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Topic: Isle of Lewis Pedal Steel Artifact-12th Century |
Ben Banville
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Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 1:29 pm |
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The most important and interesting of all the medieval chess pieces to have been found, the 'Lewis Pedal Steel Chessman' was found in 1831 in an underground camber on the West Coast of the Isle of Lewis. Made from walrus ivory, it was among 78 other pieces of which 67 are now housed in the British Museum and 11 in the National Museum of Edinburgh. Their exact origin is unknown but they have been attributed to both Scotland and Norway. Generally accepted as being from 12th Century. |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 1:34 pm
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| Thats really cool! But by the look on his face, either the singer forgot the words or the guitar player is playing too loud. |
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Lyle Clary
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Decatur, Illinois, KC9VCB
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 6:08 pm
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You are a week early for an april fools joke'Aint photoshop wonderful?
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2006 Zum D10 8x8,1969 ZB Custom D10,
10 3x4 Peavey Nashville 112 Peavey LTD 400 2014 Zum Encore Wood Grain 4x5 Stage One pot pedal |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 7:10 pm
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Clearly pre-modern era: no knee levers.
But I question the "west coast" provenance of this relic; check out his left foot--he's clearly using an Emmons, not a Day pedal arrangement.
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Matthew Carlin
From:
Lake County, IL.
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 7:17 pm
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Keyless
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"Just tryin to make some music in the money business" |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 8:28 pm
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I gotta call photoshop on this one,but it's cool anyway  |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Lyle Clary
From:
Decatur, Illinois, KC9VCB
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 7:09 am
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To see the inspiration for this chess piece go to www.leit.is/lewis/ and scroll down to high lights of the icelandic theory
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2006 Zum D10 8x8,1969 ZB Custom D10,
10 3x4 Peavey Nashville 112 Peavey LTD 400 2014 Zum Encore Wood Grain 4x5 Stage One pot pedal |
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Ben Banville
From:
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 7:41 am
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i was having a difficult time acclimating to "them infernal fingerpicks", jokingly referring to 'em as "bishop's mitres" and "party hats"...so i found it interesting to see the following quote at www.leit.is/lewis/...
"It seems that the Lewis chessmen are indeed the first chess pieces to intertwine the Church and the chessboard. A bishop with mitre and a crosier becomes a chess piece."
so, i suppose, in this context, my idea that the fingerpicks remind me of bishop's mitres could be followed by the thought that pull rods represent the crosiers...but hey, this is way too much anthropmorphic meandering...time to get back to the music with them "party hats" on. thankfully, i is finally gittin' used to 'em! |
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