Rue Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I found these YouTube recordings by Cristian Fatu testing out some violins the other day (both modern violins and old). For those interested in tonal qualities between different makers this is a reasonably fair comparison...or as much as it can be given the circumstances. http://www.youtube.com/user/1900Studio/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will L Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 The circumstances are certainly a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Stross Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 The circumstances are certainly a problem. True,indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Tsk...grumpy people. I found it interesting...and he's just playing these violins...he's not trying to sell anything. Tangent: While I play primarily classical I went to a Fiddle workshop last week...it's really good for my ear training I find (I suck at playing by ear). Two of us had 'lower level' violins that were also for sale...mine is an Eastman Dunov (that I bought as a spare, and don't use enough to warrant keeping). It's quite nice. If I don't ever sell it, I'm okay with that too. The other was a $300 fixer upper that I'd classify as a VSO. The other gentleman wanted to see what mine sounded like...so we traded. His was so awful I couldn't play it right off the bat. A potential buyer came by...and I could tell he was quite a good fiddler...who tried both violins...(and bought neither) but preferred the fixer-upper. So...taste certainly differs between people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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