CSO concertmaster Lees enjoys short time with rare violin | Cincinnati.com
Tim Lees has a two-week loan of a rare Stradivarius. Watch the video, it’s great.
Rehearsal time. Josh Bell is in the house!
Yes, that Josh Bell.
For your reference, he is playing the Bruch Violin Concerto.
Here we have violinist Stacey Wooley performing during a CSO Encore meeting. Encore is our young professional volunteer group, and during their committee meetings they have staff and musicians visit to share some perspective on their roles.
I love seeing the ads that other symphonies create! This one is from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra— part of their Space Classics series.
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Did not know that.
Caught the word in that article about CT scanning old violins.
(via John R. Waddle Violins Inc. - The Betts Project)
Meghan shared this awesome link about a group of people trying to replicate famous instruments using CT scans.
Once we have obtained CT scans of a violin and have chosen wood that matches the wood of the original, Steve Rossow can carve duplicate parts digitally, using his CNC machine. A CNC machine is a precision carving machine. It can carve wood more accurately than a human can. The next picture shows Stradivari’s beautiful arching being re-created using our new process.
Source: waddleviolins.com
(via ART DIRECTION: INSTRUMENTS FROM INSIDE on the Behance Network)
Wow. Click through for others. I would love for us to do something like this some day!
Source: behance.net
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Here’s something I’ve learned: even some of the best violinists don’t own their instruments.
When Ray Chen played Music Hall recently, he mentioned that he had two Stradivarius violins on loan, one of which he won in a competition.
Wikipedia has a list of Strads on loan, which fascinates me for some reason.
