We got our saw from Charlie Blacklock in the SF bay area. We have another saw we use for cutting and it plays pretty well, too. Trouble is, it's shorter and pitched too high for us to sing with it.

Besides the length, the main difference between these saws is that the cutting one has its teeth set while the musical one doesn't. This means that alternating teeth are bent slightly in opposite directions so that the kerf (the cut the saw makes in the wood or whatever) is slightly wider than the saw itself so the darn thing doesn't get stuck so much. Not necessary on the musical saw. The teeth on the musical saw are not set but the teeth of many listners are.

Bev and Jerry