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Topic: PSG as an Official State Instrument? Somewhere? |
Colm Chomicky
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 10:16 am |
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States all have state trees, flowers, rocks, etc. Does your state have an official state instrument?
I work in Missouri and found out their official state instrument is the fiddle.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=fiddle
I was somewhat aghast given St. Louis has been honored each year with the reward of 1000’s of steel guitarists and like-minded enthusiasts bolstering the Missouri economy (on an otherwise slow St. Louis weekend). The state instrument should have really been the Pedal Steel Guitar and in particular the Zumsteel made in Harrisonville, MO.
Certainly our beloved pedal steel guitar should be entitled to its rightful place as an official state instrument somewhere? Right?
Any Governors out there? If your state does not have an official instrument, lets hurry before the banjo butts in line. |
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Connie Mack
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phoenicia, new york
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 11:05 am
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i think hawaii would make the most sense
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82'sho-bud u-12, frankendekely u-12, bride of frankendekley u-12, a whole mess of other instruments...finger still messed up but getting better... |
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Richard Damron
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Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 11:15 am
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| If any State Legislation were to decree the PSG as the "official" state instrument it would no doubt be greeted with a jillion choruses of "What in hell is THAT?" Maybe some day - though not likely. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 11:35 am
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| PSG as an Official State Instrument? Somewhere? |
It already is!
Somewhere in the "State Of Confusion"  |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 6:30 pm
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| I thought it was the official instrument of the "State of Shock!" |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 7:37 pm
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| Dang it, Donny, you beat me to it! |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 8:18 pm
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AlZBama
MSAsippi
Fessendennessee
Colorittenberry
MinneShoBud
GeorGFI
Emmonsachusetts
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 23 Apr 2009 9:55 pm
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I believe the official State Instrument of Texas is the handgun, but I'd have to look it up to make sure.
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Colm Chomicky
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Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 24 Apr 2009 4:49 am
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Good one Herb. There is an official Texas Instrument
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/GUITAR.html
Guitar
Next door in Louisiana the official musical instrument is the Cajun Accordion
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Louisiana/cajun_accordian.html
I don't see an official state instrument listed for Tennessee. Only fitting for the pedal steel guitar to have a spot there. Some other group is gonna muscle up to the trough and get their instrument listed eventually? Why not steel?
Up to the North is Arkansas with the Fiddle and then Missouri with the Fiddle also. How redundant is that? The Fiddlers are gonna take over if we don't watch our backsides! |
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