Taking a new partner for a spin...
Today I picked up a different violin that I might be interested in to try out in a few concerts over the next week. It's a violin that I tried out a couple of months back, and I had mixed feelings about it. There are many things that I like about it... But a few things that I'm not quite so fond of.
Anyway, tonight I'm giving it a go in a concert after picking it up this morning. Probably a risky thing to take a new partner into a concert setting about 8 hours after picking it up... But hey, live dangerously! After all, what is the worst that can happen? Public humiliation... Well, no one will die... Except of shame! Ha ha, anyway, it is a pretty safe setting as it isn't in a solo position this evening.
However, after the seating rehearsal, I do have issues with the way it sounds in a large group. I think I will be changing the naked gut strings for heavier guages to try and change the feel and sound of it a little bit. It does react differently to the one that I have been using for the last half decade...
It is also a bit larger (well, more that the other one is a bit smaller...), so some shifts are slightly different in feel to what I'm normally used to! So, I'll have to rely a touch more on my section to cover for their inept leadership!
Hmmm... I'd better change my shoes before I go on stage...
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If you find time, would you write an article about what makes the differences between different violins please, the effects of age, wood, etc and how much difference ro a novice and a professional ear there really is between a 20 quid violin and a 250,000 quid violin!
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Wow, there is several books there... I can give it a go sometime from a violinist's point of view, but for the more detailed things, it really is the expertise of a luthier! I'm only the driver of the race car and not the mechanic!
When you finally get your strings on your violin right the last thing you need is squeaky shoes across the stage. lol ")
Ha ha.. Squeaky shoes would definitely be embarrassing! I'm thinking that hiking boots don't go well with dinner jackets!
kind of bulky... but some are smaller lol
Good luck brow!!! All the best with your new partner!
Thanks... But in the end it wasn't for me...
thanks to share your experience. nice violin...
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