On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:47:57 +0000 Charani <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> wrote: Hello Charani, > line or whoever completed the register may have made a mistake: but I > agree, on the face of it, it is a bit of a stretch. Stranger things happen; My father always wanted to be a musician. He managed it. "How?" I hear you ask. He joined the army. Whilst there he joined the band, and was taught to play and read music. Going the other way, from musician to (in this case) Coppersmith is, to my mind, not a big jump. Especially if he was struggling to make money as a musician. He'd have had to do something to earn money. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

Brad Rogers wrote: > Stranger things happen; My father always wanted to be a musician. He > managed it. > > "How?" I hear you ask. > > He joined the army. Whilst there he joined the band, and was taught to > play and read music. Makes sense and it could have happened back then as well, that's why I added "on the face of it" :)) > Going the other way, from musician to (in this case) Coppersmith is, to > my mind, not a big jump. Especially if he was struggling to make money > as a musician. He'd have had to do something to earn money. The only real problem I can see is that to be a coppersmith, he would have had to serve an apprenticeship. I don't think he'd have been allowed to be a musician during his apprenticeship. If he was already a musician and struggling financially, he'd have been quite a bit older than most when he started his apprenticeship. The only way I could see that working out was if he'd apprenticed and possibly qualified as a coppersmith, then became a musician but went back to being a coppersmith when/if being a musician didn't work out. That, though, begs the question: how did he keep his skills up during the musical period. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:29:39 +0000 Charani <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> wrote: Hello Charani, > Makes sense and it could have happened back then as well, that's why I > added "on the face of it" :)) Subtle. :-) > The only way I could see that working out was if he'd apprenticed and > possibly qualified as a coppersmith, then became a musician but went Agreed. Any type of smithing work copper, silver, etc. would require training. An interesting little puzzle, this. > That, though, begs the question: how did he keep his skills up > during the musical period. Doing the odd job here and there, maybe? -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"