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heartfelt, original lyrics making them popular for a unique listening
experience. Harley was eagerly hooked on learning the subtleties of
playing a saw. He learned that tightly gripping both ends of the saw
blade while bending and twisting it and thumbing the blade produced
a variable tone with variable sound effects. The intellectual side of
Harley's personality viewed the whole experience as a science study
on sound waves.

Figure 150: Playing “Smoke on the Water”
on his saw!

In August of 2015, Harley, his parents, and Kevin's parents, Jerry
and Cissie, were visiting family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They
stopped by and visited Chuck Fetterman, Kevin's cousin who
happened to play the accordion. Chuck showed Harley a few basic
accordion licks. After that, Harley pretty much figured out more about
the accordion on his own. Much to Harley's delight, Chuck sent
Harley one of his own accordions to practice on.

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