I haven't gotten to read all of this thread so please excuse me if I have repeated what someone else has said. Personally I think Gilles Chabenat, Patrick Bouffard, Mattias Loibner, Toby Miller, Ricardo Delfino, Chris Allen and Mike Gilpin as well as numerous others are all "Celeb" HG players. But if you are looking for "Hollywood" names I can tell you that we have built instruments for Bruce Springstein, Brendan O'Brien (he produces Springstein and also Pearl Jam) Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mike Post (he is the composer for many tv and movie scores such as the theme for Law and Order), Andy Summer of the Police and several others. As to how much they play their instruments - I know that Brendan plays his and has used it on several recordings. And of course there is the famous Curtis Berak who has been the hurdy-gurdy player for several movie soundtracks and last but not least Nigel Eaton who not only played for Loreena but was on the soundtrack for Name of the Rose.
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