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May 1, 2008 8:23 am
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Powdered chalk adds friction. People have made fortunes before from worse ideas than mixing chalk and talcum and selling it as Heifetz Noswet. john h ...
Someone posted a while back that there was a book called "3rd Position First" where you learn to play in third position first. Can soemone repost that info...
For many years, before I started using 'Incredibows' - which don't have this problem (possibly many others, but not this one!) I used to get my local luthier...
Philip Heyman
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May 2, 2008 7:24 am
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Fransua Tourte never marked his bows. Xavier Tourte bows were marked but they were not made by Tourte and there was no Xavier older brother, they are fakes,...
For once, please, Professor: François Tourte - not Fransua. And it is Vuillaume.... is it so difficult to spell French correctly? Viotti is with 2 "t"s. And...
Juan give the guy a break. Given his name, Vitally, he may be from Russia at some stage, which has a different script and where names are transliterated ...
With this world getting smaller all the time, it may be time to start learning languages in each of their own forms, including Cyrillic Russian. Some of us...
<<Some of us have been transliterating our own first names, eh, Gnardoo (my favorite).>> That's Gnardough (still your favorite?). Beate, although I don't...
I only used Tourte as an example of a fine maker who, if you owned one of his bows, you would want to preserve his mark. It seems I have opened a whole couple...
Philip Heyman
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May 4, 2008 6:27 pm
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Hi Huan , One, Juan, Herbert (Breaking Ice-Mountain) François Tourte it is. you are right. The son of a watchmaker and trained to make precision gears....
... child's putty-type stuff Playdoh...but he doesn't sound like it!!! So then I guess "Gnardoo" would be a child's potty-type stuff .., but he doesn't usually...
Philip, better stick to Sachertourte, huh? As for point b) it reminds me: You say Carmeena I say Carmaina You say Burayna I say Burahna Carmeena Carmaina ...
Well we just finished our performance of Mahler's 5th last night. It has been quite an adventure spending the last 3 weeks with the music. We used a new Peters...
Hi Trevor Your Roy Quade bow is made of very dense Pernambuko Wood. He is one of the best. He learned his trade from Bill William Salchow at Carnegie Hall and...
<< François Tourte it is. you are right. The son of a watchmaker and trained to make precision gears. Actually Giovanni Batiste Viotti is the inventor of the...
<< Juan, it was Lin Herald who got the Strad-Cello from Jacqueline-De- Pre>> .....and don't you mean Lynn Harrell (in this case, spelling IS important)? Nardo ...
<< So then I guess "Gnardoo" would be a child's potty-type stuff .., but he doesn't usually sound like that either.>> Don't think for a moment I didn't catch...
<< Your Roy Quade bow is made of very dense Pernambuko Wood. He is one of the best. He learned his trade from Bill William Salchow at Carnegie Hall and Bill...
Just 2000 Pernambuco Trees would be enough for the next 100 years of bow demand on the planet. Deforestation of the Amazon basin is more the ( Culpa, Latin ). ...
Geez! This is right down there with the -composers now write for carbon fibre bows- malarky. Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/It Vitally, It's always a good idea to check your...
Sorry, Gnardough is what I originally meant, and I am always in love with the sound you make. Viola first, Nardo next. Allison F Barney In a message dated...
Hi Neil I see you looked up my profile. Thanks. It depends who is writing it up, I guess disambiguation. But , please don't take my writings as perfect,...
... I also have a Quade which I like very much. Are you in the US? If so, that could have a bearing on the value of your bow because the Canadian $ is now at...
Roy has a wonderful supply of Pernambuco - enough to last for his lifetime and more. Ann ... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Family site -...
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