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  • Category: Violin
  • Founded: Feb 17, 2002
  • Language: English
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585 srmpfan Send Email Sep 3, 2003
4:59 am
HI Everyone, anyone notice their Fiddles sound different when the Temputure goes up. mine had a really nice warm sound now it has no sound . I mean it just...
586 Hugh Robertson
hughsbayou Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
1:40 pm
Hi Kelli, When I go from here (Colorado) to Louisiana I have all kinds of problems. A lot of it is the bow, it gets all slack no matter how I tighten it and...
587 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
9:08 pm
I have definitely noticed differences based on humidity, which will correspond to temperature to some degree, and depend on climate, too. I have noticed it can...
588 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
9:43 pm
No, but my hearing might be getting bad. :) The hair on my bow has a tendency to stretch in hot weather. I overtightened and broke a bow because of that one...
589 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
10:09 pm
I am on a fixed income, so I bought one of those cheap fiddle made in China. I hated the sound when I first started playing it, even though I changed the ...
590 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
2:48 am
... I've heard of people putting their instruments in front of speakers, so that the sound causes the body to shake. Sounds like a dubious plan to me though. I...
591 John Reid
munnerus Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
3:13 am
I am going to tell you something about those cheap fiddles from china. They have come a long way in the past few years. They make three kinds of fiddles over...
592 hettichs Send Email Sep 4, 2003
10:46 am
... On a trip to Acadia in New Brunswick, I went to the historic Acadian Village and was told by the fiddler in the tavern (Robin Leblanc, mentioned in message...
593 ralph robert
ralph_robert_jr Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
1:02 pm
I am doubtful that it is the mute changing the sound. I too live in an apartment that unfortunately has thin walls. I practice for about 4 hours per day and it...
594 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
10:36 pm
Thanks for the info. Do you know the price ranges on these violins? Birgie ... From: "John Reid" <munnerus@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> ...
595 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 4, 2003
10:40 pm
Sheesh, all you have to do here is to go to a jam with amps. By the end of the evening you're deaf, so I guess the instruments get plenty of vibration. ... ...
596 John Reid
munnerus Send Email
Sep 5, 2003
2:40 am
If you will go to ebay and pull up auction no. 2555620050 you will see a nice High grade III. They usually go for around 300.00 to 400.00 dollars. The case...
597 tibetjb Send Email Sep 5, 2003
1:50 pm
Hey folks, I've heard about shaking guitars to try to get a vintage sound from a new guitar, check out this link to Acoustic Guitar magazine to learn more...
598 srmpfan Send Email Sep 11, 2003
3:18 am
HI Everyone . I found out what the problem is . the neck warped it has to be taken off and reset. i could tell for a long while now it didn.t sound right and...
599 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
Sep 12, 2003
12:51 am
I have found a waltz I really, really like it is: Oh Ma Chere Tite Fille Or that is close to the correct spelling. It is simple, and pretty to listen to. I am...
600 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
Sep 12, 2003
3:19 am
There is a nice version of this by Cory Mcauley's Evangeline Aces. I'll have to see if I can dig it out to get the words. ... ...
601 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
Sep 14, 2003
3:36 am
Thanks! I have found it on "Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music; Various Artists: Vanguard 793-2" I still don't have the words, but put it on reserve at...
602 sandra hettich
hettichs Send Email
Sep 14, 2003
10:08 pm
I was just wondering if the name comes from the famous Acadian Evangeline, a fictive heroine of a poem that talks about the 'Grand Derangement&#39;, which is the...
603 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
12:48 am
... I'm not sure on the exact namimg of the bread, but in Acadiana, everything is named Evangeline. Not sure on the origins of the name, but I'm sure it's...
604 zydeholic Send Email Sep 15, 2003
1:34 am
I was watching a foreign music video today, of a Swedish group, and one of the musicians had an interesting instrument. It was bowed, he held it into his ribs,...
605 tomandsusan@...
slb22000 Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
2:57 am
I wonder if you could find it over at http://www.worldmusiccentral.org /? Look here, specifically: ...
606 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
6:20 am
... Its a Nyckelharpa. Interesting instrument. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design...
607 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
9:48 am
Evangeline Maid is the name of a brand of bread sold in them thar parts, I believe. John ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
608 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
10:44 am
It's a Herdigerdi (sp?). Those are made in Spain. Birgie ... From: "zydeholic&quot; <zydeholic@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday,...
609 ralph robert
ralph_robert_jr Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
12:42 pm
You are correct, is the name of a bread company. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design...
610 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
2:50 pm
... Its a nyckelharpa. I don't think hurdygurdies are bowed. I think they have a wheel and a crank instead. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?...
611 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
2:55 pm
... Yes, but where was the bread company name derived from? Its Ann doing a play on words, but it has its root I assume. Is the company in Evangeline Parish...
612 tomandsusan@...
slb22000 Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
2:59 pm
from http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/ Hurdy Gurdy - a string instrument in which a wheel turned by a hand crank vibrates the strings. The pitches are varied...
613 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
11:25 pm
You're right. Birgie ... From: "cz fanatic" <zydeholic@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: Re:...
614 Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45 Send Email
Sep 15, 2003
11:28 pm
I've seen the bread company on Saint John Street, downtown Lafayette. Birgie ... From: "cz fanatic" <zydeholic@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> ...
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