<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 2/10/03 4:22:48 PM Central Standard Time, bhaesler@nsw.bigpond.net.au writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear Bill,<BR>
Regarding: >I think Wingy Manone was a master at the art form.<<BR>
But do not overlook one of the best plunger men of them all.<BR>
Cornetist, Muggsy Spanier.<BR>
Kind regards,<BR>
Bill.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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I Never heard of Wingy Manone using a plunger. It would have been difficult for him as he had an artificial arm.<BR>
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Muggsy Spanier, yes, was a master with the plunger. Muggsy could get a deep blues flavor with a minimum of notes and his mastery with he plunger. <BR>
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JIm Beebe</FONT></HTML>