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Percy Danforth Plays the Bones at Dollar Bill Copying, December 1983 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Percy Danforth Plays the Bones at Dollar Bill Copying, December 1983 image
Year:
1983
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 17, 1983
Caption:
BETTER THAN EVER - Ann Arbor's "Mr. Bones," 83-year-old Percy Danforth, was in the Dollar Bill Copying, 611 Church St., this week having some music copied for his composer wife Frances. Members of the staff asked for a performance, so Danforth went out to his car, found some of the hand-held hardwood strips from which he wheedles amazing sounds, and returned to give them an impromptu holiday bones concert. "I'm in better shape than I've ever been," says Danforth, who suffered who heart attacks in late 1982. "I'm in my second childhood now."

Percy and Fran Danforth, December 1977 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Percy and Fran Danforth, December 1977 image
Year:
1977
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 25, 1977
Caption:
AT HOME - Fran and Percy Danforth, two of Ann Arbor's amazing people, make music in their home on Granger Street. Fran plays the piano and Percy manipulates the 'bones.'

Percy Danforth Plays Bones at Chelsea Middle School, October 21, 1985 Photographer: Robert Chase

Percy Danforth Plays Bones at Chelsea Middle School, October 21, 1985 image
Year:
1985
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 21, 1985
Caption:
MUSICAL BONES - Students at North Elementary in Chelsea got a chance to try their hands at playing the 'bones' last week after learning some pointers from Percy Danforth (right).

Percy Danforth Plays Bones at Chelsea Middle School, October 21, 1985 Photographer: Robert Chase

Percy Danforth Plays Bones at Chelsea Middle School, October 21, 1985 image
Year:
1985
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 21, 1985
Caption:
MUSICAL BONES - Students at North Elementary in Chelsea got a chance to try their hands at playing the 'bones' last week after learning some pointers from Percy Danforth (right).