Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Sep 26, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at > gmail.com> wrote: > > Barney, > > Your picture is very nice, I love the light but I like as well very much > you play Cello, it is my favorite instrument and the one that it is more > close to the human voice. > > Cheers > LLuis > > >> El 26 set 2017, a les 16:58, Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> va escriure: >> >> >> Nathan, >> >> Thanks! I am very lucky to have this cello to play! >> >> Barney >> >> Barney Quinn, WK3Z >> C: (301) 775-1386 >> H: (301) 654-0938 >> >>> On Sep 26, 2017, at 1:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don?t know how I missed Barney?s original post, but that is a >>> beautiful picture?and story. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 26 Sep 2017, at 05:43, Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Wouldn't it be great if the wood fibers in our instruments could tell >>>> us in words the story of what they have played, where they have been, >>>> and who has played them rather than in sounds? >>>> >>>> Sometimes late on a winter night I will sit by the fireplace with my >>>> cello and a glass of Scotch and try to coax its story out of it. It >>>> remains mute except for the melodies it plays. >>>> >>>> I totally agree with you. If there is any hope for keeping barbarism at >>>> bay it is music. >>>> >>>> Barney >>>> >>>> Barney Quinn, WK3Z >>>> C: (301) 775-1386 >>>> H: (301) 654-0938 >>>> >>>>> On Sep 25, 2017, at 2:38 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at >>>>> gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Barney: This is a beautiful picture, and a lovely tribute to both >>>>> your instrument and your friend John. I also have a friend who is a >>>>> string repairman, and I've seen several instruments he's brought back >>>>> from near-death. His wife, who you may have seen in many of my >>>>> musician pictures, plays a cello that we call "The English Patient" >>>>> because it originated in 1700s England and needed a lot of TLC to be >>>>> brought up to good playing condition. It turned out to be a gem with >>>>> a lower register that has to be heard to be believed. >>>>> >>>>> We are indeed the custodians of our instruments. Ideally, we develop >>>>> some sort of symbiosis with them. I suspect that wood fibers align >>>>> according to the resonances we draw out of the instrument. So each >>>>> player contributes in some way to how the instrument sounds. >>>>> >>>>> Keep playing. It's part of the good fight to keep beauty in the world >>>>> and keep barbarism at bay. I know that sounds a bit precious, but I >>>>> truly believe it. >>>>> >>>>> --Peter >>>>> >>>>>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information