Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barney, Your picture is very nice, I love the light but I like as well very much you play Cello, it is my favorite instrument and the one that it is more close to the human voice. Cheers LLuis > El 26 set 2017, a les 16:58, Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> va escriure: > > > Nathan, > > Thanks! I am very lucky to have this cello to play! > > Barney > > Barney Quinn, WK3Z > C: (301) 775-1386 > H: (301) 654-0938 > >> On Sep 26, 2017, at 1:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >> I don?t know how I missed Barney?s original post, but that is a beautiful >> picture?and story. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 26 Sep 2017, at 05:43, Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Wouldn't it be great if the wood fibers in our instruments could tell us >>> in words the story of what they have played, where they have been, and >>> who has played them rather than in sounds? >>> >>> Sometimes late on a winter night I will sit by the fireplace with my >>> cello and a glass of Scotch and try to coax its story out of it. It >>> remains mute except for the melodies it plays. >>> >>> I totally agree with you. If there is any hope for keeping barbarism at >>> bay it is music. >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> Barney Quinn, WK3Z >>> C: (301) 775-1386 >>> H: (301) 654-0938 >>> >>>> On Sep 25, 2017, at 2:38 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at >>>> gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Barney: This is a beautiful picture, and a lovely tribute to both your >>>> instrument and your friend John. I also have a friend who is a string >>>> repairman, and I've seen several instruments he's brought back from >>>> near-death. His wife, who you may have seen in many of my musician >>>> pictures, plays a cello that we call "The English Patient" because it >>>> originated in 1700s England and needed a lot of TLC to be brought up to >>>> good playing condition. It turned out to be a gem with a lower >>>> register that has to be heard to be believed. >>>> >>>> We are indeed the custodians of our instruments. Ideally, we develop >>>> some sort of symbiosis with them. I suspect that wood fibers align >>>> according to the resonances we draw out of the instrument. So each >>>> player contributes in some way to how the instrument sounds. >>>> >>>> Keep playing. It's part of the good fight to keep beauty in the world >>>> and keep barbarism at bay. I know that sounds a bit precious, but I >>>> truly believe it. >>>> >>>> --Peter >>>> >>>>> This is a picture of my friend John Lemoine. He is an extremely >>>>> talented >>>>> violin maker who lives in Washington, DC. That is my cello he is >>>> working on. >>>>> It is over three hundred years old. It was made in the Austrian Alps >>>> and it >>>>> has a wonderful deep, dark, mellow tone. >>>>> >>>>> When you acquire an instrument like this it is made clear to you in a >>>>> hundred different ways that you are not its owner, you are its >>>> custodian. >>>>> Your job, along with playing it, is to make sure that it is preserved >>>> and >>>>> maintained so that it can be handed off to the next generation to >>>> play and >>>>> care for. >>>>> >>>>> I am the care giver for a special needs cello. Many years ago John >>>> found an >>>>> antique cello case in the garbage in New York. He fished it out, >>>> opened it, >>>>> and found the abused and broken last mortal remains of my cello. He >>>>> knew >>>>> exactly what he was looking at. He took the pieces home and spent the >>>> next >>>>> two or three years restoring it. My wife?s health problems and my back >>>>> issues have kept me from playing recently. But now that I am retired >>>>> and >>>>> doing better I am going to give going back to it a try. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/John+Lemoine.jpg.html >>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/John+Lemoine.jpg.html> >>>>> >>>>> Comments and Criticisms Welcome! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Barney >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information