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Topic: Wanted: Pedal Steel Owners Manuals, Plans, Design info |
Daniel Neill
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Ontario, Canada living in Newfoundland, Canada
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Posted 10 Mar 2013 12:21 pm |
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Hi there everyone,
I am new to the forum and I'll get this all out in the open: I am a graduate student in the M.F.A. program at York University in Toronto. I've always been interested in the steel guitar, with or without pedals and in the past year I have acquired a couple of instruments and begun to take lessons. This is in addition to my main occupation which is playing and teaching drums.
Because the pedal steel is an instrument that is unique to North America and an integral part of so much of the great music that's been made here in the past 80 years, I'm interested in tracing and demystifying (if that's possible) its development with regards to design, mechanics and tuning systems. The goal of this research will be a major research paper that will hopefully give the steel guitar and its inventors and players more recognition and understanding in academic circles. (it's all really just an excuse to get started on learning how to play the darned thing!) First of all I am trying to assemble a collection of owners manuals for any and all pedal instruments. I am in the process of reading though many posts on the forum the get a better general understanding of the instrument. Any info you all could provide would be HUGELY APPRECIATED!
Thank you!
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Peter Harris
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted 12 Mar 2013 2:57 am
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You might also find some information here:
http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/index.php
..different emphasis, same instrument! 
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John Scanlon
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2013 8:27 am
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This forum is itself probably your best resource. I recommend doing a search of actual posts made by the greats like Buddy Emmons and others (Paul Franklin, Winnie Winston, etc.) who have contributed to the development and somewhat uniformity of the tunings and changes. For a graduate-level "major research" paper, those should give you much more to use as citeable resources beyond owner's manuals. Copies of the six issues of Steel Guitarist, available here through B0b, would also no doubt be helpful to you. They have many articles on the history and development of the steel guitar.
Good luck! Please share your work when done.
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Russ Wever
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Kansas City
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Posted 12 Mar 2013 9:27 pm
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Any info you all could provide
would be HUGELY APPRECIATED! |
Reading through the abstracts might be
'headache-inducing', but studying the
drawings at the ~>USPO might prove
worthwhile. If so, be sure to look into
the citations & references in each one.
~Russ
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