On Apr 12, 2005, at 1:39 PM, jandkday@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Funny how one comes to the instrument... How about some more stories?
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I started on piano, then cello, clarinet, autoharp, mountain dulcimer
then 29 string harp for 15 years. Then I had a stroke and lost most of
the use of my left hand( I'm right with you Rooty B.) That about shot
down most of my string harp playing. One day my daughter, a music
teacher, bought a harmonica because one of her students wanted to know
if the teacher could play "Battle of New Orleans" on the harmonica like
his uncle could. She left it on the table, I picked it up, messed
around with it and I was hooked. It is great for Hymns/gospel and
Irish/Scottish fiddle tunes my two favorite genres. You can't beat a
slow air on a low D harp!