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Sebastian Hillsmann, Crafters Minuet, Samuel Palmer's Midi and a nyckelharpa
thanks to Iryna Muha music 
Published on Feb 15, 2018
Selection of a couple of hurdy gurdies found at the Halsway Manor hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes week-end 2018

Melvin Dorries - "A couple pics of our long day at the America's Got Talent"

Melvin Dorries of Hurdy Gurdy Crafters posts this on facebook -

"A couple pics of our long day at the America's Got Talent audition in Detroit. Lots of people were introduced to the Hurdy-gurdy and there were over 1000 auditions. Cobo center is a huge place. We looked to find Harry Akers my buddy who did the pro lighting for the event but couldn't find him. I played Amazing Grace for the 90 second audition and will not know if I have been selected for the show until Feb. when they will let us know via email."

(facebook) Melvin Dorries - A couple pics of our long day at the America's...

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Mel and Ann Dorries help out Anna Murphy, traveling to Chicago to fix her gurdy

while on the road in North America, Anna Murphy found herself with a broken gurdy...



on September 12 –

Sam Riffle shared Anna Murphy's photo to the group: Hurdy Gurdy Player –

"Hurdy gurdy-ers! Can anyone in Chicago help fix Anna Murphy's busted stage gurdy?"

Anna had posted: "Today I'll be playing with my fully acoustic Largo by Drehleierwerkstatt. One of the first metal shows with this one, so I'm quite excited. Unfortunately my live hurdy broke yesterday"

i shared this to #HGWeekly on Facebook, and sent a message out to Mel Dorries, and also to Tom Lozano (as they were at EMIM’s 4th Indiana Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop... and i hoped that at least one of them would see it!); and, there was some action on Sam's post in the HG Player group (suggestion from Scott Gayman, and especially Gary Plazyk who emailed them)...  

and on September 14 –

--- this is pretty cool ---
Anna Murphy posts: "Today is a good day! Mel and Ann Dorries from www.hurdygurdycrafters.com drove all the way to Chicago to fix my hurdy-gurdy! I am so grateful to those nice people and everybody else for the help & suggestions."

...its great that it worked out!!