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thomas wrote a new blog post: The New Template 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day, 20 hours ago · View
Sasha Brandt wrote a new blog post: Tattoos for the Trypanophobic 4 days, 17 hours 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 5 days, 20 hours 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 5 days, 20 hours 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 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Basic Violin Maintenance 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Quality Practice 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Moving Violinists to Viola 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Q&A – Teaching Violin Vibrato 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Workshop Part 4 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Workshop Part 3 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Workshop Part 2 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
admin wrote a new blog post: Sassmannshaus Workshop Part 1 5 days, 20 hours ago · View
thomas wrote a new blog post: Cutting out the Back Plate 5 days, 23 hours ago · View
Just to recap, the front plates have been [...]
phoebeggs wrote a new blog post: Fritz Kreisler Favorite Encore Folio (1869 005) 6 days, 18 hours ago · View
Featuring little-known works by likewise little-known composers, this collection is ideal for the violinist looking for short recital pieces or encores that are easily put together. When I say “little-known,” I’m not kidding…anyone ever heard of Eduard Schuet? Perhaps Karl Millöcker? Willem Willeke? I hadn’t, so I did some quick research. The latter was actually [...]
thomas wrote a new blog post: Finishing the Back and Joining the Top 6 days, 20 hours ago · View
So I took the clamps off the back plates and the seam was uneven more that I would have liked. After talking to Mr. Belote he pointed out that I should have placed clamps underneath to counter the pulling upward motion of the center clamp. I’ll remember this when I glue the top seam. Instead of ungluing [...]
Sasha Brandt wrote a new blog post: Chatty Introductions 1 week ago · View
I started knitting as a direct consequence of going to music school. I’d learned the basics a couple of times when I was younger, taught by my endlessly patient mother who would carefully explain to me why I had ended a row with 8 more stitches than I’d had at the beginning. I would usually [...]
