The Yorkshire Musical Saw Player

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The Yorkshire Musical Saw Player is the stage name for Charles Hindmarsh from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, Great Britain, a player of the musical saw.

Although he works in IT for Harrogate Borough Council, he has played the musical saw throughout the UK. While studying violin at College, the musical saw became a bit of a party trick. However this developed and he is now involved with playing for old time musical hall events, charity concerts and sessions as a soloist and/or with accompaniment from either piano or brass band. As well as taking part in the "BBC music live" festival he has also played in a skip outside Belfast City Hall for a "Catalyst Arts" Festival, in a folk festival at Broadstairs and as part of the International Gilbert and Sullivan festival in Buxton^[1]. He is now actively involved in promoting the playing of the saw through workshops and public concerts.