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    Regarding piano in traditional Irish sessions, if you are in the Washington DC area on a Sunday, there is a regular piano-led session at P. Brennan's pub in Arlington around noon (start time varies when football season is on). Dennis (Doc) Botzer and Mark Glickman share piano duties and there is always another lead player weekly driving the session. It is a great session with fantastic players (including all-Ireland champions) founded on solid piano playing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M.Marmot View Post
    I remember adapting myself to the, was it a clavichord, on The Bothy Band recordings, i think it was the slightly more harpsichord sound they had that endeared it to me - that and well, it was The Bothy Band.
    Close: it was a Clavinet - an electrified clavichord.

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    But it was loud enough acoustically that Triona would sometimes play it in sessions.

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    I sat next to Triona my first year in College (UCD) in Irish Literature class. I never knew she played an instrument until I saw the Bothy Band years later... I don't think she spoke more than a few sentences back then - very introverted. What a revelation to see her playing and singing.

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    Triona ni Domhnaill ist still around, playing the piano:

    the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world

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    By the way, Triona and Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill and Daithi Sproule are reuniting for a short Skara Brae tour in the U.S. this fall. They'll be in Milwaukee, Madison, St. Paul, Portland, and Seattle.

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