Re: OT New hobby


Harry Krause wrote:
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> I'm telling you, there's just nothing quite like rec.boats.
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> There's no such thing as a STRATOVARIUS Violin, unless it exists as a joke.
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> There are the many wonderful stringed instruments made by Antonio
> Stradivari, violins and cellos mostly, and these commonly are called
> Stradivarius instruments, because the maker used Latin to label his
> products, and "Latinized" his last name.
>

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> And now, back to your regularly scheduled servings of misinformation...

AND! Most of the Stradavari instruments weren't even made by him, but
by his apprentices. Kind of like saying that Leo Fender made guitars.
He didn't. he made electronics, but did come up with the designs for
the then Broadcaster guitar the Strat was actually team designed
between Freddie Tavares and George Fullerton, as well as then country
western great Bill Carson Bill was the "test pilot"

Leo's gig was the electronics. and his amps were mostly copies from
Western Electric blueprints. Leo was shrewd.....

> Yo-Yo Ma, the renowned cellist, plays a Strad, not a Strat. His is the
> famous Davidov cello. He inherited it from the late. wonderful, and
> greatly missed Jacqueline du Pre.

Ah, Jacqueline DuPre. One of the finest cellists of the 20 century!
too bad MS claimed her at a young age of 42....

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