Editing Musical saw (section)

==Performers==
People notable for playing the musical saw. <!-- NOTE: Names on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies their association, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name. -->

* [[Natalia Paruz]], also known as the "Saw Lady", plays the musical saw in movie soundtracks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3297559/|title=Natalia Paruz|website=IMDb|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> in television commercials, with orchestras internationally, and is the organizer of international musical saw festivals in New York City and Israel. She was a judge at the musical saw festival in France and she played the saw in the off-Broadway show 'Sawbones'. The December 3, 2011, crossword puzzle of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' had Paruz as a question: Down 5{{snd}}Instrument played by Natalia Paruz.<ref>{{cite news |title=There's Someone After Me! |first=Randall J. |last=Hartman |date=2011-12-03 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/WashingtonPost/Content/Puzzles/Daily/cs111203.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919092012/https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/WashingtonPost/Content/Puzzles/Daily/cs111203.pdf |archive-date=2016-09-19}}</ref>
* [[Mara Carlyle]], a London based singer/songwriter who often performs using the musical saw, and the instrument features on her albums ''The Lovely'' and ''Floreat''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mara Carlyle – Topic|title=Saw Song|date=2015-01-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX9NiYJ20m4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/FX9NiYJ20m4| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-06-12|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* David Coulter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and music supervisor; ex-member of [[Test Dept]] and [[The Pogues]], has played musical saw live, in films, on tv and stages around the world and on numerous albums with: [[Damon Albarn]], [[Gorillaz]], and [[Tom Waits]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/may/21/2|title=Storm in a pawnshop|first=John L.|last=Walters|date=21 May 2004|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> He has played on many film scores, including ''[[Is Anybody There?]]'' (2008) and ''[[It's a Boy Girl Thing]]'' (2006), and has featured on TV soundtrack and themes tunes, most recently for ''[[Psychoville]]'' and episodes of ''[[Wallander (British TV series)|Wallander]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539509/|title=David Coulter|website=IMDb.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[Janeen Rae Heller]] played the saw in four television guest appearances: ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' (1989),<ref name=HellerIMDb/> ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' (1990),<ref name=HellerIMDb/> and ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' (1992<ref name=HellerIMDb>{{IMDb name|1750438|Janeen Rae Heller}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/home-improvement/stereo-typical/episode/22993/summary.html|title=Home Improvement: Stereo-Typical|website=TV.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and 1999). She has also performed on albums such as [[Michael Hedges]]' ''[[The Road to Return]]'' in 1994 and [[Rickie Lee Jones]]'s ''[[Ghostyhead]]'' in 1997.
* Mio Higashino, based in Osaka, Japan, won first place in the 42nd International Musical Saw Festival.  Mio performs in Japan as part of the two-member group Mollen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sawnotes.com/42nd-annual-saw-festival-the-winner-is/ |title=42nd Annual Saw Festival: The winner is...  |last=Southard |first=Rowena |date=August 23, 2019 |website=Saw Notes - A resource for Musical Saw Enthusiasts |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
*Charles Hindmarsh, {{aka}} [[The Yorkshire Musical Saw Player]], has played the musical saw throughout the UK.
* [[Kev Hopper]], formerly the bass guitarist in the 1980s band [[Stump (band)|Stump]], made an EP titled ''Saurus'' in 2002 featuring six original saw tunes.
* Christine Johnston (under the stage name Eve Kransky) of [[The Kransky Sisters]] plays the musical saw alongside other traditional and improvised instruments.
* [[Julian Koster]] of the band [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] played the singing saw, along with other instruments, in the band and also plays the saw in his solo project, [[The Music Tapes]]. In 2008, he released ''[[The Singing Saw at Christmastime]]''. He also writes and co-directs the podcast [[The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air)]] which prominently features singing saws in the story.
* Katharina Micada plays the musical saw on cabaret stages and with different Symphony Orchestras like [[Berlin Philharmonic|Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] and [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]. A singer, she is one of the few players, who can sing and play the saw simultaneously and in pitch.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLBifYvxAhE Video clip with singing and playing the saw simultaneously and in pitch], youtube.com; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref> She has played in TV- and Radio shows and for film and CD recordings.<ref>[http://www.singende-saege.com/en/index.html Profile: Musical saw player Katharina Micada], singende-saege.com; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref>
* [[Jamie Muir]] of the [[progressive rock]] band [[King Crimson]] briefly uses a musical saw on the song "Easy Money" from the album [[Larks' Tongues in Aspic]]. 
* Bonnie Paine, singer and multi-instrumentalist from [[Talequah, Oklahoma]], co-founder of Colorado folk-rock group [[Elephant Revival]] has performed on the musical saw as a member of the band.
* [[Angela Perley and the Howlin' Moons]], an American rock band from [[Columbus, Ohio]], features singer/guitarist Angela Perley who performs the musical saw on their recorded albums and at their live shows.
* [[Quinta (musician)|Quinta]] (a.k.a. Kath Mann), London-based multi-instrumentalist and composer, has collaborated with many artists on the musical saw, including Bat for Lashes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/3393354|title=Bat for Lashes reveals her band for Radiohead supports|website=Drownedinsound.com|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123740/http://drownedinsound.com/news/3393354|url-status=dead}}</ref> Radiohead's Philip Selway,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/08/radioheads-philip-selway-launches-tour-tokyo/|title=Radiohead's Philip Selway Launches Tour in Tokyo|date=27 August 2010|website=Spin.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and The Paper Cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepapercinema.com/about/odyssey-tour-2012/|title=The Paper Cinema|website=Thepapercinema.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* Thomas Jefferson Scribner was a familiar figure on the streets of [[Santa Cruz, California]] during the 1970s playing the musical saw. He performed on a variety of recordings and appeared in folk music festivals in the United States and Canada during the 1970s.<ref>[http://thefestival.bc.ca/multimedia/archives/1979-2 1979] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120727002940/http://thefestival.bc.ca/multimedia/archives/1979-2|date=2012-07-27}}, ''Vancouver Folk Music Festival''.</ref> His work as labour organizer and member of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] is documented in the 1979 film ''The Wobblies''. Canadian composer/saw player Robert Minden pays tribute to him on his Web site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lostsound.com/contact/|title=Robert Minden Duo|website=lostsound.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Musician and songwriter [[Utah Phillips]] has recorded a song referencing Scribner, "The Saw Playing Musician" on the album ''[[Fellow Workers]]'' with [[Ani DiFranco]]. Artist Marghe McMahon was inspired in 1978 to create a bronze statue of Tom playing the musical saw which sits in downtown Santa Cruz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4DKP_Thomas_Jefferson_Scribner|title=Thomas Jefferson Scribner - Musician Statues on Waymarking.com|website=Waymarking.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[That 1 Guy]], an American based musician who performs using homemade instruments.<ref>{{cite web|last=dreampepper – Topic|title=That 1 Guy – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (live)|date=2008-04-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?=8Ci6TmR29OI?t=106|access-date=2019-06-11|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
* Jim Turner released ''The Well-Tempered Saw'' on Owl Records in 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Turner-The-Well-Tempered-Saw/release/2518233|title=Jim Turner – the Well-Tempered Saw (1971, Vinyl)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=1971 }}</ref>
* [[Victor Victoria]] (Victoria Falconer) of the musical cabaret troupe Fringe Wives Club and [[dark cabaret]] comedy duo [[EastEnd Cabaret]] plays the musical saw as part of their live shows, amongst other instruments.<ref>[http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2012/e/20931/east_end_cabaret:_notoriously_kinky/review Announcement of a show with East End cabaret at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh], chortle.co.uk; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref>
* [[Liu Ya]] from China is a professional violinist and saw player and is famous for her interpretation of the "Bird song", which she performed in Chinese TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgPJ3d8wZsY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/NgPJ3d8wZsY| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Ya Liu – Chinese Musical Saw Association|author=Charles Hindmarsh|date=23 March 2011|access-date=31 July 2018|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Marlene Dietrich===
German actress and singer [[Marlene Dietrich]], who lived and worked in the United States for a long time, is probably the most famous person who played the musical saw.{{According to whom|date=November 2024}} When she studied the violin for one year in [[Weimar]] in her early twenties, her musical skills were already evident. Some years later she learned to play the musical saw while she was shooting the film ''[[Café Elektric]]'' in Vienna in 1927. Her colleague, the actor and musician [[Igo Sym]], taught her how to play. In the shooting breaks and at weekends both performed romantic duets, he at the piano and she at the musical saw.<ref>Daniel Spoto: ''Marlene Dietrich.'' Heyne Verlag, München 1992, pg. 61.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>

Sym gave his saw to her as a farewell gift. The following words are engraved on the saw: "Now Suidy is gone / the sun d’ont [sic!] / shine… / Igo / Vienna 1927"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuenste-im-exil.de/KIE/Content/EN/Objects/dietrich-singende-saege-en.html?single=1|title=Objects – Marlene Dietrich's Musical Saw|website=kuenste-im-exil.de|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
She took the saw with her, when she left for Hollywood in 1929 and played there in the following years at film sets and Hollywood parties.
When she participated in the [[United Service Organizations]] (USO) shows for the US troops in 1944, she also played on the saw. Some of these shows were broadcast on radio, so there exist two rare recordings of her saw playing, embedded in entertaining interviews. 1. Aloha Oe<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLG5iqh5c0 Marlene Dietrich performing "Aloha oe" on the musical saw]"</ref>  2. other song<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo97E2H2Ec8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/zo97E2H2Ec8| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Marlene Dietrich Plays Her Musical Saw! 1948|date=14 January 2015|access-date=31 July 2018|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===In fiction===
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* In the 1940 animated film ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', Jiminy Cricket bounced on the saw for the song, "Give a Little Whistle", the saw is whistling like the musical saw, whistling effects by Marion Darlington. (1940)
* The Theme song of the movie ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest]]'' is played on a musical saw.
* ''[[Delicatessen (1991 film)|Delicatessen]]'' is directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro and includes an impressing duet for violoncello and musical saw, which is performed on a roof. (1991)
* ''[[Dummy (2002 film)|Dummy]]'', directed by Greg Pritikin, starring [[Adrien Brody]] has an audition scene with a musical saw player (portrayed by [[Natalia Paruz]]) (2002)
* In 2002, an orchestra of 30 musical saws appeared in Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party in the ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' book.
* In the 2011 movie ''[[Another Earth]]'' the character of the composer plays the saw (on the soundtrack is Natalia Paruz). 
* In the 2014 animated film ''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls — Rainbow Rocks]]'', one of the film's background characters, Derpy Hooves, plays the musical saw in her band.
* In the 2014 stop-motion animated film ''[[The Boxtrolls]]'', one of the main Boxtrolls who took care of Eggs, Fish, plays the musical saw with Eggs in their cave.
* In the film ''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]'', Mr. Peabody plays a musical saw. (2014)
* In the 8th episode of season 3 of the TV series [[Hilda (TV series)|''Hilda'']], Victoria Van Gale is seen playing a musical saw in the tower in Fairy Country.