| Author | Message | ||
| James Dunne (Audiguy)
Junior Member Username: Audiguy Post Number: 230 Registered: 6-2003 |
Jordan, I agree with what you say about being historically accurate in which instrument is played. When I played French Horn, I heard the principal horn player for the New York Philharmonic, Anthony Britton, play a valveless horn. I could not imagine how the players back then did it. I tried to play one but I was limited to about one octave range without valves, much less a double horn. I respect what you do immensely. Keep it up and keep us informed. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1813 Registered: 12-2002 |
LOL! Thanks guys  James, if you want to post a few pictures on this post or e-mail them to me at [email protected] I can appraise your instrument for you...its sort of a hobby. Ill give you a an estimate of age, origin, and value. Its great to hear your sun is enjoying violin! Please encourage him to keep it up forever...Its a shame many young people dont play or appreciate it anymore...otherwise classical music will be forgotten! It sounds like you find him the right teacher as well While I play the normal modern bass, my passion is in the violone (basically an 18th century bass with 6 strings...the one from the second picture). I ONLY listen to 18th century music and only recordings that play it historically accurately --much like your son's teacher plays it! In fact, I have a few recordings of a few of the groups your violin teacher plays in. I dont know why I am so particular about only listening to 18th century music (classical and baroque periods). I just enjoy playing it and listening to it historically accurately because the only way you should ever hear music is the way the composer intended it. Older instruments that are set up in the baroque style (gut strings, convex shaped bows, and so on) have a much different sound than their modern counterparts --a sound that I actually think is superior | ||
| James Dunne (Audiguy)
Junior Member Username: Audiguy Post Number: 229 Registered: 6-2003 |
Yes!!! | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1371 Registered: 1-2003 |
OK.....How do you know when you are baroque?............When you are out of Monet ...Pretty bad, hu! | ||
| James Dunne (Audiguy)
Junior Member Username: Audiguy Post Number: 227 Registered: 6-2003 |
Jordan, Neat. Our son has been taking violin for four years now and enjoys it thouroughly. He is 13. We had him on a student violin but found and older one at a second hand store and got it because it looked like it might be better than the one he had been playing on. His instructor says it has as good a tone as the one he plays and encouraged us to keep it as he says it was a mid 1800's instrument and worth as he says "a tidy sum". I guess we did okay. I have not had it appraised so I do not know what it is really worth. Maybe I don't want to know. You may know who his instructor is as he plays in a variety of different organizations. He is James Gallagher www.earlymusic.net/james He plays in: www.newtrinitybaroque.com www.dallasbach.org www.orchestraofnewspain.org www.helioensemble.org I asked him why he chose to play a "baroque" violin instead of one that was not "broken". He actually accepted by poor attempt at humor but my wifes elbow almost broke three of my ribs. I did play French Horn so I do what baroque really is. | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1986 Registered: 11-2002 |
http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/21/306329.html?1061820350 Jordan, I see a Ferrari in your future... Cheers | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 983 Registered: 12-2001 |
That is great news, congrats. It's wonderful that you have such an appreciation of fine music and instruments. I was born into a family of musicians and I love music but never took to performance(I'm the black sheep). I grew up with brass so I'm a little partial to that but I really enjoy stringed instruments as well. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1366 Registered: 1-2003 |
What was the Woody Allen movie where he played a cello in the marching band? I laughed my a$$ of watching the band march by. When the end reached him, he would grab the cello and run (with his chair) back to the front of the line and start playing again. Just cracked me up! | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1811 Registered: 12-2002 |
Id love a Convertible (then I could fit it in a Ferrari!). However, the ONE day I need to move my bass somewhere, it will pour rain in SoCal About the violin, its hardly valuable...just very sentimental. I bought it for a few hundred dollars and got it restored a bit. Its basically a 200 year old student instrument. I just love touching something with that much history behind it. The Red Violin is a great movie, and it really makes me ponder what my violin has seen in its life However, speaking of valuable instruments...I got to play a 350 year old Bass that was worth almost $600,000!!! As soon as I touched it I felt a surge of energy flow through my body, and the sound of it was just amazing. For instruments, price really does make a difference! If only I could sell the house to buy it hehe Here is the violin  | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 836 Registered: 4-2003 |
I could do that.... (But then no one could drive it.) DrS | ||
| J Michael Jordan (Fonce_r_cheval)
Junior Member Username: Fonce_r_cheval Post Number: 109 Registered: 11-2002 |
Jordan, I agree with StickandDice. Those instrument(s) in a convertible have got to be a real chick magnet--even in a place like LA. ;-) My .02 Lira JMJ | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1983 Registered: 11-2002 |
Jordan, I think you are a perfect candidate for a convertible. They'll easily fit there! Cheers | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6018 Registered: 12-2000 |
You have a violin that is 200 years old?!? Wow, must be worth a little money. I enjoyed that movie red violin. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1810 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hah Thanks Peter, dont play with anyone you guys would know...just a student right now...playing in a few college orchestras locally. Im going on tour to Europe (Italy, Austria, Germany) with one next summer which should be a lot of fun! However, anybody in the Southern California area who is interested to come see a few concerts of mine, e-mail me and Ill give you the dates and so on... BTW, another exciting thing that happened today --I can finally heel-toe downshift smoothly! | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1363 Registered: 1-2003 |
Jordan..You seem to be into your music. Are you part of a specific orchrestra that some of us may know? Studio musician for Sting? Background melody for JLO? Tell us! | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1809 Registered: 12-2002 |
I know nobody here really cares...but its off topic, and VERY exciting to me! Basically, I took this:  AND THIS  AND fit them both in this  So, what that means, is that instead of having to trade in my Mustang for a minivan when I move out, I can keep my car! I can now use it to drive my instruments to rehearsals instead of my minivan! It took me about 5 minutes to try and fit my bass (7 feet tall) inside the Mustang but it worked...barely!! The Violone (the second instrument...about 5 feet tall) fits just fine! Who ever said nothing good ever comes out of boredom Sorry guys, just had to share my excitement! Edit: BTW, the post number of this post (1809) was the year Haydn died and the year my violin was made! How cool |