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« on: June 14, 2008, 11:57:07 AM » |
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If you do, a certain fiddler of our acquaintance would like some advice .....  |
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 04:36:17 PM » |
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Didn't Chris drop his violin on stage once, and it baroque?
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2008, 04:38:38 PM » |
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Didn't Chris drop his violin on stage once, and it baroque?
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 06:17:50 PM » |
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It was in June 2000.. I saw him the next day at a festival and he was still crying!!
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 07:56:50 PM » |
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Didn't Chris drop his violin on stage once, and it baroque?
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Oh very droll  Tee hee. Aren't baroque violins played by Early Music types? Gut strings and funny shape, if I remember. - the baroque violin that is not the early musicians. Where's Soliloquise Sam when you need her? |
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 08:03:21 PM » |
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Watching football?? At a festie?
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 08:22:02 PM » |
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Baroque violins don't look that different (unlike baroque guitars, which Julian Bream once described as Rolls Royce versions of the Ukulele) - they are less robust (i.e. smaller bass bar, etc because the were chamber instruments then), have shorter fret boards and normally have more decorative flourishes. After all, Antonio Stradivari was a baroque violin manufacturer. The Early Music Shop is the best place to look for information on such instruments. I have a lute from there, but I don't know anyone who plays baroque violin.
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 11:19:00 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 11:37:21 PM » |
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If you want early violins then Giles Lewin is yer man.
Among other things he plays in a duo called Alva, with Viv Ellis. They were on the Early Music Show on TV last week.
He's easily reachable and very approachable.
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« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2008, 03:22:29 AM » |
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I do know a concert level violinist who has an 18th century violin and won't play anything on it but gut strings. Personally I think pure nickel strings give the best tone........................................................................................................................(on an electric guitar that it...)
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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2008, 07:13:16 AM » |
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If you do, a certain fiddler of our acquaintance would like some advice ..... I've lurked here for quite some time, but have finally been prompted to sign up and join in by encountering this question. Depending on what sort of advice is being sought, I might be able to help. Or rather, to be be much more precise, my dear wife might be able to help. She's a baroque musicologist. So what precisely does the fiddler in question want to know? |
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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2008, 07:25:49 AM » |
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Hi Peter - thanks for joining, and welcome.
The fiddler in question is, of course, Swarb. He hasn't told me his question, but I'll put you in touch.
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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2008, 08:19:26 AM » |
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Hi Peter - thanks for joining, and welcome.
The fiddler in question is, of course, Swarb. He hasn't told me his question, but I'll put you in touch.
Barry
Barry, That's fine. Alternatively, he could be put directly in touch with her: her web page is here, along with email address: http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/music/academicstaff/rebeccaherissone/I'm sure that if she can't help directly, she'll know someone who can. |
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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2008, 08:23:00 AM » |
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Thanks, Peter
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