Lindsay Porteous, the Jews Harp, banjo, and wee skeleton.

Lindsay Porteous, the Music Man o’ Fife the ’Snowman’, the record holder of the most ethnic musical instruments in the whole world. An’ whit he didsnae hae he’ll mak himsel’. He can play over 100! Scotland’s ethnic music treasure, who stays in the auldest hoose o’ Fife. As world ’trump’ or Jews-Harps player here he is doing a duet with a wee skeleton. Filmed on location by Paraig MacNeil, November 2014 “ The Jew’s Harp ( q.v. ) was, from early times, an instrument of high importance
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