I have several recorders and a certain affection for the instrument.  I
do not play often or well, but I intend to...someday.  I would like to
play well enough to play with the local community college orchestra.
But apparently not enough to put in the time for practice.

-jc

On Dec 3, 2004, at 3:33 PM, Cuyler Page wrote:

> 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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