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  1. Armand Hammer
  2. Sounds like you are wanting a more expensive fiddle
  3. Say what?
  4. Nope, thanks for the tip!
  5. Dear Yinz All, I've got a student who just moved to Pittsburgh and needs to rent a violin. Any suggestions? She had been renting a Jurgen Klier that retails around here for about $2400. We looked at Resonance Violins but their nicest rentals were for $1000 violins and the lady I spoke with there said my student would definitely notice a big step down from her old rental. Can anyone recommend a shop that rents nicer violins in Pittsburgh or environs? Thanks!
  6. It looks like you are trying to use a French bow hand but have more facility when you switch to a more Russian bow hand. You may want to see about trying out a Russian bow hand for all your playing and see what you think.
  7. What? No. @hooman23, get a teacher. You're going to hurt yourself. You should never be in pain after playing. If you are, you're doing it wrong.
  8. Wow, dude, you should really stop and get a teacher. Anyone as young as yourself who's having neck/back/shoulder problems due to poor violin positioning is really going to jack themselves up if you continue to pursue the instrument. Looking at your picture and reading what you wrote, I see a lot of things that worry me. I'll repeat, you should *really* go see a teacher and get some proper (read, painless) technique. The violin should *not* be uncomfortable and fatiguing to play, with all respect to others ITT. The positioning of your violin should not compromise your spine! When you are playing you should have a straight neck/back, straight and level shoulders, and no bending forward or backward or sideways. I tell my students their posture shouldn't look any different from when they are not playing. That is wonderful you like the violin so much! Let's make sure it loves you back and you have a wonderful lifetime of (painless!) playing.
  9. It's the style of music you play. Some styles call the instrument a violin, e.g. classical, Jazz, Indian, Persian, etc. Some styles call the instrument a fiddle, e.g. bluegrass, Irish, nordic, etc. You'd never talk about Irish violining nor would you talk about Bach's Concerto for two fiddles. Quick one liner: "What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin?" "A fiddle is fun to listen to."
  10. Spelman

    Violin

    Aw, cute! Glad your parents got you a nice instrument to enjoy. Do I read that you are interested in selling it or are you wanting to hold on to it? It looks nice and in excellent shape after all these years, it seems that its previous owners (and you!) took very good care of it. Must have been loved...or stuck under a bed but I don't think something that nice would be exiled to silence for a long period of time. If you'd like better info on your fiddle, please post photos according to the guide in the pinned post at the top. There are certain angles and close ups of details that can help the experts get a better idea.
  11. The lady -- not dogging her playing, I'm sure she is fantastic -- showed a hockey sticked 4th (I think she showed a picture of Auer). Yes, that happens but it's only temporary while you are fully extended, it doesn't stay in that position. It should curl back and be over the bow stick with a curve from the wrist down to the tip of the 4th. She said that the fingers don't curl up when you approach the frog, they do. Not necessarily related to the bow hold but she held her shoulder and arm high, out of plane with the bow. Now, maybe that's how she learned to play but I like to keep my arm and bow in plane with each other. I tell my students that their arm and their bow should "fit inside a pizza box." Helps greatly with stability and smooth motion. I think dismissing the RBH as having "LOTS more" flaws than the FBH shows a lack of understanding of it. You can play with great power, nuance, speed, and control. It's a great bow hand. As an aside, I notice when my students screw up the RBH, it kind of turns into a FBH.
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