Thanks for the comments. It's the remnant of a tune I wrote 35 years ago or so. Alas, the rest of it needs to be reconstructed.
My intent was to show that the instrument, while limited in comparison to modern instruments, has unique qualities -- very rare qualities that can be magical in the right hands. Those may not be mine, but I can hint at it.
I sorely wish I could keep the instrument, but the truth is I own an enormous number of instruments. Apparently, judging by my eBay sales, I have to be careful about flooding the market with them. This week I put up some of finest, high-character specimens up for auction on eBay, and only a couple of them sold. It feels like a personal failure that so few people care about a something like John Tignor teardrop in fine condition, which failed to fetch the $225 reserve -- or a six-string EddPresnell in great nick, which sold for $350.
And this instrument seems unlikely to sell, too. I have two -- there's a virtually identically crafted cherry that came with it. I offered to let bidders choose between the two, but I may have to sell them together to sell them at all.
I can't complain too much. I didn't pay much for most of these instruments, either, with a few exceptions. Each one is unique and I love -- well, all of them. But I cannot afford to keep them all. In fact they are paying the bills until we re-establish ourselves in the United States, which will take time.
I'd hope to leverage the instruments into a "Ye Olde Diatonics" business some day, and I hope to have enough remaining to do something interesting. But at this rate, it will be difficult to hold on to many of them.
Sweet goodbye. Again, it's got your musical handshake written all over it.
Sounds nice!
I hope all goes well for your sales. Just make sure you can keep a couple
Thanks for the comments. It's the remnant of a tune I wrote 35 years ago or so. Alas, the rest of it needs to be reconstructed.
My intent was to show that the instrument, while limited in comparison to modern instruments, has unique qualities -- very rare qualities that can be magical in the right hands. Those may not be mine, but I can hint at it.
I sorely wish I could keep the instrument, but the truth is I own an enormous number of instruments. Apparently, judging by my eBay sales, I have to be careful about flooding the market with them. This week I put up some of finest, high-character specimens up for auction on eBay, and only a couple of them sold. It feels like a personal failure that so few people care about a something like John Tignor teardrop in fine condition, which failed to fetch the $225 reserve -- or a six-string EddPresnell in great nick, which sold for $350.
And this instrument seems unlikely to sell, too. I have two -- there's a virtually identically crafted cherry that came with it. I offered to let bidders choose between the two, but I may have to sell them together to sell them at all.
I can't complain too much. I didn't pay much for most of these instruments, either, with a few exceptions. Each one is unique and I love -- well, all of them. But I cannot afford to keep them all. In fact they are paying the bills until we re-establish ourselves in the United States, which will take time.
I'd hope to leverage the instruments into a "Ye Olde Diatonics" business some day, and I hope to have enough remaining to do something interesting. But at this rate, it will be difficult to hold on to many of them.
That is nice!!! Why are you parting with it?
That is a wonderful sounding instrument. Nice tune to kind of show it off, too.
Wow...sounds great!