"New/Old S.B. Wood"

[Horace Greeley]

Steve, et al,

At 09:33 AM 11/9/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>The practical 
>string player, who owns such an instrument from a great maker, is often to 
>be found playing a modern copy of their antique instrument, 'saving' the old 
>one for posterity.  Typically, the new one sounds and plays far better than 
>the original it copies. !

As an affirmation of the above, a certain well-known bay area violinist, who
happens to own Kreisler's Guarneri, actually seldom plays it.  He prefers
to use a modern copy of that same instrument which he commissioned from a 
local maker.  Further, what with the rich and famous snapping up old fiddles
at such a rate as to make them totally out of reach for real musicians,
new making (at least as to stringed instruments) has come into something of
a renaissance.  At somewhat affordable prices.  Pity the same thing cannot
be said for piano building.

>Steve P
>Piano tech, violist, eccentric

Now, Steve, you know that you are no more eccentric than anyone else on this
list, so just put a cork in it - OK?

Besides, you've already admitted to being not only a technician, but a
_violist_ to boot...So, have you gotten rid of the barb-wire training
strings?

Best.

Horace


Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT
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