User talk:Jamesglideandslide

Many years ago my Father fell heir to a set of musucal glasses. There are twenty eight of them in total in a very "rustic" box with two bowls containing real sponge for wetting the fingers. The glasses are pre-ground to tune, rather than being tuned with water to give the correct pitch. The pitch, I am assured is pre concert pitch. This,I am afraid is double Dutch to me. I vaguely remember that when I was that my Mother, Father and myself went to a village near Ballater, in Scotland to bring this mammoth box of glasses to our home in Kirkcaldy, Fife in an original Morris Minor. The rear seat backs were folded down,the box of glasses were pushed into the boot (Trunk) and I had to squat on top of the unit for a miserable 150 miles. My Father became quite proficient at playing the glasses and I would be interested to hear if anyone has had exposure to a similar set and whether they feel they might be of any value. Technically, they now belong to my daughter, having been willed to her, but she is an over worked teacher of art, whilst I am now semi retired, with a modicum of ree time to ask questions. I hope to hear from someone in due course. Yours aye, JamesJamesglideandslide (talk) 22:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC)