem, just thought you should know. My RSS in firefox is back too. Sorry to have posted public, but once a list goes "adult" you cant access the...
Hello Stu, I am just relieved that the problem is sorted out, Yahoo can be annoying at times though this time they are just trying to protect younger users and...
Hello, I am glad to find this list. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Chirs Nogy, I live in Northwest Arkansas where I work as the I.T. Director for a...
Kaz: I checked out your site, and I must say you have done some very good instruments. I especially liked the business of teaching your children how to make...
I looked at Kaz's website and the lyre and rote that he and his daughters made. Very cool! I'm quite impressed. I saw Kaz mention 'toxiphilus palletus' (pallet...
