[Magdalen] news from church

[Scott Knitter]

There are two guys on YouTube who do amazing performances on melodicas with
an air-tube extension so they can play the keyboard like a piano. They're
called the Melodica Men:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9wGXdQrN9-dcQucuzRzNw

Rite of Spring, even!

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 7:06 AM Suzie Buchanan <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jon Batiste, who is the bandleader on Stephen Colbert’s show, plays a
> Melodica.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 18, 2018, at 7:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like a version of a Melodica. These were popular years ago when I
> was a kid. They sound something like a harmonica, but the keyboard makes
> them easier to play in some respects.
> >
> > I’ve recently noticed pictures of larger, fancier version showing up in
> some bands. One group had two of different sizes.
> >
> >> On Sep 18, 2018, at 7:36 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The great-grandchildren showed up at one of Pink Martini's shows here in
> >> Boston. They're conservatory graduates. And, by God, they sang in
> harmony.
> >> But they did other stuff, too, chiefly with odd instruments. I remember
> a
> >> strange plastic thing with a mouthpiece and a keyboard.
> >> -M
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 5:09 AM, Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Bet they don't sing like Julie Andrews. Or Christopher Plummer.
> >>>
> >>>
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA