"Ed" Ferrary - Machinist for 28 yrs from Kearny, NJ; removed to Essex, CT in 1967. Craftsman of wooden fifes for the local fife&drum subculture during a time when wooden fifes were mostly antiques, plastic and metal being the ones commonly for sale. He prided himself in only using "Grenidella" wood (African Backwood, or mPinga wood) although frequently called it "ebony" to his buying public. Ed playing for a time with the Deep River Fife & Drum Corps and even served as the chairperson running the Deep River Ancient Muster, but then began playing only with the Continentals Fifes & Drums (now defunct) in Essex, CT.
Ed made his fifes in a "secret room" behind a bulkhead in his garage at his Dennison Rd home in Essex, CT. He determined to stay casual in making fifes, not becoming a company, and so made his instruments in small batches. He always said that he would keep his methods of craftsmanship secret and that they would go to his grave with him; however, there is one person that he gave lessons to regarding his methods towards the latter years of his life. So, in fact, the tradition lives on.
Ed made his fifes in a "secret room" behind a bulkhead in his garage at his Dennison Rd home in Essex, CT. He determined to stay casual in making fifes, not becoming a company, and so made his instruments in small batches. He always said that he would keep his methods of craftsmanship secret and that they would go to his grave with him; however, there is one person that he gave lessons to regarding his methods towards the latter years of his life. So, in fact, the tradition lives on.
"Ed" Ferrary - Machinist for 28 yrs from Kearny, NJ; removed to Essex, CT in 1967. Craftsman of wooden fifes for the local fife&drum subculture during a time when wooden fifes were mostly antiques, plastic and metal being the ones commonly for sale. He prided himself in only using "Grenidella" wood (African Backwood, or mPinga wood) although frequently called it "ebony" to his buying public. Ed playing for a time with the Deep River Fife & Drum Corps and even served as the chairperson running the Deep River Ancient Muster, but then began playing only with the Continentals Fifes & Drums (now defunct) in Essex, CT.
Ed made his fifes in a "secret room" behind a bulkhead in his garage at his Dennison Rd home in Essex, CT. He determined to stay casual in making fifes, not becoming a company, and so made his instruments in small batches. He always said that he would keep his methods of craftsmanship secret and that they would go to his grave with him; however, there is one person that he gave lessons to regarding his methods towards the latter years of his life. So, in fact, the tradition lives on.
Ed made his fifes in a "secret room" behind a bulkhead in his garage at his Dennison Rd home in Essex, CT. He determined to stay casual in making fifes, not becoming a company, and so made his instruments in small batches. He always said that he would keep his methods of craftsmanship secret and that they would go to his grave with him; however, there is one person that he gave lessons to regarding his methods towards the latter years of his life. So, in fact, the tradition lives on.
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