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Aha, THAT Matt! Yes, I recall you very well, you and Carolyn hosted us several times for tunes at your place on the Huntington River. The nucleus of the group that became the JCaT session. Please...

Matt, I have a solid history of owning instruments which should have been in more capable hands! You may be recalling a 1920 F4 which I brought along alternately with a Campanella F5 (my...

Just back from looking at The Session:
If Rabble Rousers is still meeting at the same little shop that used to be Bagitos, it could fill up fast, which I found rather daunting since I was unable...

Amanda, I fear this is a week late to catch the latest program, but any northern Vermonter should be aware of these classes run by Hilari and Benedict. They certainly helped to bring me in to...

I haven't yet; I'm busy with Monadnock Chorus which claims my Wednesday evenings except through the summer. I do enjoy playing with Randy Miller when I can, and still lament the demise of the...

Fear not, I'm aware these are all closed gigs and I'm not looking to wangle my way in. And now I realize you're talking about a recurring Thursday event for yourself, not the fourth-Tuesday Celtic...

Hey again, Garrett. I know the Birchwood Inn thing, though I haven't been over for a while. Their website still says the Celtic is on the fourth Tuesday. Do they need to update that? Thanks, and...

Hello again, Garrett. I believe the cello player you mention is David Duhon, who plays with "Grove Street", including a weekly slot at the Bagel Mill. He introduced himself to me during one of my...

(note to self: always check out somebody's YouTube contributions before suggesting a linkup!)

Garrett, I see you're a few chapters ahead of me in technique, but it would still be great to meet. ...

Hello, Garrett. I'm not far from you, in Greenfield, just the other side of Peterborough. Hopefully our paths will cross sometime. My repertoire is mostly Celtic; I have (what I'm pleased to call)...

Their website says nothing about any regular session, though The Session assures me there is still one on Saturday afternoons. Can anyone speak to what this session is like? Crowded, high-tempo,...

Happy to announce that my OM is complete. Here's the builder himself with a video he created a week before sending it across the pond -- certainly putting the instrument to better advantage than I...

There's a Campanella two-point at Elderly right now, well under your budget; and a nice F5 at the Music Emporium, for just a tad over. -- Paul

Consider: on-line advertising, credit cards, ordering on-line or by phone, free shipping one-way; and if you live some distance from the retailer, the urgency to try an instrument before it gets...

Dave, there are plenty of D tunes which one can play just on the high (DAE) strings of a mandolin, which you can just as well work out on the low (DAE) strings of the mandola as you have re-tuned it....

Which tube would you cut, the right or the left? Or both? And how soon before it would be safe to play it again? -- Paul

I've been away a few years, but Radio Bean is apparently still in business. Campanella Acquisition Syndrome is especially intense in Burlington, home of Joe Campanella Cleary. -- Paul

This is terrific, I'll have to try it out on mandolin and mandola.

It was my understanding that Paddy Fahey declined to name any of his numerous tunes anything more elaborate than "Paddy Fahey's"....

Well, I'm gobsmacked!

For years I thought all I needed to know was EJ-74 for any of my mandolins, old or new: Rigels, Lyon & Healy, vintage Gibsons, custom Campanella, some I won't recall until...

Hi, Mary,
No kidding, we actually speculated whether that was the case, knowing that the one I was consigning was.
So I'm three-for-three in my last purchases! -- Paul

I was there Thursday as well. My mission was strictly mandolas, and with some time to spare (while they re-strung the Collings MTV-2) I purposely did not sample the mandolins since I hardly deserve...

I had a 1916 H4, very good condition, that I sold (consigned) last year for $6750. It was originally offered in January for $7500, finally sold in August for the compromise price. In the process I...

Mary, in an earlier thread I thought you were lauding a Toole mandolin. Now the discussion is octave mandolins . . . you have Tooles in both?

For the TME extravaganza, I have to sit on my hands...

Hey, Darwin, glad to see this sale came through. In another thread last year it was just a gleam in your eye! -- Paul

Ireland's on my bucket list, Jill, so thanks for providing my itinerary! -- Paul