yapkv Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/exh...ddes/student.asp?id=ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNewbie Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 This one shouldn't put too much strain transporting it between jobs. "http://pics.livejournal.com/fridgemagnet/pic/000181p2/g5">???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Molnar Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 On the first link I noticed that she has a thing that wraps around to the back of her neck. One of our local fiddlers uses a kind of cowboy necklace that hooks onto his chinrest for kind of the same effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McTigue Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 quote: Originally posted by: NewNewbieThis one shouldn't put too much strain transporting it between jobs. ???? Yes, but can it play "My Heart Bleeds for You"...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNewbie Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Only if you prick your finger on it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notice I said 'prick your finger' so no complaints please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundboot Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 As somebody with neck problems I would love a round the neck thingy like this. I've been trying to figure out how it could be attached to a conventional violin. It would need to be something that attaches and detaches so that the instrument could be put in a conventional case but it would need to securely attach to the violin. Anybody got any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob A Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 How about a rare earth magnet inset into endpin, with you wearing an iron collar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Due to problems of size, one tends to hear of and see more ergonomically designed violas I would have thought? The problem is you start with things like this and end up heading in this direction: (reminding one of something from Salvador Dali) And folks here will be familiar with other attempts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I've seen some of the fiddlers around here with a simple rope,strap thing around their neck that loops onto the lower corners of the violin. Easy enough to try and see if it works for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priya Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 These violins have it all Erogonomic, even and superpowerful. Can even play in the rain. Click here: Luis and Clark - Custom Made Carbon Fiber Instruments -- Composite Material Musical Instruments: http://www.luisandclark.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.B.Fiddler Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 quote: Originally posted by: Bob A How about a rare earth magnet inset into endpin, with you wearing an iron collar? A concert black velcro collar with hook-end ribs might be more appropriate. You can then alert the audience when you are done (and not just between movements) by dramatically ripping it off your neck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundboot Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 My father-in-law who is an inventor had a go at designing an innovative way to support the violin and he came up with a hat with a string going to the scroll!! Probaby would have to be pizz only and I'm not sure it would catch on amongst Maestronet folks!!! Seriously though, keep coming up with the ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 The Rivinius instruments have been around for some years and been mentioned here on occasions as well. Rivinius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob A Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Salvador Dali on an absinthe binge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Molnar Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 soundboot, maybe look into this one I saw and tried this in the innovation room at the 2006 vsa. Scroll down the page to the "balanced shoulder rest" It's a counter weight that is flexible, to conform to you're body, and the violin balances hands free. It felt very comfortable to me. I think this might be a better idea than any kind of tie down, anchor system. No new stresses introduced, as I think would be if you used some kind of wrap around you're neck , tie it to you're head type. http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/systems.php#bal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McTigue Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Here's a Linky to make it easier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arglebargle Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 These violins have it all Erogonomic, even and superpowerful. Can even play in the rain. Click here: Luis and Clark - Custom Made Carbon Fiber Instruments -- Composite Material Musical Instruments: priya, I've always been curious about the statement that always seems to follow any mention of these instruments. You can play them in the rain! It seems to be a big selling point. The acoustical merits of these things aside, unless the bridge is composite, the bow is composite, the hair is artificial, the rosin waterproof, the strings waterproof, and the soundpost carbon fibre, then the thing, as a playable violin, is not waterproof! No big deal. It just sort of bugs me when I hear that listed as one of the positives of carbon fibre instruments. And get the hell out of the rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McTigue Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Who the heck would you get to sit in the rain and listen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob A Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Soundpost is wood. You'd need drain holes in the back to keep from sloshing. No one has mentioned the bulletproof possibility. Doesn't anyone here play in venues where small arms fire is featured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMORI Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 And I thought my latest e-violin was "drastic" :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Murray, what have you been smoking? Man, you've got some imagination - I like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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