Miscellaneous Recordings
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At a renaissance festival in Charlton, Massachusetts, Abby Michaels tells my companions and me about her instruments, including the Divergent Flute, made of two penny whistles tied together in the shape of a V so that their mouthpieces touch. She blows into both mouthpieces simultaneously and fingers one whistle with each hand. She and her husband Jay comprise "The Harper and the Minstrel". You can learn more about them and buy their CD's at:
The Harper and the Minstrel
My brother Terry bought a whistle called a Fulton Aermore Big Fourat a garage sale. It was made to be attached to the exhaust pipe of a Model A or Model T car. Here's what it sounded like when he blew compressed air through it.
Phoenix Swords Presentation
I wish to thank my friends Frank and Holly Hunt for this next recording, which
is of a sword show which they and others from Phoenix Swords put on in the fall
of 2006 for the congregation of Wellspring United Methodist Church of
Shrewsbury Massachusetts. You'll hear some verbal descriptions of their
equipment and actions. (At the beginning, you can hear my friend Bob checking
out my Garmin GPS device).
Click here to visit the Phoenix Swords
web site
Listen to the Sword Show
I recorded this one on April 3, 2005 at the famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, WA. You can visit the fish market at
Brief recordings of New England
Accents"
Elaine asks for directions
I really wanted to know what they had for sale at this garage sale,
but the seller didn't seem inclined to tell me.
My dog and I stop at a yard
sale in my neighborhood
Friendship Bell
Family visit to Oak Ridge,
Tennessee to see the Friendship BellReturn to the Bird Blind home
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