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Tourists?

I didn't forget them. I just thought that you'd have heard of others one way or another and I was right. I'm amazed and impressed by some of the more modern ones. Playing violins is not a trade. Final choice.

It's to blow your fingers off if you have to. Had some in my own violin. Like having a cyanide pill in your ring.

The trades are jobs which may involve skill but don't involve the intellect; such things as plumbing, HVAC repair, truck driving, auto body work, and violin making and playing (according to some)

^Wellll... it's NOT a trade school, especially if it's part of a university. Unless art, accounting, medicine, engineering, English lit., languages, law, international relations, and the highly coveted MBA are also trades.

^They'd be looking for the dark flames to go over the purfling instead of being interrupted by it

Try thisun. https://auctions.bromptons.co/auction/lot/lot-290---a-violin-attributed-to-enrico-marchetti-turin-1915/?lot=1966&so=0&st=marchetti&sto=0&au=&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=96&pn=1&g=1

^The neck step doesn't doesn't say anything about country, but does imply modern

Pretty. The top view shows an interesting center line? I'll let the pros comment

I feel for ya. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Glc9k5KS6Zk

^One time I was driving cross-country with my friend to Omaha, taking him to the Berkshire Hathaway convention. He was very religious, and to make conversation I told him about the time my mom was watching a documentary on TV about Thomas Merton. She was rapt for the whole hour, listening to every word. When it ended, she spoke and said "He doesn't know any more about it than anybody else." My friend responded that intellectuals don't get very much credit...

Das ist richtig! Ja Wohl!

Undergraduate blither is a step up from trade school blither

It's also possible to under-think it.... If being involved in music isn't just like changing spark plugs to you, or nailing things, this short video might be interesting. It touches on some of the stuff in this thread (but not all ). You might feel like you want to memorize parts of it

What I semi-enjoyed was her speed reading starting around 5:30