Newcastle visit
Newcastle visit – puddings 🙂 at the Red House …
Finishing and fitting the top
Having got the top nicely smooth, it’s time to cut some holes in it. Knowing how much work has gone
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Upholstery
Chair. Repaired, reupholstered. Better late than never 🙂 – Happy Birthday Marwyn!
Shaping the top
Now the top (second version) is glued up from strips, and approximately the right shape, it has to be shaped,
Isle of Man from Isle of Whithorn
The Isle of Man – from Isle of Whithorn (the village). It’s only about 20km south of the Machairs peninsula
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Sunny October bike ride
Last bike ride of the season in Gatehouse – I’ll miss the lovely coffee and cakes at the Gem Rock
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Life
So Sorry Scotland
I came across this from the Edinburgh Festival in the summer. I love Fascinating Aida.
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Greenbank Buskers at Central Hall Tolcross
Fiddle cam – sound check for this evening’s ceilidh 🙂
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Making the top – part 2!
Having found that a steamed top wasn’t really working well enough – I really think this old timber is very
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The headstock (or pegbox)
Before completing the second attempt at the top of the instrument, I decided to complete and glue on the headstock
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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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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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