The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54232   Message #843839
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
09-Dec-02 - 10:52 AM
Thread Name: Odd percussion instruments
Subject: RE: Odd percussion instruments
In Lortzing's opera Zar und Zimmermann (Czar and carpenter) there is a wonderful clog dance. Here the clogs are simulated by a woodblock.
Instead of that I used to clap two clogs over my head which made a good impression upon (or to, or on? Choose the right prep.) the audience.
The best however is the story how I bought them on the market. I choose the size fitting my wife's beautiful feet, and then I tested every pair for the sound. The saleswoman was flabbergasted. She had experienced a lot in her long life, she told me, but never before a customer choosing her clogs for their sound.

Wilfried