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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 21, 2017 16:07:44 GMT
New violins are better then.... oh maybe, maybe not Getting more like hifi now  HiFi is about making the recording sound better than it sounded in the room when it was recorded - enny fule no that. Better instruments is about making one's playing sound betterer than wot you can play. One is unobtainable, the other requires a great deal of dedication and practise. My point must not be clear then. People disagreeing about violins. Yes they are, no they aren't Better ? |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 21, 2017 16:38:11 GMT
I made a similar point in John's thread. LPO at the Festival Hall. LSO at the Barbican. Very different sound - which is the 'true' reference?
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Post by Stratmangler on Aug 23, 2017 18:11:38 GMT
My point must not be clear then. People disagreeing about violins. Yes they are, no they aren't Better ? Now you've removed the reference to hifi, yes With reference to Jerry's post, I agree, the sound is mostly in your hands. There's possibly going to be an increase in player confidence by having a better instrument, and this confidence may help lift the player's performance bar a touch. Give a maestro any reasonable instrument, and they'll make it sing. Give a Strad to a beginner and it will still sound like a beginner playing it. I think you find that what I've just typed in this post is the general consensus. The fiddles the top flight players use are almost all investment instruments that are on loan, which is a win/win situation. Player gets really nice fiddle to play, and the owner has their investment played regularly, which keeps the sound opened up, because fiddles need to be played to maintain their tone. Sit it in its case in a vault for a few years and it needs playing back in again. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 23, 2017 19:43:06 GMT
Like people disagree about hifi.....
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Post by Stratmangler on Aug 23, 2017 20:18:36 GMT
Like people disagree about hifi..... Your point is not clear! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2017 8:56:25 GMT
A cross I will have to bear for the rest of my life
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 24, 2017 10:16:48 GMT
If you have a few quid like Ann-Sophie Mutter you can of course afford to buy your own instruments...
She is fortunate enough to own two Strads and also a 2005 Roberto Regazzi and so has the best of old and new.
Regazzi violins can be bought by anyone prepared to join the 5 year plus waiting list. Cost is upwards from $30,000 so relatively affordable!
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2017 15:42:32 GMT
Good to hear of a virtuoso going for the good kit.
Makes sense and is an investment in your self
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Post by Stratmangler on Aug 24, 2017 20:33:21 GMT
If you have a few quid like Ann-Sophie Mutter you can of course afford to buy your own instruments... She is fortunate enough to own two Strads and also a 2005 Roberto Regazzi and so has the best of old and new. Regazzi violins can be bought by anyone prepared to join the 5 year plus waiting list. Cost is upwards from $30,000 so relatively affordable! I wonder which one is her favourite  Would she answer such a question? Does she choose which one to use by tone, or is it a spur of the moment thing, and any one could be used for any piece she's going to play? |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 24, 2017 23:02:38 GMT
It would be a very interesting question to ask her!
I've seen her play twice in the last six months or so and would love to have known which instrument she was playing and why ...
Would be great to have it in the programme notes.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2017 5:08:09 GMT
Actually yes, that would be good to know for any soloist playing an interesting instrument.
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