My conductor at university loved to bring up the story of one composer who specified what mute the string section should use in performances of his piece. What this tells us is that different mutes impact the violin or cello differently, and perceptibly so! Mutes are generally made of plastic …
When my students ask where to buy strings, music stands, or other music-related things online, I usually direct them to Southwest Strings in general and Johnson String Instrument if I am directing them to purchase an adjustable cello or harp chair. JSI has a bigger selection, but Southwest Strings has …
In 2018, while on my yearly trip to Asia, I stayed in a few different hotels in Taiwan and Japan. i hotel Zongli (Taoyuan, Taiwan) The i hotel Zongli in Taoyuan, Taiwan (5f., No. 18, Sec. 1, Zhongmei Rd., Zhongli District, Taoyuan Taiwan) is marketed as a gaming hotel but …
Somewhere in the town of Jhongli, also known as Zhongli or Jungli, in Taiwan, there is a gaming hotel with the latest graphics cards in their computers. It is fairly close to SoGo, which means shopping and food are all in close walking distance. The i hotel appears to be …
I just found a box outside with a 1/2 size Mystic Owl Blue Glitter Violin Outfit from Rozanna’s Violins! The box had a Rozanna’s Violins logo sticker at the top to helpfully let me know what is inside. I thought I ought to write about the violin, because I had …
In the summer of 2015, I bought a Coach Nolita 19 in pebbled red leather with silver hardware off Coach.com. This happened after some contemplation on whether I am the sort of person who wears daring colours and eventually deciding that red is a daring color which I enjoy. By …
This is what happened when I visited luthier Ira B. Kraemer and Co. located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Visit One. A violin had to take a visit to the luthier. I decided to have a bow rehaired while I was there. The violin in question is my favorite violin which I fell …
