Fiddle Festival day
A great day with the nyckelharpa at the Scots Fiddle Festival. I played a couple of hour or so sessions […]
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Chromatic nyckelharpa, Fiddle
Fiddle Festival opening concert
The Fiddle Festival starts! Chris came over from the west and came to the opening concert with us; we went
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Tailpiece fitting and assembly
I had to take all the strings of the kontrabasharpa off, of course, to fit the new tailpiece. This gave
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Recycled candles
Recycling time – ready for the dark nights of winter (which are already upon us!). It takes two or three
The Attenuated Microwave Band
It was the annual Scottish Microwave Round Table event on Saturday (an amateur radio meeting); as usual some of us
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Galloway Stars
A nice clear night for our last night of the season. Orion standing over our neighbours’ caravan. Exposure 20s at
Christmas pudding time
Can you guess what it is yet? I’m a bit late … but it’s something I normally only do every
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Edinburgh Scandi Session 4
(I wasn’t at number 3!) Another great Scandi Session in Edinburgh – many thanks to all who attended, 11 musicians
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Tailpiece shaping
It didn’t take long to cut out the new tailpiece shape with hand saws, but I had a sore shoulder
A new tailpiece
The tailpiece on the kontrabasharpa was originally designed to be somewhat over-engineered, as I had no idea how strong it
Greenbank Yacht Ceilidh 2017
Fiddlecam photos of the Greenbank Buskers out again for the annual Greenbank Ceilidh. Sorry about the blue, but that was
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Space
Trip to Mars anyone?
I always wanted to go to Mars 😀 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41441877#
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A walk in the park
Marwyn and Billy in the Botanic Gardens this afternoon. We haven’t been there for ages.
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Edinbal session
The nyckelharpa has been to visit the Edinbal session – lots of French dance tunes, a few Swedish too. Thanks
Bike to Cramond and Portobello
Nice day for a bike ride. There seem to be even more dogs owned by Edinburgh folk than ever!
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Kontrabasharpa at Halsway
A privilege to play kontrabasharpa in the largest gathering of players of the instrument in the UK – many thanks
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