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   From: r.capik@worldnet.att.net   
      
   David Sanderson wrote:   
      
   > Phillip L. Emerson wrote:   
   >   
   > > And, someone somewhere can play the handsaw.  Who does it?   
   > >   
   >   
   > Oh, there are lots of saw players around; I think there's even a Web   
   > page for musical saw playing.  There's a bit of a trick to it, but it's   
   > not all that difficult to get a sound from most saws, using a violin   
   > bow.  Getting a melody, on the other hand, isn't quite so easy.   
   >   
   > --   
   >       David Sanderson   
   >  < ...snip.. >   
      
   Then there's the sound guy's perspective: how do you learn   
   to effectively mic' and instrument you encounter once every   
   couple of years...  ?   
      
   I think I've only encountered one on stage in all my years   
   of live sound!   
      
   Later...   
      
   Ron Capik   [ NJ Pinelands Cultural Society ]   
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