[Dixielandjazz] Question For the History Buffs -- and a DJML operating question

[David Dustin]

Larry and Kent wrote:

It might be like the tin whistle that's and Irish instrument.  Some think
it's a kids toy but can be a legitimate instrument.  I think one is featured
in the theme from Titanic.  It's sort of a recorder flute made from tin.

I don't now that's the case but sounds like it could be.  They have a lot
more volume than the recorder.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Question for the history buffs


> I'm reading a book "Exploring Early Jazz " by Daniel Hardie.  In it he
> talks
> about New Orleans  street musicians in the late 19th century playing
> blues
> on the "tin Christmas horn" .  Is this some sort of valveless child's
> toy?
> Anyone know where I can see or hear one played on the internet?  Thanks.
>
> Kent

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I have seen ³tin Christmas horns² in memorabilia collections and
occasionally flea markets.  They are not the Irish penny whistles that Larry
describes, but are little valveless tin horns, with one piece of tin
fashioned into a short conical bell, maybe 2 or 2.5 inches in diameter,
fixed onto a metal cone of various lengths, terminating in another piece of
tin fashioned into a mouthpiece aperture. They are crude but the edges are
rolled. Some have colored designs on them but I haven¹t seen any in mint
condition.   I doubt any have been made in the last 70 years.

A DJML mechanics question: from the current archives, is there a convenient
way to click on a message and reply to it?  Not seeing what is probably
obvious about this list, I have been cutting and pasting and creating a new
message in my email but my recollection of the subject I am replying to is
such that I am probably veering off subject or off thread in doing this.
Other bulletin boards I participate in from time to time seem to be more
user friendly in keeping replies on target.  I guess I am probably doing
something wrong with this one...

David Dustin