Regis Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Probably everyone has favorite descriptive statements on ebay. Here is one of mine "This violin sounds wonderful. It just needs a good setup" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestramusica Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Yeah, Ummm.... How can one know the first without already having done the last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackc Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 My favorite is "proven Italian engineering" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradfiddle Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 From a current auction: "The current owner told us that this was her father’s viola and that he played it several times during 1930's in the Grand Rapids, MICHAGN SYMPHONY. She had it apprased by 3 diffrent companies and they all said it was a Viola." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takumi Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 "WOW" and when you received the item/s, your new quote will be "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! It only shows that what seems to be awesome to most seller/s is "otherwise" to the guidelines of (us) serious violin enthusiast whom are entrapped by our fever of music, that we do all just to get what we want. Our eyes deceives us the way other seller does. Hey, can someone teach me how to "Unlearned" my reading skills then improved my 6th & hearing sense so I know who is lying & not be deceied by the pick-up lines?! Hehehehe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahdah_hound Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Hi Regis, I have had violins that need a good bridge or soundpost that still sounds good. When a friend of mine played a violin at Christies last week, he said he couldn't believe how good it sounded considering how bad the set up was. Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreechee Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 'This violin was used by a professional violinist.' It really puts me off hearing that one. Especially when the pics are of a German trade instrument! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 How about: "You can see it in the picture if you look close enough and really focus with all your conviction." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine_Gough Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 How about 'the tone is warm and rich' accompanied by a picture of an instrument with no strings or bridge ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I saw one today which said something like "The neck is 100% ebony". It seems to me that the violin would be just a little bit heavy, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Shillitoe Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...986781&rd=1 Quote: "The e-string broke while I was tuning it for the photos". Well darn! How can I tell what to bid when the photos are out of tune? Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudall Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I get pretty tired of the ubiquitous use of the word 'professional'. Every crack seems to have been 'professionally repaired'. How does the seller know who did it? I've even seen 'set up with professional strings'. Surely descriptions that go to those lengths can only put buyers off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahdah_hound Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 An 'amateur' repair is easy to discern. Surely it is easy to tell the difference between an amateur repair and a professional repair. One does not need to know the professional who did the work to recognize professioanl work. There are some strings that are professioanl strings-those that are used by professioanls; like Thomastik Dominants or Visions, Obligatos, Evah Pirazzi, etc. I hate the overuse of the word professioanl also, but occasionally it is appropriate. Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestramusica Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 especially appropriate when spelled p-r-o-f-e-s-s-i-o-n-a-l! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 "Every crack seems to have been 'professionally repaired'." "Professionally repaired" simply means that someone was paid to do it. This does not mean the same thing as "expertly repaired." A crack that has been expertly repaired would not be noticed by a casual observer. So if an Ebay violin is described as having a "professionally repaired" crack, you can be pretty sure it was not expertly repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fowler Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 "This beautiful red violin is a great sounding concert instrument that needs some TLC." BUY IT NOW $25,000 and reattach the neck, etc. eBay Item number: 7322651938 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priya Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 It probably does sound great, it's the real deal, isn't it. How many Cavani have you seen on Ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fowler Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 How many Cavani have I seen on Ebay? "Cavani" (label), in pieces (and no bassbar), $25,000? none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestramusica Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 "great sounding" yet in multiple pieces? gag me with a spoon! Bite me! etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apartmentluthier Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Jesse, My best sounding violin is one that I did a 5 minute hurried set-up on before a friend came over to play it. I literally took whatever soundpost I had laying around and put it in wherever it landed. It was a tad short, so it ended up being way outboard. Now I am afraid to touch it because it sounds so nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regis Posted June 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I have a new favorite ebay description! QUOTE: "I only used this bow for concerts and professional type playing in concert halls and whatnot. I played Violin for only a year, and this bow probably has only been used 6-8 times" What an amazing feat. GAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestramusica Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Well, if this guy played for only one year, and was doing Professional Concert Hall stuff in that year, why haven't we all heard of him? He should have been on the Talk Show Circuit, like Fodor was in the 70's. He should be plastered all over Public TV- What a Prodigy! In fact- his violin must be a MAGIC violin, like the "Red Violin" to create such a miracle in one year! OK, GAG me all over again!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andante Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I think (from the context) that he intended to say: "I played (this) Violin for only a year" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestramusica Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 I did think of that too- but thought that his English grammar/usage seemed otherwise too advanced to have goofed in that way(using "whatnot"). You're probably right though. It just sounded something like another spin on all the heart-rending stories (NOVELS)we see in ebay listings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andante Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 I agree Norma. You made absolutely the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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