Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, The address I have is: stevebarbour at mac.com Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/25/2017 11:31 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > E-MAIL ADDRESS? PHONE # FOR STEVE BARBOUR????????????? > Hi CREW! Or Steve for some reason? > I haven't been able to make any connection with Steve Barbour? > For several days. > Please would someone send me his e-mail address and phone number? > OR Steve please connect??? Thankyou. > cheers, > Dr.Ted Grant O.C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Jim Nichols > Sent: September-25-17 9:00 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] My Cello > > Thanks for the enlightenment. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 9/25/2017 10:24 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote: >> Jim, >> >> Thanks! Your Uncle's violin can probably be restored if that is something >> you want to do. >> >> The violin shaped object in the picture is actually a cradle. Violins >> have curved backs and the varnish which coats them is fragile. When you >> work on a violin you place it in the cradle so that it is sable and >> doesn't get damaged. >> >> Barney >> >> Barney Quinn, WK3Z >> C: (301) 775-1386 >> H: (301) 654-0938 >> >>> On Sep 24, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Nicely composed, and a beautiful instrument. >>> >>> What I presume to be a violin shell on the table intrigued me. I have a >>> 150 yr-old "fiddle" around here somewhere that belonged to an uncle who >>> died before I was born. It has been badly treated, and I've never heard >>> it played because parts are missing. But I never realized that a violin >>> shell was that thick. Gives me a new sense of what I've been looking at. >>> >>> Good luck in getting the "touch" back. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>>> On 9/24/2017 7:13 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote: >>>> This is a picture of my friend John Lemoine. He is an extremely >>>> talented violin maker who lives in Washington, DC. That is my cello he >>>> is working on. It is over three hundred years old. It was made in the >>>> Austrian Alps and it has a wonderful deep, dark, mellow tone. >>>> >>>> When you acquire an instrument like this it is made clear to you in a >>>> hundred different ways that you are not its owner, you are its >>>> custodian. Your job, along with playing it, is to make sure that it is >>>> preserved and maintained so that it can be handed off to the next >>>> generation to play and care for. >>>> >>>> I am the care giver for a special needs cello. Many years ago John >>>> found an antique cello case in the garbage in New York. He fished it >>>> out, opened it, and found the abused and broken last mortal remains of >>>> my cello. He knew exactly what he was looking at. He took the pieces >>>> home and spent the next two or three years restoring it. My wife?s >>>> health problems and my back issues have kept me from playing recently. >>>> But now that I am retired and doing better I am going to give going >>>> back to it a try. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/John+Lemoine.jpg.html >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/John+Lemoine.jpg.html> >>>> >>>> Comments and Criticisms Welcome! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Barney >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >