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caddymanWalking past the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre this morning, we noticed that for the next few days they are hosting a Euretina conference.
“What”, we wondered, is a “Euretina”? In my febrile imagination it immediately resolved itself as a strange glockenspiel/concertina hybrid. The visualisation was hampered by the dawning of the fact that I don’t actually know what a glockenspiel looks like. I think I may be confusing it with a barrel organ, but I don’t, as I type this, know. (I could look it up on Google, but where would the fun be then?). Anyway, it would have the squeezy bit of the concertina attached somewhere. A more expensive Euretina would have an accordion attachment instead of the concertina.
This I fancy, is a worthy addition to my mental stock of improbable musical instruments as typified by the maudelin, an oblong, short necked, one stringed instrument played with a bow, or the Donk, a huge J Arthur Rank style gong made of solid and highly polished pine wood, that sounds like its name.
Whether the Euretina would displace the Cacophone in my affections is another matter. The Cacophone (pronounced cackofon) is essentially three French horns joined to a single tube and operated by means of a pedalled bellows and keyboard arrangement, which operates the valves. If ever I win the jackpot on the lottery, I shall have a prototype built.
As it turns out, Euretina is something to do with retina experts, presumably European retina experts. Worthy, I suppose, but boring.
I like my version better.
“What”, we wondered, is a “Euretina”? In my febrile imagination it immediately resolved itself as a strange glockenspiel/concertina hybrid. The visualisation was hampered by the dawning of the fact that I don’t actually know what a glockenspiel looks like. I think I may be confusing it with a barrel organ, but I don’t, as I type this, know. (I could look it up on Google, but where would the fun be then?). Anyway, it would have the squeezy bit of the concertina attached somewhere. A more expensive Euretina would have an accordion attachment instead of the concertina.
This I fancy, is a worthy addition to my mental stock of improbable musical instruments as typified by the maudelin, an oblong, short necked, one stringed instrument played with a bow, or the Donk, a huge J Arthur Rank style gong made of solid and highly polished pine wood, that sounds like its name.
Whether the Euretina would displace the Cacophone in my affections is another matter. The Cacophone (pronounced cackofon) is essentially three French horns joined to a single tube and operated by means of a pedalled bellows and keyboard arrangement, which operates the valves. If ever I win the jackpot on the lottery, I shall have a prototype built.
As it turns out, Euretina is something to do with retina experts, presumably European retina experts. Worthy, I suppose, but boring.
I like my version better.
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