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It is the opposite. I could just type "bump" which is boring. If I am going to bump an interesting subject, I may as well say something more interesting than "bump."

MY. MONEY. MINE. IT IS MINE EVIL INTERNATIONAL BANKERS

It seems obvious to me that the point of teaching children in schools to take care of school provided instruments is because I paid for the damn things with my taxes and they better damned well not steal more of my money to give the sniveling little brats another one should they break it.

We are trying to discuss chainsaws and dremels here bud. Just what kind of board do you think this is anyway?

My guess is there may be Germanic ancestry in the woodpile.

Until very recently I thought violin tops and backs were probably formed over molds. Even after decades of playing, I never bothered to look into it. I thought about it, briefly, a few times, but figured carving a shape like that would probably be too difficult and time consuming, as well as haphazardly unreproducible. I also thought a carved top would probably be weaker than a formed top (maybe it is?). As a pure player, the construction of a violin was a mysterious process, and most all maintenance to be strictly by the luthier. Trying to change a tailpiece twice and dropping the soundpost both times(and failing attempts to reset the post myself both times) reinforced this way of thinking. My only concerns were playing better and composing more. If I wanted better tone, I considered my options to be opening my wallet for better equipment, or additional bitching at my luthier.

Integrity went out of fashion... hell, integrity DIED in 1993, the day Michael Milken was offered a teaching position at UCLA.

The forum folks below would be appalled at the things my dad did with his chainsaw. When my dad bought it used, it was already "antique." It was a good price (at the time) and he needed to cut trees, horrible weeds they are. Many would consider it sacrilege what he did with that expertly crafted, HEAVY, solid aluminum and steel, 1940s Homelite. Cheapest oil, cheapest gas, scratched at nearly every outing, without care or concern. Sharpened with a cheap Sears file, and poorly sharpened at that. That era of chainsaws was arguably the "golden age." The skilled machinests with the ability to craft such remarkable, beautiful, yet functional chainsaws, have long passed, and their skilset with them. Then, get this: when it was worn out, instead of having an expert restoration lovingly done, HE THREW IT IN THE TRASH and bought a cheap plastic chainsaw to replace it! http://www.chainsawcollectors.se/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=dd5700359eebcbcd3efd7de8d0796329

I agree with this so much. So hard to find people who just love to make music in the past few years. It was so easy even 10 years ago. Now it seems like if something can't be monetized somehow, no one can be bothered, except very old people. Maybe reflective of a general malaise, not sure. AI generated music is about to drain ALL of what little remaining money exists to be made, from "music as a profession," regardless. A lot of people not realizing this are about to be broadsided, including instrument makers. Well there is still a bit of money to be made: puts on any company with a large investment in music.

OMG. I didn't consider. Didn't fall for marketing. Was marketing. OMG. I'm so dissilusioned.

Ah. Same answer. Nevermind. I should read through these threads better

Another possibility is that even that most marketing immune, are not immune to marketing. Marketing has zero influence on me, except when I end up buying something because I got snookered by marketing. Why would Menuhin be any different? Quality is whatever you believe it is, regardless of how much Alisa Rosenbaum pedantic pablum someone digests. Blindfold me, hand me a cheap fiddle, tell me it's the greatest of all Strads - certainly the finest sound I have ever heard.

Patricians understand you can vote as hard and as often as you like. It makes no difference.

Selecting the right bow is a lot like selecting the right wife...