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I think Audrey wins for knowing the most rude expressions! Yes, you have the translation for galoshes quite right. And we did used to use that expression for erasers as well (notice how demur I am trying to be!! not working really, when I started all of this naughtiness….sorry Kimmie)(isn’t she a mysterious presence really, sort of like being in the big brother house!)
Yes well, knicker bockers are the knee length trousers. Knickers are undies….
Pissed can be cross or drunk. But bugger is the most mulit purpose word in the Australian vocabulary. It can be someone being naughty, being “a bugger”, it can be telling someone to go away “bugger off” , it can be tired “I’m buggered”, it can be like say oh no! or whoops “owww… bugger” . In fact there is a series of commercials in this part of the world centered around the word. And bumper stickers! Not sure if they would be banned in your part of the world….maybe in the demur south??
Other words that are different. Our biscuits are your cookies, our scones are your biscuits, our jam is your conserve, our jelly is your gello..you just do not have the food thing right…maybe its coz you drive on the wrong side of the road! (tee hee)
My favourite american expression was from a girl from the South, I can’t remember from where exactly, but she used to say things like “I’m fixing to get me a shower” instead of I’m going to have a shower. I loved it to bits! She also had the sweetest accent, like honey!
Yes, I heard that too, but I’ve heard that only some have the sliver of carbon fibre and others don’t. It actually is what has put me off them for a while, as I have heard that as a consquence of using all these different and new glues to cope with bonding wood to non wooden materials, that they have had some problems with “separation”…I had a student that had the string bar pull off…ripping the veneer off of the soundboard veneer. I do not know how common it is, but it did freak me out a bit in a new harp. But I have heard other people really sing their praises, so I just need to see more of them and see how they go in our part of the world. As there are no old ones here yet.
David,
There is alot more to it than this. I would never deal with that company ever again, and it is not the case of an open mind or not. I will not say anything much as I do not want to upset or concern Evangeline more than I already have as she is a honey. But your comments are off the mark. If you want to email me privately I will discuss it with you, but I don’t want to go into detail here.
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The 22 has similar carving, but it does not have quite as much carving, does not have the cameo looking thing on the column – and with the old ones the carving is less sharp and more soft looking….and when they go old they are a rather yummy caramel colour. And have an overall softer appearance. I also love 17’s – the carving is less over the top and more uniform than the 23.
Salzedos have grown on me, the old ones are gorgeous, the wood quality amazing and just shimmers and glows…changing the appearance in subtle ways. And I have never heard a bad one.
I’ve seen your harp on your website and it looks lovely, I think that model is one of the nicer ones..and the colour is fab. And from what you have said elsewhere, you got a really good one. And its not what you play, its how you play it!
I’m just a cranky old gal. I probably have good reason to be, but I should remember that we all take comments about the brand of instrument we play personally and as a reflection of ourselves. And what I feel about companies and their policies and the way they treat customers, is not what I feel about other musicians. And there are alot of great harpists out there that play all sorts of brands of harp…
I was influenced by these threads to buy a certain brand of harp, and I lost
Hi Aubrey,
Yes you have uncovered one of the rude expressions…I remember when I first went to Camden, another Aussie and I went down the main street and there was a shop called the Grasshopper shop advertising “Fanny Packs” in enormous letters on the window. My friend
Thanks for that June, you sound like you got a really very special harp. And congrats! I’d be interested to hear how the sound develops. As I like you, really like evenness of tone and a refined and not coarse sound. It sounds beautiful! I need to see more Camacs!
Terrific post Trista. I like the idea very much of encouraging compostion too, and will add that to my repertoire! I do not have any students with eating disorders, but other problems and control issues, and it is so important as a teacher to be able to help but not to enter into the problem and become part of it yourself. As people with big problems have an inadvertant habit of dragging everything and everyone in their lives into it, and it taints all their relationships…which is part of the problem. But that is not meant in an unsympathetic or unkind way, as
And they are all copies of Lyon and Healy models, and openly so. When you go to the Venus factory they will tell you openly that the Aria is a style 11, the Protege is a 17, the Traditional is a copy of the 22 etc. etc.
Hair colour in red Mahogany too…that seriously needs to go on the colour co ordinating with your harp thread!
The Dodd sounds and looks very cute! I have never seen one in this part of the world. Only old Erards and occassionally a Wurlitzer (I’ve heard of 2 or 3 Wurlitzers only in over 20 years!). And most the
That is intriguing..what did you prefer about Camac? I’d love to know.
I haven’t secretly desired a 23, but I have always wanted an old 22 – but one of the old ones rather than the new. I have a thing for the older models and find that they suit my build and hand size better. Alice has an old 23 – maybe 20 years old or a bit more, and it did suit me better….and I did openly –
What are hippies?….the things your leggies hang off…
What are armouries?….that things that hang off your shoulderies….
Yes, well, I always get a giggle out of some of your American expressions. Someone from the column (who shall remain nameless to save him embarrrassment) emailed me recently and said he
This is such a difficult situation for a teacher. I think that Diane is right, offering support, acceptance
I have just received the Sylvia Woods harp centre catalogue, and they have a new chair that is very similar to the one I use – it’s called the adjustrite musicians chair, and it can be adjusted at the front for a slight tilt to ease pressure on the backs of your leggies and botty. It can be adjusted from 15″ to 20″. I actually sit a little higher, at 21″ on a full concert grand, but it’d be okay for folk and semi grand harps, or taller folks than me that do no sit so high!
It looks to have a fabric covering instead of vinyl, and is listed as $169.95 US in their catalogue. It might be worth a look. All chairs are better if you “try before you buy”, but if you find somewhere close that has one similar it be worth a shot.
Mine is a little different, but the same idea (cost a fair amount more than that too!) and works well for me.
