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Hello everyone, I am writing to ask if anyone knows of experimental musical instrument builders in or around Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Additionally, if ...
ethan, i'm sure if you poke around in the archives you can find more info, but here's what i've got. this would appear to be a rough description of luthier...
I just cut a hickory switch and have a bolt of horse tail tied in a pocket knot at the ends. The switch is bent to stretch the hair and keep it taut. I use...
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Oct 6, 2006 3:35 am
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I live in Wales - and I build some pretty crazy things - what are you after? Adam ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
thanks for the tips guys. is rosin and horse hair the only options? for some reason i thought there would be something else that acted similarly that was more...
... I am looking for harmonically rich and interesting textures to use as sound sources in my compositions. I would professionally record the sounds and then...
i seem to recall that Bart Hopkin's book has a number of suggestions for DIY bows from various easy-to-find materials. if you don't have a copy of "MID"...
Okay, I have ZERO experience with bows... but intuitively, I wonder if something like waxed floss would work? Its kinda sticky, and comes in long lengths. You...
thanks! definitely some good info there. when i was in egypt there were a number of street instrument vendors selling cheap spike fiddle contraptions (wish i...
Wax is a very good lubricant - I would expect this not to work at all. Grab a bow by the hair sometime (don't let the owner see you - the oil from your skin is...
Probably horse hair. I haven't heard of Egyptians doing that, but some of the more Eastern Asian spike fiddles use horse hair for strings - ideas travel. ... ...
You're probably right. I just harbor too many bad memories of sticky old waxy floss. Thank you Lard, for glide floss. *lol* --DaveX ... From: Doctor Oakroot ...
During a full moon, horses do a lot of fence and tree rubbing as they are taken by thoughts of Pegasus. And the moon is full tonight. You can collect tail hair...
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Oct 6, 2006 11:19 pm
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I'll second the "beater" bow idea, I've actually gotten a bass bow for free from the Famous Old Time Music Company in Cincinnati (I think now they've moved to...
I play prepared guitar with a psaltery bow, a 7-8 inch long piece of wood (fits nicely in the toolbox). It's nothing more than an "elongated C-shaped" slotted...
Right, Old Time Music moved from Cincinnati. Kitty & Vern McIntire still run things as far as I know. I used to repair accordions for them (no one else...
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Oct 7, 2006 3:59 am
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Why did my name come up in all this???? I tried this just the other full mooned night... the darn horse just kept saying "nay, nay..." which, when spelled...
Personally, I dislike phpBB, and I much prefer email-based lists. True, you can receive messageboard posts by email, but you can't reply to them in the same...
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Rasta Robert
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Oct 9, 2006 12:23 am
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I'm a big proponent of "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I don't think anything is really wrong with the present useage/system and I don't think people are...
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