Main body joints
The first step is to glue together the large blocks of wood from which the body and neck will be […]
Diggers Tuesday session
Another great session at the Diggers (the monthly Tuesday group this time). Harpacam in action again! Need to get Edinburgh
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Chromatic nyckelharpa, Fiddle
esf at the Diggers
Great Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers session at the Diggers this evening – took both fiddle and nyckelharpa and both got a
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A very first impression!
Here’s what it’s going to look like – very roughly! The blocks of wood that will form the body have
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Ayrshire coast trip
Nice little trip to Girvan – lovely views of Ailsa Craig, Arran and Girvan harbour. Here’s Ailsa Craig viewed from
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Lauriston climb
From the Lauriston road above Gatehouse of Fleet – a favourite cycling route.
Chromatic nyckelharpa
Northern Streams 2016 – 2
Back from a great day of music at the Northern Streams festival; the nyckelharpa had a lot of exercise in
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Northern Streams 2016 – 1
Just got back from the first Edinburgh concert of this year’s Northern Streams festival which was great. Sally Simpson and
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Sunshine on Spartleton
Hooray! Sunshine! Though there was a chilly wind on Spartleton (yes it’s a hill), above the Whiteadder Reservoir in East
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Sourcing the wood … sort of
I had originally thought I would build the kontrabas nyckelharpa using new wood, and spent some time on the web
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Diggers session again
Another session at the Diggers – mostly fiddlers but the nyckelharpa had a good time. Tidlösa Valsen proved popular again
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Wigtown session
Harpacam photos at the session in what was the Wigtown Ploughman yesterday afternoon. A great time had, the harpa enjoyed
Replacing sympathetic strings
The top four and bottom four sympathetic strings now replaced. A lovely gold colour! (They are brass.)
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Nyckelharpa at the ceilidh
Well the Comunn Tìr nam Beann Dùn Èideann ceilidh went well – I did two 15 minute slots and several
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Nyckelharpa at a (proper) ceilidh
So – I’ve managed to infiltrate the Edinburgh Gaelic scene with my nyckelharpa 😉 – looking forward to it.
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To Canada!
Glasgow airport 3 hours ago. They’re now in the air, over the lovely Kintyre peninsula and heading across the Atlantic.
Aurora from Edinburgh
Woooo! Aurora visible from the bright skies of Edinburgh! I also made a time-lapse video from a series of photos.
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Greenbank Buskers at Heriot’s School ceilidh
The Greenbank Buskers were playing for Heriot’s School Pipe Band ceilidh this evening – fiddlecam (thanks Eilidh Steel!) photo during
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Nyckelharpa out at an Edinburgh session
Great session at the Diggers this evening – the nyckelharpa having an outing at an Edinburgh session for a change.
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