Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Posted in Fun, Jew's Harps on Dec 22nd, 2009
Many of my friends know that I have chosen two possible epitaphs for my tombstone that I feel succinctly sum up certain aspects of my life:
“No One Said There Would Be Math”
“He Played The Hammered Dulcimer But Never Made A Christmas Album”
In light of the second possibility I would like to share that I love [...]
Posted in Jew's Harps, Lutherie, Music on Dec 1st, 2009
Musical bows are most likely the original stringed instrument.
Some are played in a fashion similar to the Jew’s harp; the player’s mouth is used as a resonator and by changing the shape of the mouth different harmonics are emphasized to produce melody.
Some musical bows are designed to allow defining notes by fingering the length of [...]
Posted in Jew's Harps, Music on Oct 13th, 2009
I am a frequent visitor to The Toolemera Press and The Toolemera Blog. Gary does a wonderful job of sharing his library of rare books on woodworking, tools and related ephemera. I have learend a lot about tools from reading the PDF files he offers for free download.
Gary also offers a digital edition of “Mechanick [...]
Posted in Jew's Harps on Apr 3rd, 2008
Yes, the Jewsaphone. This is the coolest though not the most musically useful Jew’s harp I own. I had to have one though I don’t play it often.
Perhaps the most positive aspect of owning a Jewsaphone is that it slowed down my habit of acquiring any old Jew’s harp I could get my hands [...]
Posted in Dulcimer, Jew's Harps, Music on Feb 15th, 2008
The new album is coming along. I’ve upped a rough mix of my arrangement of a traditional North American tune called “Texas” to the “Listen” page. It features dulcimer, harmonium, Jew’s harp, tinwhistle and ankle bells. I hope you enjoy it.
As long as I’m here I may as well link to the tune directly:
Texas [Audio [...]
Posted in Jew's Harps on Sep 10th, 2007
Jews Harps are found throughout the world. The name is an enigma; I have never heard a believable story connecting this instrument to the Jewish people.
There are also many names for this instrument depending on where it is found. Some of the more common names are:
Trump (French) Khomus (Central Asia) [...]