bosco - Posted - 12/24/2007:  08:09:56

I got Christmas Morning from Sharman Hammons. Dwight Diller took me to Sharman's house one evening in '81. He didn't have his own fiddle and he hardly could fiddle anymore. Only tune he played was the fragment of this tune at the evening but he tried it again and again and again.


Merry Christmas!
Bosco


Konnichiwa, arigato, sayonara

OTJunky - Posted - 12/24/2007:  08:42:39

What a gift - both the picture and the tune...

I'm afraid you've endeared yourself to us forever....



--OTJ
"I can barely fiddle on four strings. Why would I want five?"

Edited by - OTJunky on 12/24/2007 08:43:03

Ahab - Posted - 12/24/2007:  10:19:42

And that right there is the fiddle I'm learning on!

What an honor. Thanks Bosco.

Ahab

oldtimer - Posted - 12/24/2007:  11:06:58

Wow! That is really beautiful. I'm going to try to learn that one.

Speaking of fiddles...what kind of fiddle do you usually play, Bosco?
Jeff Menzies told me that he has you looking for a Nippon for him because he was so impressed with Kirk Sutphin's Nippon. I have a Cervini H300, but I don't play it much even though it has a powerful sound.

Wonderful fiddling, Bosco!

stay tooned....
Glenn Godsey

"Time passes unhindered"

bsed - Posted - 12/24/2007:  16:19:59

Bosco,
I have heard of Sherm (Sherman?) Hammons. I haven't heard of Sharman.
I hope you won't think I'm giving you a 'hard time'. I just want to know I have the names right (at least the ones I've heard before).
Thank you for posting that recording!! Sounds like your fiddle is in high base tuning.



"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shrute

"I convinced my boss of my acumen in sales, and he rewarded me with these two plaques of recognition in lieu of a pay increase."
-Dwight Shrute

Edited by - bsed on 12/24/2007 16:22:17

bosco - Posted - 12/24/2007:  22:14:23

Arigato for the kind words, friends!

Oldtimer,
Yeah, I help Jeff to get pre-war Nippon fiddle(s). He kept sending me the http of what he found in Yahoo Japan auctionI
I usualy play Bruno fiddle but I don't mind to get one of those fiddle Jeff found and tell him I lost the auction, haha.

bsed,
Woops, typo. It's SHERMAN. And the tuning is high base, hight counter.
Bosco

Konnichiwa, arigato, sayonara