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The 6-hole fingering is just more traditional, for flutes and for fifes too. The recorder-fingering fifes are made by recorder companies as a sort of transitional instrument, and I don't know of anyone doing them in a larger size than soprano. If you're not averse to giving the 6-hole system a try, ...

I can't imagine the Kelischeks are any too happy, and maybe rightly so this time. The wood grain version seems like an option that those who play at historical reenactments and Renaissance fairs might find more usable than the shiny plastic. http://www.woodnotemusic-usa.com/Woodnote_BSI921922BW_Wood...

maki wrote:"Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything."

It's undisputed.

Bear in mind that you don't need levers if you just want to play in different keys. You can always retune. Wire harpers get very quick at that, as levers aren't particularly satisfying (or traditional) on wire harps. Levers are useful if you need accidentals, or if you play in so many different key...

Thanks for the help. This harp is designed to accept sharping levers. The key of C really is fine for me, but I was thinking I might use it in church sometime if I could switch it into F too. I live out in the country, not near any large city, so I don't think there is any local shop to have it done.

I have a harp. It's a pretty thing. Sits by the front doorway of my house. But it doesn't have any sharping levers. If I wanted to add a few levers, so I could play in another key or two, would this be a difficult task? I reckon sending it off to have them installed would be a little expensive (and ...

chas wrote:Walden!! How ya doin' stranger??

Fine and dandy.

chas wrote:I'd say it's a lion's head.

That was my original thought.

maki wrote:The obvious answer is "Excellent Special Animal".

Yes indeedy!

I went to church camp two consecutive years. It was a week long, each time. My parents were the choir directors. It was fun. There was a creek and a swimmin' hole... course I never went in the swimmin' hole... but had a good time along the creek banks.

From the side view it looks like it could be a griffin or something. It doesnb't look like a dragon, though there is a scaly pattern on the side. I'm pretty sure this critter was seen on some 19th C. European violins. What is it? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Special-Anmial-violin-scroll-4-4-Nice-flamed...

2. for Boxing Day. I have a theory that the bigger the ta-tas are, the more attracted food and beverages are to landing on them. Notice how the guy stayed relatively dry. No, it's not that. It's how hard the clothes are to launder. Ta-ta size is irrelevant, but estrogen may factor in. Trust me on th...

Merry Christmas, everybody! Time to don that gay apparel and burn that yule log!

I can't play it by reading music. I have to remember patterns to play it. Yeah, perhaps a more linear and chromatic form, like the German hackbrett or the so-called piano dulcimer would be better for someone interested in sight reading. I've agreed to trade my present cheese slicer to Richard Ash f...

Hi. I have just taken up the hammered dulcimer, the Anglo-American form, with diatonic G/C/D tuning. It seems like a Reasonable instrument. I'm enjoying it. The Smithsonian Institution has a free book on the American history of the instrument, online, if anyone would like to read it. The Hammered Du...

Historic gemshorns only had 4 finger holes and a thumb hole, which meant they only had a very limited range. They are only standardized, today, to the extent that they were revived in modern Germany by recorder players, and thus they tend to be made to approximate modern recorder fingerings, as an a...

I.D.10-t wrote:I'm still trying to figure out where I can find the 1/10 penny so I can get change back on a gallon of gas.

Officially our monetary system is based on tens.

10 mills = 1 cent
10 cents = 1 dime
10 dimes = 1 dollar
10 dollars = 1 eagle