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Tuning the Yawlboat

Schooners Alice S. Wentworth & Mary Day

 

When we had a long push ahead of us, (In a calm) Capt. Hawkins & I would often play music together, if there was no other pressing work. His concertina only played in C and G, so I'd go down and tune the yawlboat to a pitch that wouldn't clash too badly in either key.

 
"Tuning the Yalwboat"
28" x 16"
Southern poplar & Alaskan yellow cedar