Music on board

[BobnLesley]

There is an antisocial swine who regularly plays the bagpipes in Port Bannatyne marina late in the evening. I have been sorely tempted to retaliate with an accordion, but it seems a little unfair to the innocent bystanders.
Q. What's the definition of a gentleman?
A. Someone who knows how to play the accordion but doesn't.

I've heard the same said about Scottish Gentlemen & Bagpipes, that said, a few years ago in Florida we were anchored in the same bay as a yottie 'armed' with both bagpipes and a violin. He was very good at both and also anchored just far enough away to listen, but not so close as to be intrusive, his sundown serenades went down quite well.
We have a friend who has a full-sized professional-standard electronic-organ keyboard thing aboard; it's on a catamaran of course, you couldn't squeeze the beast through our companionway. For my own part I carried an Irish whistle for several years, until Lesley gave it away to a young American lad in Turkey; I wouldn't have minded, other than the fact that within two days Levi was playing it better than I ever could!

 

[Graham_Wright]

If my boat was a bit larger I would like to carry something like this:

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But, thanks to modern technology, I can enjoy listening to it on board.

Here's a little popular tune played on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8vz1D_L_OE

It must be an organola - his hands aren't moving. Or does he have very versatile feet?

 

[mjcoon]

... about Scottish Gentlemen ...

I'm always looking out for oxymorons to add to my list, like "business ethics" and "feminine logic" and so forth!

Mike.

 

[tudorsailor]

I have a ukulele on board, but only this season so far.

TS