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CLEVELAND MY HOMETOWN

CLEVELAND MY HOMETOWN
BORN HERE RAISED HERE AND WILL PASS AWAY AND BE BURIED HERE AS WELL.

My Hammered Dulcimer

My Hammered Dulcimer
There are various Hammered Dulcimer postings from YouTube of different tunes, and NO I'm not playing any of them.

The Hammered Dulcimer

The hammered dulcimer is an ancient trapezoidal musical instrument played by striking the strings with wooden hammers. Originating in the Middle East about 2000 years ago, English soldiers brought the instrument back to England after their failed attempt to conquer Persia during the Crusades about 1000 years ago. Dulcimers have many names in many lands: santur in the Middle East, yang q'in in China, hackbrett in Austria, zither in Germany, and cymbalom in Hungary. The name "dulcimer" is derived from Latin, meaning "sweet sound". Hammered dulcimers were popular in England during the reign of James I, when the Bible was translated into English as the King James Bible. The dulcimer was mentioned in the Book of Daniel 3:5 among other instruments "..the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music..." The dulcimer was later mechanized to become what we now know as the harpsichord which later evolved in the piano.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Honest Scrap award.



Thank you Awake in Rochester for this award.


The honorees of this award are to:

A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!

B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap


1) I had to take a disability retirement from the Sheriff's dept where I worked because I was about to start shooting up the place and or build a truck bomb.

2) I enjoyed being an Aircraft Electrician when I was in the Air Force.

3) I was thinking about joining the Navy at one time,but Dad would not hear of it.

4) I enjoy listening to Hammered Dulcimer music,and wish I could play the one I own again.

5) the seizures have stolen a Huge chunk of my life.

6)I have been in therapy off and on since I left the Air Force.

7) I have been a recovering alcoholic since December 17Th 1990.

8) I once was arrested for writing a couple of bad checks

9) I am the oldest of three children,I have 2 younger sisters.

10) I have been married twice. the first marriage was when I was 21 and in the Air force,and was divorced when I was 26. I meet my Second wife when I was working as a security office at the local AAA club. Of of the road dispatchers( Pat Wright) said she knew some one that I needed to meet,we did and we got married March 1,1980.

Now the fun part the 7 people that I am supposed to pass this on to:

1) Sandee over at Comedy plus.

2) Grandy over at Functionalshmunctional.

3) Tracy over at Spititual Brush Strokes

4) jennifer over at Dust Bunny Hostage

5)Sandy C. over at Momisodes

6) Dori over at From a Yellow House.

7) Storyteller over at Small Reflections

Now let the fun begin!!

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