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Butner man keeps dying art of saw music alive

Gerald Eccleston is a 94-year-old Granville County man who has played the saw for 75 years by dragging a bow across the teeth to produce a musical vibrating melody. It's a dying art and one of several instruments Eccleston plays.

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BUTNER, N.C. — Gerald Eccleston is a 94-year-old Butner man who has played the saw for 75 years by dragging a bow across the teeth to produce a musical vibrating melody. It's a dying art and one of several instruments Eccleston plays.

 

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