Kautilya Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 ref how long it takes to tune a hurdy gurdy joke........... http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/topic,7197.0.html do the maths... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitDft-aho8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) In France the saying is, of Hurdy Gurdy players, " they spend 80% of the time tuning and 20% of the time playing out of tune". It is not far from the truth either because when I started to play it I would take 40 minutes out of my daily practice hour before I was satisfied with the tuning. This statement is, of course, not true of the 'good' players. Now in our little group we have two H/Gurdy players (much better ones than me)... I give them a note from my Concertina and they set their strings to that, my wife tunes her Cornemuse drones and away we go... it is close to being 'in-tune'.... then in comes our Accordionist with his 1930's box which has three banks of reeds. One bank is modern standard pitch, the second bank is 20 cents flat and the third bank is 40 cents flat!! The overall effect is.......................... interesting Nice Pub Kautilya! Edited June 19, 2011 by Geoff Wooff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kautilya Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Nice Pub Kautilya! and luvverly folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly0312 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I must have been at a weak moment. I wandered over to melodeon.net--and almost made my Sunday coffee come out my nose laughing. Sometimes even old jokes just tickle your fancy! Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 After playing in a band with two of em,the buzzing is still in my ears. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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