#violins — Public Fediverse posts

any players stranded in #Oxford without their instruments: we have a few we can lend out, including a #doubleBass, a #cornet, a #viola, and any number of #violins ...
#orchestra #amateurOrchestra

A huddle of cows.
Oh, and a twin-spired church - Christ Church, Rode, Somerset. A redundant church, now used as a violin shop.
#photography #ChristChurch #Rode #spire #RedundantChurch #violins

Illustration by Martin Gerlach, from Festons und Decorative Gruppen aus Pflanzen und Thieren (1897).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/09a72e6c-2f68-4b59-a57b-6aa59f5dd30d

#collage #animals #garlands #violins #botanical #birds #lutes #floral #fruit #vegetables #decorations #montage #ornament #plants #art #publicdomain

A Young Fiddler and His Friend, c.1920s - RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/a-young-fiddler-and-his-friend-c-1920s-rp-postcard-223898735.htm

#Photography #Violins

Ramallah, West Bank
A Palestinian instrument maker, Shehada Shalalda, assembles a violin at his workshop.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#WestBank
#instruments
#violins

#Oxford Music Festival: in the first half-day of two days worth of string classes, we had 21 #violins, only one #cello, no #violas, no #doubleBass. are we losing #diversity? The day included everything from tiny beginners to scary good, so not fundamentally an age effect.

#PirateLuthier update: turning #violins inside out:

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/01/turning-violins-inside-out.html

#musicalInstruments #InstrumentRepair #violin #guarnerius

I featured That Dog's 1997 masterpiece 'Retreat from the Sun' a year ago for #MusicWomenWednesday, but since I determined yesterday thanks to @HailsandAles's album of year posts that it's my favorite record of 1997, I'm re-upping it. I have it #NowPlaying, yet again. Anna Waronker is the damn coolest. And how many albums have violin solos on their badass singles? Okay then 🔥

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmFQ6yn_0hBCVIf7Jq806HPjckxscjnaN&si=e5mPdyq-4nE_hA78

#90s #90sAlbums #ThatDog #synth #synths #violin #violins

I am compiling all info I can find about the #violins that Albert #Einstein played in this blog entry: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/violins-played-by-einstein.html #historyOfScience #amateurMusician #fiddle #musicalInstruments

🎸🎵 The world's only playable #Stradivarius guitar, the "Sabionari," was made in 1679. Here classical guitarists Rolf Lislevand and Krishnasol Jiménez perform #Baroque pieces on the restored instrument. While Antonio Stradivari's workshop produced over 1,000 #instruments including 960 #violins, only this single ten-string #guitar remains playable today thanks to restoration by master luthiers.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2025/09/musician-plays-the-last-stradivarius-guitar-in-the-world.html

#music #classical #history #performance

started a #wikipedia article on violinist, conductor Lily Nyeboe (1905-1987): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Nyeboe then fell down a serious Wikipedia rabbit hole (see next post). @wikiwomeninred #WomeninMusic #violins @brooklynmuseum #BrooklynStringOrchesra

KATC: Al Berard still teaching people how to fiddle through free YouTube lessons. “In celebration of what would have been beloved Cajun musician Al Berard’s 65th birthday, his family and supporters proudly announce the digital release of ‘Al Berard Teaches Cajun Fiddle for Beginners’ — a free instructional video series now available to the public on YouTube.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/katc-al-berard-still-teaching-people-how-to-fiddle-through-free-youtube-lessons/

I'm planning to give away several #violins in June, but the limiting factor is the cases to put them in, so I've launched a call for cases on #Oxford #freegle: https://www.ilovefreegle.org/message/114371970 #PirateLuthier

#Today, May 14, #Oxford's unique #Cowley #Orchestra is doing a special feature evening again. This time the focus is on Louise #Farrenc's 3rd symphony in G minor. We will be supported by a few people who have played this work at a one-day workshop last year. All players of orchestral instruments welcome, participation free of charge for this once. #violins especially welcome as we're often short of those. Here's the piece, played by a different orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6MaC53l6p4

During a rehearsal break - the #violins needed a rest. #music #baroque

#Oxford's #CowleyOrchestra is doing a special feature evening next week, on May 14, starting 7pm. This time the focus is on #LouiseFarrenc's 3rd symphony in G minor. We will be supported by a few people who have played this work at a one-day workshop last year.

All players of orchestral instruments welcome, participation free of charge for this once. #Violins especially welcome as we're often short of those.

@arthurfox I am deeply fascinated by #electronics and the different timbral effects that result from the #CircuitDesign choices and how this influences #MusicProduction and the appreciation of #ElectronicMusic by the listener. I also love #WoodWorking as it applies to #violins and #WoodenBoats

#Oxford's unique #Cowley #Orchestra is doing a special feature evening again, on May 14. This time the focus is on Louise #Farrenc's 3rd symphony in G minor. We will be supported by a few people who have played this work at a one-day workshop last year. All players of orchestral instruments welcome, participation free of charge for this once. #violins especially welcome as we're often short of those. Here's the piece, played by a different orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6MaC53l6p4

#Oxford - the Cancer Research UK shop in #Headington (on the left heading out of town) has some very beautiful electric #guitars in the window today (and there were different ones last week, they seem to have found a good supply of these). I was almost tempted. The #violins they have are no use, though. A full sized lark and a child sized skylark, both lacking strings.

Some would say too much
Others may say not enough
Quartet anyone?

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #March #Spring #Sax #Saxophone #Violin #Violins #Sex #Violence #SaxAndViolins #SexAndViolence

March 25, 2025

#TIL that in the #Baroque period musicians used smaller #violins for higher notes -like recorder consorts - as higher positions weren't part of the normal playing practice yet. In 1756, Leopold Mozart notes that these small violins have become obsolete, due to progress in #violin technique, and may be used for children to learn. Source: https://academic.oup.com/em/article-abstract/XVIII/4/588/346566 #EarlyMusic

#PirateLuthier update - there are now 12 #violins in my room, 7 are playable and #GoodEnoughForFolk.One will be straightforward to set up, the other four present challenges of various levels. Also, 2 #cellos, 2 #violas, 1 #doubleBass. Oh, and 3 guitars.

new #Introduction for the bsky bridge : I’m a #BioChemist turned #ScienceWriter, write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Intertwined: From insects to icebergs Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around #biography of our old #cello. #PirateLuthier fixing unloved #violins #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse

violin family: 10 #violins, 2 #violas, 2 #cellos, no double bass. https://bate.web.ox.ac.uk/files/theviolinfamilyedittedpdf-0 Not hugely impressive (but I believe the original collector focused on wind instruments.)

#Oxford: a bunch of children's #violins and a half size #cello in the window today at Cancer Research UK charity shop in #Headington (the one on the left heading out of town). Also some electric #guitars.

Haiku and Limerick to celebrate National Violin Day:

#Music #Violins #Haiku #Limericks #Poetry #Poems #MicroPoetry #Humor #Humour

Turns out a friend of a friend is a luthier and we had an amazing visit in his workshop. #music #violins