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...is the name of my first dulcimer, which I purchased in 1978 from Michael
Autorino (1917-1987). It is named for one of the three fellows in the book of
Daniel in the Bible, chapter 3 (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who refused to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar's idol
at the sound of many instruments, including, according to the King James
Version, the
dulcimer. A translating error was later discovered; the dulcimer appears to
have really been some kind of bagpipe.)
So on August 1, 1983, exactly at 12 noon (yes!), Shadrach Productions
became reality at the
Burlington County NJ Clerk's office. I proceeded to sell dulcimers for Michael
Autorino, and through those sales raised half
the capital to publish my first book, Striking Out and
Winning! This was
followed by The Hammered Dulcimer A-Chording to Lucille Reilly in 1990, and
then a
second edition of Striking Out in 1992.
In 1988, I discovered a name index in
my Bible concordance (which I'd had for years but never ventured to the back
where it was--who needs to look for an index when that's all a concordance is!),
where I learned that Shadrach means "rejoicing in
the way." Good choice for a happy instrument, don't you
think?
Listeners and students always muse: Are there a Meshach and Abednego?
Yes.
I won Meshach, a
15-15 Professional model dulcimer built by the late Bob Tack, when I took second place in the 1991 National Hammered Dulcimer Championship.
Bob also built Abednego, a lightweight version of Meshach.
Shadrach's publishing concerns have expanded to include
instructional materials for diatonic autoharp, which
I began playing in 1990 (after telling myself in 1987 that I would never play
autoharp: Ah, never say never!). Since becoming the first person to
win both Mountain Laurel Autoharp
Champion and International Autoharp Champion in the same year (1995), I've been
slowly assembling a series of monographs
(small booklets of 28-32 pages devoted to digging deeply into one topic), two of
which you can learn more about in the Marketplace
on this site. A book about how to play diatonic autoharp is also in
the works.
Through Shadrach Productions, I remain dedicated to providing quality instruction to
both of these wonderful instruments and hope to continue to serve the
music-making public through continued fine volumes of instruction and
arrangements. For more information
about current products, click here.
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