Gregg E. Schneeman
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Bow, Bow, Bow, Beau?

"Streichpsalter" Translated into English as BOWED Psaltery, Streich in German specifically refers to dragging or drawing or scraping where as the English word Bowed also refers to Bowing before lords, idols, pressure, etc., a Bow tied in a ribbon as well as the Bow of a boat. Archet is French for “small arch” which does a better job of describing the bow itself. Hence "Psalterion a' Archet"- which is any member of that family of musical instruments usually plucked, strummed, or struck with…See More
Jul 31
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Gregg E. Schneeman posted a blog post

Ancient Chinese Bowed Psaltery Relative

An ancient version of the Bowed Psaltery played with a bow or rosined wooden stick is called a the Qingzhou cuoqin 青州挫琴 (rubbed zither) from Shandong, see a short video of it played at... ChiaChinahttps://youtu.be/D3Dca6I__1c                                                                                         Please see my "Bowed Psaltery Related Instruments" playlist for more videos about this and other instruments.See More
May 26
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Kite Giedraitis left a comment for Gregg E. Schneeman
"Hello Gregg! At least we get to meet online. Good job making all those youtube videos, very impressive!"
Feb 28
Gregg E. Schneeman posted a video

"LOCH LOMOND" - Bowed Psaltery

My Bowed Psaltery Psolo of one of Scotland's most famous songs along with its Irish counterpart "Red is the Rose", both songs of parting from the 1800's.
Jan 15
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Gregg E. Schneeman posted a blog post

Why I haven't been adding my videos here...

  Just want to explain that I still appreciate the importance of Psaltery Strings, thank you Donna Malus, for all your years of maintaining THE community site for Bowed Psaltery Players world wide to join and participate at. A major focus of my Bowed Psaltery activities for the last five years has been making lots of Bowed Psaltery YouTube videos, over 600! If I put up every video here at Psaltery Strings I would constantly be pushing Nozomi's and other Bowed Psaltery players videos out of my…See More
Jan 15
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Feb 17, 2020
Gregg E. Schneeman posted a status
"Working on making lots of new Bows, slightly longer than the ones I have been using with my friend Lester Rickman (see him on Face Book)."
Jan 14, 2020
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KAREN PALMER, SYLVIA, & I BOWED PSALTERY

"Thanks again for capturing and sharing so many fun moments!"
Nov 6, 2019
Gregg E. Schneeman posted a video

KAREN PALMER, SYLVIA, & I BOWED PSALTERY

"THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM" is the tune we are playing. Karen is an excellent Bowed Psaltery Player who has only been playing the Bowed Psaltery for two year...
Nov 5, 2019
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Gregg E. Schneeman posted a video

Nozomi Nose & Me at ETBPG 2019

"Harper's Frolic" is the tune. It was a very exciting East Tennessee Bowed Psaltery Gathering! Nozomi Nose is the best Bowed Psaltery Player in the world. Sh...
Nov 1, 2019
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Gregg E. Schneeman posted a status
"Just two days until the Cove Lake State Park Tennessee Bowed Psaltery Gathering! I'm already here and ready to Psalt away!"
Oct 22, 2019
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Nozomi Nose commented on Gregg E. Schneeman's blog post Nozomi Nose Coming To ETBPG!
"Thank you, Gregg-san!  I, too, am so excited to join the Gathering.   Looking forward to see you all in Cove Lake State Park!   Nozomi"
Oct 8, 2019
Gregg E. Schneeman posted a status
"I accidentally got disconnected from my usual member page, so I'm over here now!"
Oct 6, 2019
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Gregg E. Schneeman commented on Gail Van Amberg's event 2019 10th Annual Bowed Psaltery Gathering
"I am getting ready to drive there from California so I can bring more instruments and gear than flying, very exciting news Nozomi Nose is coming from Japan, I hope our BP community understands what a once in a life time opportunity this is to get to…"
Oct 6, 2019
Gregg E. Schneeman posted a blog post

Nozomi Nose Coming To ETBPG!

 Its very exciting news that Nozomi Nose, the best Bowed Psaltery Player in the world, is flying all the way from Japan to attend and perform at the East Tennessee Bowed Psaltery Gathering Oct.24 - 26! I'm planning on driving there from California rather than fly so I can bring more instruments and gear, there is a camp ground right there in the park and a wide range of Motels nearby. Please see "EVENTS" here on Psaltery Strings for more information. See More
Oct 6, 2019
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Nozomi Nose left a comment for Gregg E. Schneeman
"Gregg, thank you very much for your friend request. I am joining the Gathering with Jun Tainaka, a banjo player I play music together. We play together in some of our videos.  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uPu6IbDxvcYzCsdCYxfnQ After the…"
Oct 4, 2019

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Do you own a bowed psaltery?
Quite a few
How did you discover the bowed psaltery?
In 1972 saw someone play one with Jean Ritchie.
Who built your bowed psaltery?
The one I play on all my YouTube videos was built by Dave Lucas, "Dave's Psalteries".
How long have you played the bowed psaltery?
Over Forty Years
Do you perform with the bowed psaltery?
On My Youtube channel "Gregg E.Schneeman" I have made over 450 Bowed Psaltery videos and will come to any Bowed Psaltery event I can find!
Do you build bowed psalteries for sale?
NO
Do you teach the bowed psaltery?
Any chance I get.
How did you find out about our Psaltery Strings network?
Searching the Internet

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Bow, Bow, Bow, Beau?

Posted on July 31, 2022 at 8:16am 0 Comments

"Streichpsalter" Translated into English as BOWED Psaltery, Streich in German specifically refers to dragging or drawing or scraping where as the English word Bowed also refers to Bowing before lords, idols, pressure, etc., a Bow tied in a ribbon as well as the Bow of a boat. Archet is French for “small arch” which does a better job of describing the bow itself. Hence "Psalterion a' Archet"- which is any member of that family of musical instruments usually plucked, strummed, or struck…

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Ancient Chinese Bowed Psaltery Relative

Posted on May 26, 2022 at 8:30am 0 Comments

An ancient version of the Bowed Psaltery played with a bow or rosined wooden stick is called a the Qingzhou cuoqin 青州挫琴 (rubbed zither) from Shandong, see a short video of it played at... ChiaChinahttps://youtu.be/D3Dca6I__1c                                                                                         Please see my "Bowed Psaltery Related Instruments" playlist for more videos about this and other instruments.

Why I haven't been adding my videos here...

Posted on January 15, 2022 at 8:41am 0 Comments

  Just want to explain that I still appreciate the importance of Psaltery Strings, thank you Donna Malus, for all your years of maintaining THE community site for Bowed Psaltery Players world wide to join and participate at. A major focus of my Bowed Psaltery activities for the last five years has been making lots of Bowed Psaltery YouTube videos, over 600! If I put up every video here at Psaltery Strings I would constantly be pushing Nozomi's and other Bowed Psaltery players videos out of…

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Nozomi Nose Coming To ETBPG!

Posted on October 6, 2019 at 8:13am 1 Comment

 Its very exciting news that Nozomi Nose, the best Bowed Psaltery Player in the world, is flying all the way from Japan to attend and perform at the East Tennessee Bowed Psaltery Gathering Oct.24 - 26! I'm planning on driving there from California rather than fly so I can bring more instruments and gear, there is a camp ground right there in the park and a wide range of Motels nearby. Please see "EVENTS" here on Psaltery Strings for more information. 

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At 3:26pm on February 28, 2022, Kite Giedraitis said…

Hello Gregg! At least we get to meet online. Good job making all those youtube videos, very impressive!

At 6:51pm on October 4, 2019, Nozomi Nose said…

Gregg, thank you very much for your friend request.
I am joining the Gathering with Jun Tainaka, a banjo player I play music together. We play together in some of our videos. 


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uPu6IbDxvcYzCsdCYxfnQ


After the Gathering we are going to visit Jun’s friend in San Antonio.

Nozomi

 
 
 

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Members who build bowed psalteries for sale

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Loon Song Psalteries-Charlie Marshall

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Psalteries by Dave- Dave Lucas  

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Michael J King Instrumetns - Diatonic Psalteries
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James Jones Instruments
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Omega Strings – Richard Spencer
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Master Works Bowed Psalteries - Russell Cook
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Members that teach Bowed Psaltery

Paul G.Sykes - MS  

Located in Hattiesburg
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 pgsykes1@hotmail.com

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601-583-4115

 

Gregg Schneeman - California
Contact Gregg here on Psaltery Strings
greggschneeman@psalterystrings.com

 

Peter Tommerup - California
San Francisco Bay Area
Bowed Psaltery and other Instruments
408-867-4324
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Celeste Howard Ray
 Bowed Psaltery lessons via Skype
347-796-4484
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Maureen Barnes - Illinois
 Bowed Psaltery lessons in Bloomington, IL
309-828-7957
dulcimergal98@yahoo.com
http://www.dulcimerdreams.com/

 

Dona Benkert -
Illinois
 Lessons at Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL
Phone: 773.728.6000
& Folk-Lore Center, Warrenville, IL
Phone: 630.393.1247
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Tish Westman - West Virginia
 Lessons at Tamarack, Beckley, WV. Wednesday workshops also available for individual classes and to teach at festivals.
Sunday "Jam" 3:30 to 6:00. All instruments welcome, play mostly Old Time, Celtic & Gospel Music, not opposed to trying any tune called, once did a rap on Bowed Psalteries.
1-304-575-0998
tishwestman@yahoo.com
www.westmaninstruments.com

Rick Long - Tennessee
 Lessons at Rick's home/workshop in Clinton, 30 mins N of Knoxville
(865) 660-4026
http://www.ringingstrings.com/lessons.html

Karla Armstrong - Pennsylvania
 Karla plays a variety of instruments and does workshops as well. Please visit her web site for additional information or contact her via the web site or the information below.
(717) 632-8099
karlaarms@upontheharp.com
http://upontheharp.com

Carol Esch - Kentucky
 Lessons in Carol's home/workshop south of Lexington.
606-676-0128
esch@qx.net
http://www.windridgefarm.us/bowedpsaltery.htm

Honey Smith Walls - Florida
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Melbourne, FL
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