Oct 3, 2018 Boston Museum of Fine Art - Lap Steel program

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Andy Volk
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Oct 3, 2018 Boston Museum of Fine Art - Lap Steel program

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FYI

Wednesday, October 3, 6–7 pm

The Lap Steel Guitar, Norman Zocher

Berklee College of Music faculty member Norman Zocher is joined by MFA curator Darcy Kuronen to talk about the history, design, and music of the lap steel guitar, from the 1930s through the early ‘50s. Included will be live demonstrations by Zocher on the Museum’s Dobro Hawaiian model, Rickenbacker BD, National Dynamic, and Gibson Ultratone instruments.
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Good pick up professor....
Do you have any idea whether the Museum or Berklee AV folks are going to record this?

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEMONSTRATIONS
The Lap Steel Guitar
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Musical Instrument Gallery (Gallery 103)
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
617-267-9300

https://www.mfa.org/programs/gallery-ac ... l-guitar-0

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"Dobro Company, lap steel guitar (No. 1 Hawaiian guitar model), about 1936. Aluminum, rosewood, plastic. Museum purchase with funds donated by Bradford M. and Dorothea R. Endicott."
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