Patrick, sorry I do agree with you really. ... Both bowed lyres and fiddles are bowed, yes but also both have tailpieces and bridges and flattish resonators. I...
Here's a site I found that has links to some really cool performance stuff. Try either of these: Virbel Viljandin festivaaleilla, kesä 2003 Virbel, syyskuu...
Oops: here's the link: http://www2.siba.fi/jouhikko/linkit.html Then try the other links below. Funny- when I first downloaded the Virbel performances, they...
I am SO bad with names, I've forgotten yours already, but remember you are on this list. I'm Arastorm in the SCA (Tchipakkan outside), and I never managed to...
If 'closer than harp & lyre' was your point, then I have to agree. ;-) But I understood you meant that crwths and fiddles were 'historically related'. To use a...
Hi all, The thickest string on my lyre is making an annoying buzzing sound. In the past this has usually been because the end of a string was touching ...
If the groove in the bridge is too deep the string will buzz against the sides. It needs to be only enough to keep the string from sliding sideways. I'd also...
Hello Tim, I wont repeat too much of what Jan said, but I wondered if you were using a different material for your string now? (rather than Gut) If its a...
... <michaeljking2007@...> wrote: Hi Larry, Jan, Michael, Thankyou for all the feedback. Larry, my tuning pegs are wood - you can see them on the photo on the...
Hi Michael, Have you received your copy of this book? Are you still planning on a review? You had mentioned in another post that you are making a bowed lyre....
Hello Jan, Yes I have received my book, ( Its very impressive....)I will post a full review in a few weeks with a few photographs, I am waiting until I finish...
Hi Michael, Who did you order the book from? I have emailed several times using both of the links on Rauno's website... and have even gone to the Kaustinen &...
Hi, Have you tried the contact details from this page? http://www.kaustinen.net/folk/english/index.asp?luokka_id=61&main=3 I have had communication in english...
Heilsa all! Once again, it’s time to put out the call. I’m editing the Fall issue of Marklander, and am looking for essays, articles, poems, humor, news,...
Hi Michael, yes, I emailed that address as well as the other addresses linked off of Rauno's site. Haven't tried Rauno direct yet, though. Was just wondering...
Aran, I have purchased from that site before but in this case I got my copy through Rauno direct, I am sure he will be able to help you with your purchase,...
... Hi Michael, I cut a bit of very stiff, hard, white leather from the edge of an old touristy "American Indian drum" I've got, and tried your suggestion....
... Have you considered that the bridge may be designed to get a buzzing noise? Many early instruments especially medieval harps were explicitly set up to...
Hello Tim, The Leather insert was mainly just to see if the bridge was the cause, which it seems to have done. You could cut or file a larger section and glue...
I wondered about this as well. The sitar's buzzing sound also comes from touching the bridge, not through brays like the harp. Ed Peters ... buzzing...
You know, bridges take a relatively small amount of wood, and if you choose carefully and keep a good sized chunk around, you can experiment with several...
I looked at the page indicated and saw that it says this book is sold out. Have they just not updated the page? I would kind of like a copy, myself. Hmm, I...
Kaz- I think, since this is a Finnish book, that it will be about the Jouhikko. In the Photos section for this group, you can see my simple version of a...
Patrick, The title that they list as "sold out" is not Rauno's _new_ jouhikko book -- they do not have a reference to Rauno's new book/cd set on the site,...
Sorry. I got that one wrong! The correct address (now that I can look it up without kids pesting at me) is http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/ancientinstruments/ ...
Hmmm, that hits the level of price resistance. Sad. Maybe in the future I will be able to swing it, though. For now, I will keep just noodling around on it...
