Last bones of 2020
Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 at 2:49 amI just ordered Lark in the Morning flat bones in tun, sisham, and boxwood, to make the matching minstrel sets (four of a given wood) for R/L hand playing. These are the last bones I intend on ordering, bringing the collection up to 24 pair.
That said, I have been eyeing the Whamdiddle cocolobo @ $40 + s&h. Shame on me. When the six outstanding orders arrive, the collection will be:
Lark in the Morning
Minstrel and flat sets
Ebony
Padauk
Tigerwood
Red Sisham
Tun
Boxwood
Minstrel
Birch
Percy Danfoth
Minstrel
Maple
Red Oak
Pea Patch
Minstrel
Rosewood (wide)
Whamdiddle
Purpleheart
Half-Round
Tamarind
Teak
Mahogany
Shooting Star
Flat
Ziricote
McNeela Irish
Flat wrapped set
Rosewood
Joe Birl
Notched minstrel
Maple
Quite a collection. The Birl were the only ones I didn’t order (sent by mistake), but I like the maple voice. I have learned how to best use the Shooting Star, though I feel a little conscious with them, not from body memory. Part of that is that they’re hand-made, no two exactly alike. But I like the ziricote voice.
2021 will be learning all the voices to memory. With eight pair, it wasn’t that big of a challenge. But now it’s a much wider array. Not only are there sets, but a wider range of variants and cross mixes out-the-ears. Knowing which four pieces of wood to grab for a given song will take time.
There have been vaccines delivered to the state facility south of town, but I haven’t seen any sign of public distribution yet. Some counties have been going public, but those are mostly the most populated. I have my eyes open.
It’s cold and rainy. Temperature dropped 20°, 79°F to 59°F in under an hour. It started raining at sunset. Nothing all that heavy, but constant.
Today is hard drive maintenance day, ship all the dated data off to the external drives, update the copyright on the site, etc. Twice a year duties. Then I’m ready for the new year.