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Are you a busker?:	Yes
Type of Act:	Musical Saw
About Me/Us:
Henry Dagg was originally classically trained on the cello, and became a self-taught player of piano, keyboards and bass guitar. He began his career working in the sound engineering department of the BBC, often using tape editing and studio manipulation techniques to create music entirely from natural sounds...... In 1985, he took up the musical saw as an additional instrument, and in 1988 won the title of 'Master Sawyer' at the first International Musical Saw Festival at Northridge, California. In 1990 he became a full-time freelance composer and performer. He also develops new musical instruments and sound-sculptures - in 2003 his suite of musical gates and railings was given its inaugural performance by Evelyn Glennie O.B.E. Henry Dagg has been working recently on a sound sculptures for Cecil Sharp house in London and has been featured on Channel Four News among others. The Pin-Barrel Harp (Sharpsichord) is a sound-sculpture designed and built by Henry Dagg as an acoustic composing machine for public use, in honour of Cecil Sharp; it has been commissioned by the English Folk Dance and Song Society and funded by the Big Lottery fund.

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