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Our deepest thanks to Maxou Heintzen for this fabulous photograph, taken at Saint-Cloud near Paris in 1957 by an unknown photographer. There's more information about this photo at the list archive page.
General Information
Thanks for your interest in the hurdy-gurdy mailing list.
The general subject of the list is hurdy-gurdies: their music, players, maintenance, recordings, events, construction, and anything else that seems pertinant. We welcome discussion of all aspects of the instrument.
It's customary to introduce yourself to the people on the list when you join, giving a short history of who you are and your interest in the hurdy-gurdy.
All posts to the list between its inception and the present were archived monthly, but not all of them may be available until the listmaster has a spare moment to edit them. These archives are accessed through the Archive Page.
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Computer viruses are, unfortunately, a part of the Internet landscape. Please do your best to keep your own computer virus free. I recognize that sometimes a virus will infect a computer and subsequently to send itself to this list without your consent. For this reason, this email list has a No Attachments Policy. Please do not send attachments of any kind to the list. If you have something to share with the list that won't fit in a text-only file, please email me and we can make arrangements to make it publicly available. Also, out of courtesy for those who are using plain-text email programs, please avoid posting messages that contain HTML code - it makes a real hash of the message.
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in the conversational flow of the list, and how truly annoyed I will be
with you if you ignore or forget this policy. If you have a warning which
you believe is important for everyone to see, please email it to the listmaster.
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Advertising Policy
Tour and concert announcements are encouraged.
Because our community is so small, and the production of books and CD's is such an undertaking, it's understandable that one should want to alert friends and fellow players to the completion of a project and the availability of new resources.
When this blessed event happens, and you would like to share it with the list, please keep the announcement short and sweet, such as:
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We are pleased to announce the release of our new book/CD/DVD/video The
Hurdy-Gurdy in Middle Earth. For more information, please visit
www.gurdies-by-gimli.com or email us at legolas@middleearth.net.
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contact
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Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments
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