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Although a couple of people asked if I'd be back, I'm inclined to think that that time was probably enough.

It is nice to be appreciated. That area has a spooky quiet surrounding it now, hearing uilleann pipes would seem rather comforting in such a setting.

Sorry, my computer has been down for a couple days. Tonight, our NBC affiliate, KARE 11 news ran a bit about the growing impromptu memorial in the near by park; there was a four second shot of Nano playing his pipes on the Stone Arch. Nicely done my man. Tis a truly horrible thing that happened and ...

God bless Willie Rea. He's a Hill Famer & is usually quite hard to pin down, so on this mission I'll be sure to take my Wellies, emergency rations & a good Collie Dog! And your dulcimer of course!! Last time I went to a farm without mine, I nearly had a riot on my hands!! Luckily the pipes w...

Indeed Ptar, back to it. :) Taking my own advice, I’ve summoned professional help…from the science community!!! I asked my friend Giovanna, an archeologist with a great interest in Irish and British cultures, to take a look at the picture of the photo of the mystery man and compare it to the four ph...

Nice!! That boxes this off nicely!

P.S. Like this new quote Nano. 'Tis quite true.

Ah yes, the old..." I'm going to hijack a perfectly lovely thread about a photo of an Irish dulcimer player for my own nominally related topic, after which due to a lack of a sense of humor, I will have a childish tantrum, and when I get called out on to the mat for having this hissy fit, I wil...

Tal,
Get help....
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pobrien48 ... freaks.htm

Oh man...not more exploding posts!!! Now at the airport they'll ask you to take off your shoes and any Chiff posts you might have on your person!!!

Talasiga, what is there to say man, Exactly which part of my past posts is too tense for you. At issue are not my tension levels. If I get much more relaxed, I'm liable to slip into a coma. Rather worries the wife sometimes. Tal, Lately you take a very condensing and frequently hostile tone with any...

Talasgia,
Whoa, relax man!! Life's too damned short to get this excited over a couple of vowel placements. No one here is trying to hem you into a hole!


Breath!!!:o

Ah the Reas march on! To hazard a guess, it looks like this photo was taken in the late 70's or 80's sometime. Might this be Alec Rea?? And are the two grandsons still out there and playing?? If my guess about the date is right, that would make them right about my age. I noticed three dulcimers in t...

Talji, I'm generally not one to split hairs , not as if in makes any difference but ....back when I was playing the Hindustani instrument, my guruji pronounced it "Saan- T oor" with the same A sound as "paan" and very roundish O or U sound like that in Tulsidas. The T has the pal...

Oddly, I seem to writing a lot on this topic today. Here's a site devoted to Hindustani santoor. http://www.santoor.com/ There are sound clips of Pandit Sharma speaking of the origins of the instrument. Say Ptar, did the Rea's have any other relations that were players?? After a hard look at the blo...

I had a similiar issue with mine lately, ( to which Nano can attest...) and couldn't chime in as my computer was down. The slide was so bad the head could almost slide out completely by just tipping the flute upside down. After reading this thread, I fixed it myself by very, very carefully "ref...

Hi Ptarmigan, Quite the mystery! Outside of Antrim players the only other time I've seen this playing posture is shown in a 15th century Flemish painting. You probably have seen it on Kettlewell's site http://dulcimer.new-renaissance.com/ Even the players instrument seems close to the dimensions of ...