Musical Saws

Astoria, Queens, New York - Catherine Penfold-Waxman - Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 : goo

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On July 18, 2009 I was very pleased to be at Trinity Lutheran Church in Astoria to witness 53 people smash Guinness World Record of the “Largest Musical Saw Ensemble.”

The musicians are usually self-trained as it appears to be a matter of bashing away at the saw until the dogs stop howling. When mastered, the saw offers wonderful, etherial music that makes you feel like you've gone completely toilet brush. And when you hear it all in a beautiful church....simply amazing.

Wikipedia has a nice article at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_saw

I loved the poster outside. I think it captures it well.

The record in the process of being snatched from Poland.

This one is a musical saw. "Standard wood-cutting saws are often used by professional sawyers, although special musical saws are also made. The blades of these musical saws are generally wider (for range) and longer (for finer control), do not have set or sharpened teeth, and may have grain running parallel to the back edge of the saw, instead of parallel to the teeth."

The official site: musicalsawfestival.org

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