Friday, 14 August 2015

McConnells Four Leaf Shamrocks

A quick link to a YouTube of McConnells Four Leaf Shamrocks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCB4mSW7J5Q&app=desktop

Here is a link that has their setting of Babes in the Woods:
https://thesession.org/tunes/3631

From the comments:

As played by McConnell’s Four Leaf Shamrocks

78 RPM recording, October 25, 1924: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/13906/McConnells_Four_Leaf_Shamrocks_Musical_group Rereleased on Topic’s Irish Dance Music CD. 

Simplest setting yet? Lots of whole notes, no filigrees. Get a load of this lineup: 2 violins, piano, piccolo, bagpipe, cornet, and traps. Just a wonderful record. 

X:5
T: Babes In The Wood
S: McConnell’s Four Leaf Shamrocks
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K:Dmaj
|: A/B/A/G/ FA | de f2 | ga/g/ fe | df A2 |
A/B/A/G/ FA | de f2 | ga/g/ fe | d4:|
|: ef/e/ ed | ce a2 |ee/e/ ef | ge cA |
ef/e/ ed | ce a2 | e/f/e/d/ cB |A4:|
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Sunday, 19 July 2015

Couple of boxwood sticks.




A Rudall Rose and Carte Bb band flute on now with the above BIN price


         This boxwood one keyed piccolo marked London Improved went for 184 pounds...

All Ivory London Improved D


This beautiful all Ivory piccolo sold on eBay for 250 pounds. Not a bad price I thought.
I would have been in the bidding if I had the dough.....looked relatively crack free as well from the photos....
I don't post all piccolos anymore just those rarer and more interesting ones.

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Laurent Piccolo

I found this pic on Facebook of a Laurent glass piccolo.
It also has two lovely companions of boxwood and Ivory.

First Laurent piccolo I've seen......

Thanks to Paul Firmstone for the picture..........

Saturday, 16 May 2015

Henry Potter piccolo photos

Took a chance on another cheap eBay piccolo
It is marked

Henry Potter and Co.
36&38 West Street
Charing + Road

The head has a unicorn mark as well.
It plays well with a huge embouchure hole despite being shortened
And having the tenon replaced.