What is the word for that thingie, like a long sash, that choir members wear

[raccoon]

around their necks?

[foxfeet]

1. A stole, I believe.

Faux mink would be snazzier, though.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. stoles

http://www.murphyrobes.com/index.cfm?event=category.display&catid=20

[mikeytherat]

3. A surplus

The robe thingy underneath is the cassock.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhainesphotography/3679194561/#/photos/timhainesphotography/3679194561/lightbox/

mikey_the_rat

[Richardo]

4. Surplice

...and the surplice is the shirt-like garment that goes over the cassock. The 'scarf-like' item is indeed the stole.

Signed,

An Altar Boy (reformed)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. isn't that more of a tunic type of piece

I thought she was referring to scarf type of sash that goes around the neck.........

:shrug:

[Richardo]

7. That's the stole.

On edit: Apparently your post and my edit crossed in the tubes. :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. yes, she is asking for the stole, right? --

around their necks, she says in the body of her post ....

[raccoon]

10. Yes, it was the stole. Thanks, Tuesday. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. yw

:)

[Orrex]

5. If they choose it at the last minute, it's down-to-the-wire choir attire.

Otherwise, I don't know.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. wrong place

delete.

[HopeHoops]

11. Pasties.

No, wait - that's not what's around their necks. Never mind.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. perhaps you were thinking of

the G-string?

[HopeHoops]

14. Shit - that reminds me. I need new strings for my craviola.

Mine is a 1974. They only made them for two years (74 & 75) and then brought them back a couple years ago by popular demand:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GW2JEM/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001V7RMG6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0M9C9RXBVJZZ2NASMT5A

Best sounding acoustic on the planet.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. giggle

;)

nice body, you have there :o

[HopeHoops]

17. Yeah, but you haven't experienced anything until you've done the base port.

On the craviola, of course. Now what were YOU thinking?!?!? There's no other "guitar" that sounds like it. It plays like a guitar but is technically a different instrument. It has nylon strings and a felt pick is the key to the best sound.

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. I saw a couple of those hanging on the wall of our local Folk Music Shop...

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...here in Tucson. Had never seen them before or since... and have no idea
of what they sound like.
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[HopeHoops]

19. Go back, pick one up, and play it. You'll want it.

I'm not sure if the new ones are even close in sound to the one I have, as mine is an original, but it should still be sufficient to get you thinking. The new ones are in the $400 range. Mine's worth several thousand because of its condition. Most of the original ones suffered broken necks because of lack of use with the strings still taught. One that has been repaired is far less valuable than an intact one. I have my '75 regular acoustic (also a Giannini) but the craviola is my favorite. It was originally my dad's, but he gave it to me since he wasn't playing it anymore.

On a side note, my '76 Selmer Signet alto sax is now in my youngest daughter's hands. I'm just glad to hear it being played.

[rug]

16. A ferret.

[Jamastiene]

20. I'm sure it is a doodamahickey,

not a thingie. :P