John,

Actually, I am a wind player, although I also play the Bass Viola da Gamba
enough
to not feel too shy about it.   The celebration this weekend is about
playing the Dulcian, the Renaissance ancestor of the bassoon.   It will be
my first performance on it in public, having just obtained it this year, a
beautiful replica instrument made by Robert Cronin in California.   I
usually play recorders for chamber music and bassoon in a symphony.

For a Christmas present, I would love to give you violin lessons with my
partner Carole who is a violin teacher.   Virtual violin will obviously be
the easiest.  And then, there are those who say that virtually anything
other than a violin is desirable.   Lessons can be from year to year to suit
your practise schedule.   Isn't it interesting how we are used to practising
music hoping one day to get better at it so we can perform it, and yet we go
with confidence to Doctors who are still practise their medicine.

Re the museum exhibit :  it is disgusting  -  the worst of the worst  -
yuuuk !    I wonder what they thought they were "professing" when they
created it.   Double yuuuk !


cp in bc


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Callan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [BP] Department of the InTerrier


> Cuyler,
>
> I didn't know you played the violin?!  And apparently VERY well.
>
> I need a teacher!  Preferably one who's not too sensitive about the
> time between lessons and practices, or the lack of progress.  You might
> be just the one I was looking for!  At least until we figure out that
> the technology exists to do this in real time.
>
> There is an exhibit I know, that has a beat up old violin with the
> strings aged and dangling.  The card reads something to the effect of,
> "This is a violin similar to the ones the pioneers brought with them to
> ..."  I always found it offensive because, 1.  This was supposed to be
> a real honest to goodness professional museum, 2.  These were supposed
> to be real honest to goodness serious profession exibit people and 3.
> Its not that F'n Hard to find a real GD mid 19th century fiddle and
> present it in the condition it would have been in when played!  But
> then, I'm easily offended.
>
> -jc
>

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