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Thanks. I'll try those tunings. There aren't any sessions close by and the people I get to play with me know less than I do about Irish music so I don't think I'm going to offend anyone no matter what I do.

Thanks for all the input. Sounds like it can be done but may be more effort than it is worth. I guess I'll keep playing mine until something else falls in my lap.

Thanks for your reply. I've got a group that between the five of us plays quite a range of instruments: piano, guitar, accordion, viola, violin, tenor guitar, mandolin, mandocello, bass guitar, stand up bass, ukelele, djembe, cajon, and I'm working on my whistle skills. We've already gotten a bit cr...

Heritage is still there but they only use a fraction of that space as far as I can tell from reading local newspaper reports. Sounds like the smoke stack is coming down brick by brick and they will use it in the redevelopment.

Speaking of Gibson. I live about 10 miles from the old Gibson factory in Kalamazoo. I heard they are redeveloping that area and the factory is coming down. You can have the old smoke stack for $500,000. If anyone is interested I'll have them hold it for you. I hope you are really good at legos.

Another good tip. And in my defense, it might be completely inappropriate for TIM to be playing the mandocello. If he's a good flute player he should stick with it.

Thanks for the correction and the information.

I've seen postings suggesting mandocello isn't appropriate for TIM. Can someone explain that? Does the C sound bad with a guitar in DADGAD? I've got a mandocello which means I wouldn't have to try and justify another instrument purchase to my wife. I think the last time she said, "Um… why don't...

Anyone have examples (video) of how they blend their whistles etc. with modern praise songs or even reworked hymns for church? I'd be interested to see how people mix with electric guitars and percussion. I'm new here so sorry if this topic has already been done to death.

Good place to try this out before jumping into a real conversation.