AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 12-04-06 13:53pm
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Okay, most of you have probably never
heard of this instrument.
Last year my husband and I went to a
renaissance festival, and there was a man
there playing an instrument that is just
breathtaking. It's like a piano, but the
strings are attached to huge bells
instead, kind of like church bells I
guess. The man was dressed kind of like
the .Phantom of the .Opera dude and had to
wear ear protection (that thing was loud!,
and I forget what the instrument's name
was!
Can anyone help me out? Do you know what
the instrument might be?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 12-04-06 13:59pm
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Never mind, I found it! 
it's called the carillon! The guy used it
to play a really pretty version of "carol
of the bells", and all this talk about the
holidays made me think of it.
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 13:59pm
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It sounds like it could be an early
version of the celesta. You'd think that
I could think of this having a music
degree! I'll keep digging around in my
brain and think of anything else that I
can come up with for ya! 
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:01pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | never mind, I found it!
it's called the carillon! The guy used
it to play a really pretty version of
"carol of the bells", and all this talk
about the holidays made me think of
it. |
yep, that is what the carillon is! Can't
believe I didn't think of that! Thanks
for saving me from driving myself crazy
over it!
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Kia
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:01pm
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Umm she already said she found it! 
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:04pm
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| kia_breizzze
wrote: | | umm she already said she
found it! |
sorry! I type slow, so she must have
posted her findings while I was ambling
along.
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:06pm
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Just out of curiosity, is a music degree
something needed to be a doctor? Or are
you going for more than one, or did you
change your mind about music, and are now
wanting to go down another path?
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:10pm
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| hopefulmjz
wrote: | | just out of curiosity, is a
music degree something needed to be a
doctor? Or are you going for more than
one, or did you change your mind about
music, and are now wanting to go down
another path? |
i actually decided during my fourth year
that it really wasn't what I wanted to do
professionally. I love music, and
I love making music. But on my own terms.
It's better kept a personal thing for me.
So basically, i'm making a total
transformation right now! It's absolutely
terrifying!! But very exciting.
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Kia
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:11pm
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| hopefulmjz
wrote: | | just out of curiosity, is a
music degree something needed to be a
doctor? Or are you going for more than
one, or did you change your mind about
music, and are now wanting to go down
another path? |
23 sure is young to be working on a second
degree 
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:12pm
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Http://www.Castinbronze.
Com/default.Htm
there's the link to the guy we saw, if
anyone cares you can hear
snippets of his version of "carol of the
bells" in the recordings available
section.
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:14pm
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I started college at 17. 17 + 4 = 21.
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:17pm
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| kia_breizzze
wrote: | | hopefulmjz
wrote: | | just out of curiosity, is a
music degree something needed to be a
doctor? Or are you going for more than
one, or did you change your mind about
music, and are now wanting to go down
another path? |
23 sure is young to be working on a second
degree |
actually, most people graduate with a four
year degree around 22 or 23, and
most (not all, of course) start
with med school immediately after, so it's
kinda normal. The sooner you start, the
sooner you get done, which is good because
it takes fooooreeeever...
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:17pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | http://www.Castinbronze.Com/
default.Htm
there's the link to the guy we saw, if
anyone cares you can hear
snippets of his version of "carol of the
bells" in the recordings available
section. |
i love carol of the bells!
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:18pm
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| kia_breizzze
wrote: | | hopefulmjz
wrote: | | just out of curiosity, is a
music degree something needed to be a
doctor? Or are you going for more than
one, or did you change your mind about
music, and are now wanting to go down
another path? |
23 sure is young to be working on a second
degree |
good point, .I didn't think about that.
Hmm, curiosity killed the cat!
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:19pm
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| hopefulmjz
wrote: | | ayamiyaki
wrote: | http://www.Castinbronze.Com/
default.Htm
there's the link to the guy we saw, if
anyone cares you can hear
snippets of his version of "carol of the
bells" in the recordings available
section. |
i love carol of the
bells! |
it's my favorite .Christmas song!
.I cried when I heard him perform it live.
The mp3 snippet doesn't do it justice.
It's breathtaking! 
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Kia
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Posted: 12-04-06 14:19pm
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| tigresacanela24
wrote: | | i started college at 17.
17 + 4 = 21. |
not in the uk. College is two years and
then you go to uni to do your degree -
usually 3 or 4 years.
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Posted: 12-04-06 16:11pm
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Some people take time off in between, I
took a few semesters off, 1, because a
friend of mine was having a nervous
breakdown and she needed some help raising
her child and 1 semester due to marriage
problems, 1 to have a baby, another one to
help with a child, some people just do not
go straight through college, things
happen, look at those that start college
that end up having to go to war. I am not
trying to back anyone up here I have just
seen situations in my life where things
happen. I am not slamming anyone or
trying to cause drama. My .Sister was
50y/o when she got her 4 year degree.
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Posted: 12-04-06 16:14pm
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| sandyallen
wrote: | | my .Sister was 50y/o when
she got her 4 year
degree. |
bloody hell - that's a lot of semesters
off! 
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sandyallen
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Ayamiyaki
Posted: 12-04-06 16:15pm
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I know which instrument you are talking
about, like you said, the carillon, it is
a beautiful sounding instrument!
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 16:17pm
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| sandyallen
wrote: | | some people take time off in
between, I took a few semesters off, 1,
because a friend of mine was having a
nervous breakdown and she needed some help
raising her child and 1 semester due to
marriage problems, 1 to have a baby,
another one to help with a child, some
people just do not go straight through
college, things happen, look at those that
start college that end up having to go to
war. I am not trying to back anyone up
here I have just seen situations in my
life where things happen. I am not
slamming anyone or trying to cause drama.
My .Sister was 50y/o when she got her 4
year degree. |
oh yea! People definitely need time off!
I'm not in school right at the moment
myself. It's nice to have a little break
before I dive head-first into a program
that's going to take me the next 8 years
to complete! I know plenty of people who
have been overwhelmed from it all because
it's so demanding! My mother finally
graduated when she was forty because she
waited so long. That's one reason why
she's encouraging me to keep going so I
don't wait as long as she did. But yes,
breaks are very much needed! It's not
offense to me at all that you would say
so, either. I completely agree.
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