Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]France I?m unsure, he was there last year when we met. But he had plans for Morocco some weeks ago. I think it was for later in the year. No news since but Tara keeps posting on FB so Alice says. Be all well Amities Philippe > Le 26 sept. 2017 ? 08:25, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > > Ted, > There was a post by him on a page in Facebook, photos of the Pont du Gard, > a day or two ago. I think he is in rural France somewhere... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> E-MAIL ADDRESS? PHONE # FOR STEVE BARBOUR????????????? >> Hi CREW! Or Steve for some reason? >> I haven't been able to make any connection with Steve Barbour? >> For several days. >> Please would someone send me his e-mail address and phone number? >> OR Steve please connect??? Thankyou. >> cheers, >> Dr.Ted Grant O.C. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Jim Nichols >> Sent: September-25-17 9:00 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] My Cello >> >> Thanks for the enlightenment. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> On 9/25/2017 10:24 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote: >>> Jim, >>> >>> Thanks! Your Uncle's violin can probably be restored if that is >> something you want to do. >>> >>> The violin shaped object in the picture is actually a cradle. Violins >> have curved backs and the varnish which coats them is fragile. When you >> work on a violin you place it in the cradle so that it is sable and >> doesn't >> get damaged. >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> Barney Quinn, WK3Z >>> C: (301) 775-1386 >>> H: (301) 654-0938 >>> >>>> On Sep 24, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Nicely composed, and a beautiful instrument. >>>> >>>> What I presume to be a violin shell on the table intrigued me. I have >> a 150 yr-old "fiddle" around here somewhere that belonged to an uncle who >> died before I was born. It has been badly treated, and I've never heard >> it >> played because parts are missing. But I never realized that a violin >> shell >> was that thick. Gives me a new sense of what I've been looking at. >>>> >>>> Good luck in getting the "touch" back. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>>> On 9/24/2017 7:13 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote: >>>>> 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 >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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