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Jane Robertson wrote a new blog post: Rabbits 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Hey Friends!
I just got a rabbit yesterday I mean today ! She is a New Zealand Dwarf and is pure blood. I am so excited about caring for her! She is so sweet too! I love it when she hides underneath my arm!
Bye for Now!
Jane
Jane Robertson wrote a new blog post: Audition 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Hey Friends! I am auditioning for the Harrison Academy on May 15th for violin. I am so nervous because this is my first time auditioning for anything! I am playing Country Dance by Weber in D minor. It is in Suzuki book #5. If you have any tips on relaxing or preparation please leave a [...]
Sasha Brandt wrote a new blog post: Cleffage – part one of three 4 months ago · View
The Pattern The Development I’m afraid I’ve always had an on-again off-again relationship with blogging, and getting my sea legs might take a couple of false starts. I don’t generally take requests for projects unless they pique my interest in some way. Some of the details are a bit fuzzy, but I recall talking to Ali [...]
thomas wrote a new blog post: Making the Purfling 4 months ago · View
I left off last week having started the channels for the purfling. Upon review I was told they weren’t deep enough and so I spent much of this week going over my work. Fractions of a millimeter can make a big difference in violinmaking. Also last week, Mr. Vartanian asked me not to cut the corners. [...]
thomas wrote a new blog post: Cutting the Purfling Channel 4 months ago · View
thomas wrote a new blog post: Cutting the Edge 4 months, 1 week ago · View
I’ve decided to not hurt the corners anymore! You may remember three updates ago I split a corner of the back. Well, working on the top this past week, I cut a corner completely off by accident. I’ve mentioned before how different it is to deal with spruce compared to maple. Since the grain of spruce [...]
thomas wrote a new blog post: Arching the Top 4 months, 2 weeks ago · View
thomas wrote a new blog post: Arching the Back 4 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Due to a family emergency this past week, most of my time was spent away from the work bench. The time I did spend, I was able to continue the arching of the back and started bringing down the edge of the arching to the 4.5mm the drill press was set to. This is most difficult [...]
thomas wrote a new blog post: The New Template 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
This has been an eventful week. Due to some things that I should have fixed earlier on, I’ve put myself behind a little and had to change my plans some as well. I continued roughing the arching down and found I was more successful going ahead and using a finger plane than the gouge from the [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: String Gauges 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Most strings are offered in thin, medium, and thick gauges. A player may choose various gauges to enhance different types of playing, to create a certain instrument sound, or other possible reasons. Most players use medium gauge strings. Pirastro Eudoxa and Olive strings are available in very specific gauges that are measured in “Pirastro Measure” [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: String Winding Materials 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
After the core material, the winding material is the next most influential element on a string’s tone. The following diagram shows string winding progression, from darkest to brightest: Darkest/slowest response —————————-> Brightest/quickest response Gold Silver Aluminum Chromium Steel Titanium Tungsten Gold Since gold is the softest of the winding metals, it has the darkest sound. It is [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Quartet Competition 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Sasha Brandt wrote a new blog post: Tattoos for the Trypanophobic 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
(Sorry about the dearth of photos – we’re trying to talk someone with nicer fingernails than I do into modeling. Trust me on this one; no one wants to see close up pictures of my fingernails. I’ll update this as soon as they’re available.) The Pattern The Development I generally like tattoos. I love hearing why people [...]
Val Jaskiewicz wrote a new blog post: Imagination Made Real: The Power of Music in One Community 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
There is a simple concept behind (el Sistema founder) Abreu’s work: for him an orchestra is first and foremost about togetherness, a place where children learn to listen to each other and to respect one another. -T.E.D. Conference website In the gritty north Chicago Uptown neighborhood, a place where over 60 languages are regularly spoken, classical [...]
Val Jaskiewicz wrote a new blog post: About Me 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Wonders never cease: After 18 years at Shar Music and 14 years as a “spectator” on the internet, I have been asked to write a regular blog! Moreover, a 20-something in our marketing department, Charlie Dwyer, asked me to do it. (Imagine that! My 24 year old son or 21 year old daughter wouldn’t dream [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Changing a Violin String 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Basic Violin Maintenance 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Quality Practice 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Moving Violinists to Viola 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Teaching Violin Vibrato 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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I mentioned in earlier updates that I would be using templates for the arching. Mr. Vartanian has always used his eyes and he has started showing me angles and ways to look at the arch to make it even and smooth. He also let me borrow a violin he was working on to base my arching. 