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Cascade - Pachelbel's Canon in D (beautiful Chapman Stick duet in the Blue Mountains) (Original Post) highplainsdem Tuesday OP
;-{) COOL! Goonch Tuesday #1
Definitely! highplainsdem Tuesday #3
Okay... GiqueCee Tuesday #2
Amazing, and very rare (8,000 in the world). There are a couple of other threads with videos with Chapman Stick music highplainsdem Tuesday #4
Thank you... GiqueCee Yesterday #9
WOW!!! 3catwoman3 Tuesday #5
There are only about 8,000 of them in the world, as I mentioned in a reply above. Should be more. They highplainsdem Yesterday #7
Love The Stick! ProfessorGAC Yesterday #6
With all your experience playing different instruments, you could probably learn to play it more easily highplainsdem Yesterday #8

GiqueCee

(4,945 posts)
2. Okay...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 05:23 PM
Tuesday

... that was beautiful, but I'm ashamed to admit that I've never seen a Chapman Stick before. I may heard one with realizing what it was, but what an amazing instrument!
Tuning one must be a challenge!

highplainsdem

(63,473 posts)
4. Amazing, and very rare (8,000 in the world). There are a couple of other threads with videos with Chapman Stick music
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:17 PM
Tuesday

here, one of them recorded by Cascade. (Mark White and his girlfriend Steffi). His website is https://www.markwhitelive.com/ . That's where I read there are only 8,000 Chapman Sticks. Check out his website. He's an environmentalist, too.

Here's another, and if you look at the YouTube comments, you'll see this comment

Incredible! Are you self taught? I would love to learn this instrument. Thank you for bringing it to the forefront. I am looking for a teacher in NH. ❤


and this reply:

@Cascademelodies
1 year ago
I learned from my guitar teacher when I was a teenager and now I am teaching my girlfriend
Finding a teacher is tricky because they’re so few players out there.
It’s possible to teach yourself as well though




GiqueCee

(4,945 posts)
9. Thank you...
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 09:14 AM
Yesterday

...for the enlightenment! I used to play guitar a little, but suffered from ADOS (Attention Deficit/Oh Shiny!) and didn't concentrate enough on learning to do it well.
But now I'm too old and arthritis cramps my style a bit. I do love the music of the Chapman Stick, though!

highplainsdem

(63,473 posts)
7. There are only about 8,000 of them in the world, as I mentioned in a reply above. Should be more. They
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 07:56 AM
Yesterday

sound incredible.

ProfessorGAC

(77,498 posts)
6. Love The Stick!
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:35 AM
Yesterday

I always wanted to try one. But, it looks pretty hard, but I think it would lend itself to piano thinking, which I can do.
Tony Levin plays one. When I saw The Beat tour he played it on about half the songs.

highplainsdem

(63,473 posts)
8. With all your experience playing different instruments, you could probably learn to play it more easily
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 08:14 AM
Yesterday

than most people could.

It's out of my price range. Used ones are rare and apparently start at a few thousand dollars. If you order a new one, they start at $4,000 - always a custom order - and you'll be waiting over a year, maybe two years, judging by some social media posts I saw.

There's currently a used one on eBay for $6,000 or best offer - and a number of people are watching it:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/198400015702



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