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From: mstein@access5.digex.net (Michael P. Stein)
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In article ,
Michael S. Schiffer  wrote:
>[Followups redirected to rec.music.filk only]
>
>In article ,
>Nancy Lebovitz  wrote:
>
>>I saw a filksong performed by a fellow whose guitar is
>>somewhere in the blue/green disputed territory. He sang a verse
>>about it being blue. He sang a verse about it being green. He sang
>>a verse about the difficulty of naming the color--and by that
>>point I couldn't have named the color of the damned thing--it
>>was bright, but had gone non-linguistic. The punchline was that
>>the guitar was "teal". 
>
>	I actually saw the genesis of the song, and then heard the
>filksong a few months later.  This all took place at cons in Michigan
>sometime during the mid '80s-- probably Confusion, Contraption,
>Conclave, or (conceivably) Babelcon.  I was in high school at the
>time, and while I didn't know any of the people involved, I went to a
>lot of filksings.  Apparently, the fellow had gotten a good deal on a
>high quality guitar because of its unusual color.  (I seem to recall
>classing it as blue myself, but I tend to think of most
>aqua/teal/turquoise/etc. shades as blue).  After numerous comments
>about the "blue" or "green" guitar, Julia Ecklar (who should produce
>some more tapes, dammit! :-) ) suggested teal (as I think was noted in
>the song).

    Tom Smith has already fingered me as the perp^H^H^H^H composer of the
song in question; I will just clarify one point.  There really was nothing
especially good about either the deal or the guitar itself save for the
color.  It was merely one of several Yamaha FG-335SBs in the stock of
Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI, same price as all the others.  It was
in my price range, and it played just slightly but still detectably better
than the more normally-colored guitars of that model which Elderly had in
stock.  Officially, Yamaha refers to the shade as "Marine Blue."

    I moved to Arlington, VA in 1987, and have been somewhat absent from
the filkroom due in part to my classical music activities as a 'cellist -
the Arlington Symphony has (alas) managed to schedule concerts on top of
at least one OVFF - and even more so to the fact that for the past two
years I have been president of my synagogue.  (Free time?  What's that?) 
However, my senten^H^H^H^H^H^H term of office is up at the end of June, so
I hope to get to more cons.
-- 
Mike Stein			The above represents the Absolute Truth.
POB 10420			Therefore it cannot possibly be the official
Arlington, VA  22210		position of my employer.

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