babe musicians? - How do two of them feel about it?

Interesting! - Thanks, Timbo!, posted on July 20, 2014 at 18:24:54
Chris from Lafayette Audiophile Posts: 26437 Location: SF Bay Area Joined: February 17, 2004 Contributor Since: February 6, 2012	However, I have to say that my (and my wife's) estimation of Nicola went down a couple of notches when she said that, in a fire, she'd save her Strad rather than her cat! (The cat would just have to look after itself.) Priorities, Ms. Benedetti!

you can find a new cat under your porch at times, posted on July 20, 2014 at 20:52:14
Penguin Audiophile Posts: 7116 Location: Delaware Joined: August 5, 2001	a strad is a lot harder to come by, just saying. dee ;-D True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. quote by Kurt Vonnegut

RE: you can find a new cat under your porch at times, posted on July 20, 2014 at 21:25:26
Chris from Lafayette Audiophile Posts: 26437 Location: SF Bay Area Joined: February 17, 2004 Contributor Since: February 6, 2012	You make a good point - but since even trained violinists can't always tell a Strad from a modern instrument, I think I'd still go for the cat! ;-)

Isaac Stern would have saved the cat..., posted on July 20, 2014 at 21:32:58
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Jeez, neither is heavy. Save both. nt, posted on July 21, 2014 at 08:59:04
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I guess she values her violin more than her, posted on July 21, 2014 at 10:46:55
tinear Audiophile Posts: 65782 Location: Kansas City, KS Joined: April 9, 2006	pussy. I was going to say something about relative playing skills, but I thought I was rude enough for one post.

I love cats, but there. . . , posted on July 21, 2014 at 14:28:59
risabet Audiophile Posts: 3197 Location: SoCal Joined: January 10, 2005	are a virtually unlimited number of them and a very limited number of Strads. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. Adam Smith

A modernised Strad would not look much different though, would it!?, posted on July 21, 2014 at 17:08:09

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Whereas a Strad in original condition would look very different to a violinist, and would feel quite different to play, no? Let alone that the original bow would be another give away.

IIRC the tests (there were two?) asked the musicians to state which one they'd prefer to play. So it would be feel and sound alone to each player. And, I don't think they were told one was a Strad, or to pick out the old one, wouldn't be a proper test then, would it?

Give them a Jacobus Stainer from the Smithsonian, maybe?

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If I were a string player. . . , posted on July 21, 2014 at 19:49:00
Chris from Lafayette Audiophile Posts: 26437 Location: SF Bay Area Joined: February 17, 2004 Contributor Since: February 6, 2012	. . . I might go carbon fiber myself: < But as a keyboarder, I just have to content myself with the Godowsky transcriptions! (BTW, I think you're right - something was funny with the way they asked the questions on the Strad test(s).)

But according to the story, she doesn't even have a pussy!..., posted on July 21, 2014 at 21:36:54
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what about saving cats..., posted on July 22, 2014 at 01:36:53
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More like "what do they wear about it", posted on July 22, 2014 at 04:11:40

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Another completely trivial and empty bit or para-journalism devoid of any depth.

Resignation speeches from politicians in this media saturated age go along the lines of "I apologise for giving the impression of wrongdoing".

It's the "impression"of everything these days. Pop psychology gives "the impression of science". A bit like the L'Or�al approach. And the message is the same - "Because you're worth it".

Classical music gives the "impression" of classical music - because you're worth it.

Do we really need to read stuff like:
"I met inventer Albert Einstein in his Princeton rooms over a cup of delightfully prepared coffee. As the sun streamed in through the windows on to his homely tweed suit set off by a jaunty blue striped tie I asked him how he felt about cats. Did he have a favourite moggie in his life......"

Huh? Who's doing that? [nt], posted on July 22, 2014 at 09:27:11
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RE: More like "what do they wear about it", posted on July 22, 2014 at 15:44:10
Timbo in Oz Audiophile Posts: 23221 Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia Joined: January 30, 2002	Ohh yessss! They weren't really saying how they felt about it at all. Simply taking a long time to tell us that they had to just wear it! While wriggling gently for us! ;-) Hullo there, Andy?! ;-) Email me? Warmest Tim Bailey Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

One of the things that most irritates me ......., posted on July 22, 2014 at 15:54:12

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is how few people know how to THINK properly, and are unwilling to get to the nub of things.

And, conversely for the majority that's probably what irritates people about me!

Viz. You an I recognise a 'liberal' slant in each other? Well, at the end of that course up on Manly Head (North Head) in Sydney for volunteer emergency leaders? I was given a mock scroll by all the others.

Somehow it got lost or 'I've put it somewhere safe.' ;-) ? so this is a paraphrase.

"Tim IS a bit of a leftie, but he is VERY conservative about it!"

I cannae help it.

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Poor Lara St. John . . ., posted on July 23, 2014 at 16:46:44

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. . . barely recovered her career from her "nude" 1996 cover of the Bach Partitas.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1288208

LOL - Excellent! (I'm always trying to get to the nub of things - but I rarely succeed!) [nt], posted on July 23, 2014 at 17:13:21
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LOL, search on Dondi and George aka GGGIII in Central for a run down on why I agree with you! , posted on July 23, 2014 at 19:41:36
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