With a chorus of saws, are there different sizes for different ranges?
Like bass saws and soprano saws? JK: Every saw has its own voice! Just like human beings. Some sing very low, and others higher than birds, even. Some only like to sing one note, but they do it so nicely! D: How did you come up with the idea to get a chorus of saws to do Christmas carols? Do you have a particular fondness for Christmas music? JK: They found me, all the saws. They started showing up at my doorstep night after night many years ago. There would be a knock at the door and there would be a new saw waiting—or I should say “old,” since some were quite old and from far away. I don’t know if they came of their own accord, or were persuaded to come by my friends who have a warm sense of humor. But I do know that saws sing all by themselves, and that when amassed they [sing together]. Very late at night. They sang the “Schedrevka” that’s on [The Music Tapes’ album] Clouds And Tornadoes. It felt like Christmas to me. I love Christmas stories and old Christmas records very much. I
