Re: Tsimbls and their kin

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Hi, Ilze.  Glad your search was fruitful.  I have an LP of the Chris Kalogerson
ensemble, and also remember hearing them on an old Prarie Home Companion.  I
thought, on first hearing the name, that it was odd to have a Scandinavian 
leader
for a Greek band.  Then I realized that the name must have been Anglicized,
midwest-style, from something like "Kalogerakis," (indicating that some family
patriarch had entered a monastery).  This is in cross-reference to the current
thread about Julio Iglesias.

Owen

Ilze K Mueller wrote:

> To all those who responded to my inquiry about the tsimbl and where to get 
> one:
> many many thanks for all your information.  I'm thrilled that I've finally
> acquired a santour, which I learned from all your letters
> is the same as a Jewish tsimbl.  I want to share the source  of this 
> instrument
> with anyone who might want to add one to their klezmer band.  The person to
> contact is Chris Kalogerson, 6100 Saxony Rd., Edina, MN. 55436: phone:
> 612-935-9065.  Sincerely, Judith Eisner
>

--
Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said Little creature formd of Joy and Mirth
Go Love without the help of any King on Earth

Wm. Blake


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