Eastern European lap steel culture

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Andy Volk
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Eastern European lap steel culture

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Eastern European steel is a history of which I am completely uninformed. This instrument is crazy yet cool!

Balogh Géza Hawaiian steel guitar circa 1960. Made in Hungary.

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I found a tumblr link to a site with lots of Hungarian steeler pics. Some of these photos seem a tad grim - like they were only allowed to play state-approved notes.

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Interesting stuff, Andy!
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Jouni Karvonen
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One of the masters:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... +Tychowski
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Jouni Karvonen wrote:One of the masters:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... +Tychowski

Thank you - he is just great🙂
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