The Music Exchange column is for people U)'ing w rmd arrangemcms of favorite soogs and tw1es and sourt;es of
old music remembered from childhood. II can also include requests for out4-print alooms, musical accessories !lid anything clse applieable to this magazine. from Fall 1986 DrN the fall 1986 issue, Julie ElmanRoc?e asked for information on a tu nc, ' Chinese Breakdown." One \'crSion is found in the easily oblained Mel Bay Publication M~I Bay's Old Tinz MaJUlclin Solo1 (MB-93653). It is shcr,o,'n in Sland:lrd notation with mandolin tab. Somewllatlikc: a riddle Ufle arrangement, I can't make it sound like the tune I know as "Otinesc Breakdown.· The version I first learned is also easily found in a 2 rccortI aloom by Columbia Records MOlher Maybrll~ ]n
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"rOll1 Summer 1986 DPN Waitoo Johnson Page, Jr. said he
was very inlCfCSted in Indian lIld Persian music for the sanlur and wan\lXl information on instruments and performers. I was able 10 alteIKI a concert some months ago by Parodi! SIIiI'kumar Sharma, a very fine Kashntiri saotur player. "Pand!'" is a title of I'I':SpXt
implying mastery. I booglll one of bis rooords after the conc:en. The record was produced by the Amcer Khusro Sociely of America, 6 Ool{:liester CoWl, Bolingbrook: , IL 60439. Other rocords and casselles wm avaibble, and I gather this organization exists 10 promote in the US just the son of music and culture which Mr. Page is interested in. I expect they can provide much helpful information. Also, since he Jives in the WashingtOn, DC area, he should visit the House ol Musical Traditions in Takoma Patt., MD, phone 30 1/270-9090. They have a large selection of etlu1ic as well as American traditional instruments and recorded music. and offer lessons in many tr.lditionaJ instruments. Pete Bcn500 7505·0 Weather Worn Way CoIwnbia, MD 21().J6 Sorry to be th.at late answering the question of one of your readers about how to get a glass harp. There is a very interesting book about the glass harp writLCn by the-ma)'be only--playcr of this instrument in the world: Bruno Hoffmann. Ein Leben fur die Glashatfe (A life for the glass hartl), published 1983 in German by Helmut Michel Verlag "UnliCr NicdcrIand", Backnang/W. Gcnnany. ISBN 3-923947-06-2. This ilIUS1mtcd book gives a 101 of historical information and also lells how Hoffmann buill his inSlrument himself, We IlJe aflllid thm Rain Emert will have to go the same way ... Wieland UIrichs Editor MusikbJoll Gottingcr, West Gcnnany
As for inf()llll3[ion on glass harmonicas. Ben Franklin ...TOle a letter
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10 a friend thaI contained a detailed description ()II how to build one. II could still be done, but will require a skilled glassblower, I QIfI't remember e.uctly where I saw the letter reprinted. It was in a book on musical instruments. A search through a good music library ....ould probably I.tI1oCOvo:r iL 1'hcte is also an antique glass harmonica in the Coming Glass Museum in Coming. New York,
D:lvid Shucavage 402S Middle Sound Loop Rd. Wilmington, NC 28405 MusicallfIJlrwnenlS Made To B~ Played (Dryad Press) by Ronald Robens was
mentioned in the fall 1986 DPN. The book is OUI of print, bul has been in SIOCk at Intem:l1ional Luthicrs Supply, Inc., P.O. 8m 580397, Tulsa, OK 74 158. BobHange
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The Scottish Harp Society of America welcomes anyone who has an interest in the Scottish harp (also known as the clarl.a;h) UI' Sooubh
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Founded in 1982, The Scottish Hrup Society of America is a non·profit organization dedicated 10 promoting the small hatp. Membership in the Sociely is open to all who cnjoy the harp, whether or not they play or h:lvc SCOttish heritage. For infarnation, contact The Soouish Harp Society of America, OIristina Tourin. Founder and exa:utive Director, P.O. Box 575, WattrtltJry. VT 05676. 8Q?-/244-814 I.
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