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Wide shot exterior of the Trinity Church 2. Natalia Paruz accompanying singer Ilya Speranza performing the 'Mad Scene' from \"Lucia di Lammermoor\"3. Close up Paruz playing saw 4. SOUNDBITE: (English)...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eQueens, New York - July 5, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot exterior of the Trinity Church \u003cbr/\u003e2. Natalia Paruz accompanying singer Ilya Speranza performing the 'Mad Scene' from \"Lucia di Lammermoor\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up Paruz playing saw \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Natalia Paruz, The Saw Lady :\u003cbr/\u003e\"Most people play sitting down on a chair holding the wood handle between their knees, holding the tip of the blade with their hand and then bowing with a bow a violin bow a cello bow, whatever bow. However some people do play in other positions, standing up, kneeling down.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot Paruz playing \"Gymnopedie\" with the Trinity Bell Choir \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up  Paruz playing \"Gymnopedie\" with the Trinity Bell Choir \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of Nicholas Bardach playing Georges Bizet's \"Carmen \"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway of audience listening to Bardach\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up of Bardach playing his saw\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway of audience clapping \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicholas Bardach, Saw Player: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The same saw played by five different people will sound completely different just as five singers sound completely different, although they each have their own voice. But if Natalia were to take my saw it would sound completely different with her hands than it does with mine or anybody else's.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium shot  Adam Wirtzfeld, Minneapolis, Minnesota playing blue grass saw music\u003cbr/\u003e13. Medium shot of Martin Zak of the Czech Republic on harp and Ivan Stiles of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania playing \"Amazing Grace.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Medium shot Sharif Vakili playing \"Greensleeves\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English)   Sharif Vakili, 17-year-old Saw Player:\u003cbr/\u003e \" I went to Home Depot I got a saw and I got a cello bow and I learned how to play the saw. My parents were kinda afraid at first since they thought I would cut myself but it was pretty awesome.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English)  Natalia Paruz, The Saw Lady:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A saw that would be good for music is longer - the longer the blade, the more notes it would have and usually the more expensive a saw is the better sound it would have, because it means it is made of better metal.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot \"A Chorus of Saws\" playing \"Over the Rainbow.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot audience clapping at end of festival\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide shot saw players and Natalia Paruz taking a bow\u003cbr/\u003eAn unusual music festival has taken place in the New York borough of Queens.\u003cbr/\u003eTaking centre stage .....the saw. \u003cbr/\u003eThe carpenter's tool  is being used by a growing number of musicians to create unique haunting melodies. \u003cbr/\u003e'Cutting edge' instruments brought musicians from around the world to Trinity Church in Queens, New York for the 6th Annual New York City Saw Music Festival.\u003cbr/\u003eThe festival was organised by  Natalia Paruz who is also known as \"the Saw Lady\". \u003cbr/\u003eParuz has played music on a carpenter's saw for over ten years. \u003cbr/\u003eShe has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta and made her Carnegie Hall debut as a musical saw soloist in 2007.\u003cbr/\u003eIsraeli-born Paruz says when the festival first began six years ago it was simply five people playing the saw in her apartment in Queens. \u003cbr/\u003eThis year 28 musicians from around the world took part in the event. \u003cbr/\u003eA cello, violin or bass bow and steel saw blades are needed to create the distinctive voice-like quality of saw music and there is no formal playing technique.  \u003cbr/\u003eParuz says that some people play seated and others prefer standing or kneeling. \u003cbr/\u003eNicholas Bardach is a professional percussionist from Bochum, Germany. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says that each saw musician creates a unique and distinctive sound, even with the same instrument. \u003cbr/\u003eBardach taught himself to play in 1988 when the orchestra he was performing with needed a saw player for a piece.\u003cbr/\u003eSince no one was trained to play the saw Bardach stepped up and offered to give it a try. \u003cbr/\u003eHe is now considered a master of the musical saw.\u003cbr/\u003eBardach performed a series of classical music compositions for the saw including George Bizet's \"Carmen\". \u003cbr/\u003eThere has been some controversy as to whether a musical saw player should be called a \"sawist\" or a \"sawyer\". \u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Paruz, a \"sawist\" is the best title since technically a \"sawyer\"  is someone who cuts wood.\u003cbr/\u003eParuz says saw playing is believed to have begun about 300 years ago when carpenter saws began to be made of steel.  \u003cbr/\u003eWoodcutters and lumberjacks are believed to have discovered the music quite by accident when they dropped their tools and heard unusual sounds.\u003cbr/\u003eSteel construction is important for creating the unique sound and even though saws are stainless steel, they do rust. \u003cbr/\u003e Paruz says she often has to take sandpaper to her saw to keep it in good shape as rust would interfere with the the quality of the sound.  \u003cbr/\u003eShe says that the secret to the best sound, is a long saw made from the best material.\u003cbr/\u003eParuz says she enjoys pairing the musical saw with other unusual instruments and she played the number \"Gymnopedie\" by Erik Satie accompanied by the Trinty Hand Bell Choir.   \u003cbr/\u003eThe youngest player at the festival picked up the saw when he was only 13 years-old. \u003cbr/\u003e17 year-old Sharif  Vakili was already a viola and piano player  when he heard the saw being played by one of his music teachers and he knew he had to give it a try. \u003cbr/\u003eVakili says his parents were a bit concerned he would injure himself playing with a saw but he admits to only two minor mishaps over his saw-playing career. \u003cbr/\u003eHe performed a solo at the festival, playing the traditional English folk song \"Greensleeves\".\u003cbr/\u003eThe musical saw is used not only in classical music but also in other genres like folk and blue-grass.   \u003cbr/\u003eAdam Wirtzfeld came from Minneapolis, Minnesota to represent his blue grass band at the festival. \u003cbr/\u003eMartin Zak of the Czech Republic played the harp while Ivan Stiles of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania 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