Editing Musical saw (section)

===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>