Preparing the top – and a little problem!
Before the top can be attached to the body, there are a few more things to do. First, decide how […]
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September 2016
Amateur radio
Amateur radio
John is a licensed radio amateur, with callsign GM8OTI. The old website has a lot of information posted: http://www.marwynandjohn.org.uk/amateurradio.html When
Fiddle
Greenbank Buskers – another ceilidh
Played fiddle with the Greenbank Buskers for a ceilidh this evening. Good fun as always, plenty dancing! Now relaxing watching
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Computers
Keeping the old laptop alive
I had a day messing about with software. The hard disk on my ancient Toshiba R100 laptop (2003, mainly used
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News
Why are we here?
Family and friends coming across this website might realise that it’s a new one! We have had our old website
Steam Packet session
Harpacam photos from another great session in the Steam Packet Inn, Isle of Whithorn, with a lovely bunch of musicians.
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Olov Johansson’s new nyckelharpa
A link to Olov Johansson’s post about his new Esbjörn Hogmark nyckelharpa – so I don’t lose it! Thanks for
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Why the nyckelharpa?
I first heard the nyckelharpa a long time ago (maybe 30 years?) in the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Two Swedish nyckelharpa
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Steaming the top
After a lot of work planing the piece selected for the top to thickness (about 3.5 to 4mm), it was
Preparations for steaming
Originally I thought I would make the top from glued pieces, and cut it out to shape with chisels and
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New nyckelharpa key tangent
Of course, when a nyckelharpa key was beginning to stick on Sunday morning at Halsway I should have got Olle
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Halsway 2016
Fantastic weekend at Halsway! I think this was at the Friday pre dinner session. Thanks Linda 🙂 What a wonderful weekend!
Clock repairs
Home via Wigan to do some clock repairs – not quite working yet – hopefully to be finished on the