Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank You! I am lucky not to mention blessed to be able to play such as instrument. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Oct 2, 2017, at 9:23 PM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > What a lovely looking instrument, Barney. And you have the right attitude > about owning such a treasure. I hope it gives you joy to play it. And > the > photograph of our friend is wonderful, too. > > Aram > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard Quinn > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 5:13 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] My Cello > > 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