michaelI'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
#PirateLuthier adventures continued: After successfully gluing the 3/4 #violin with the broken neck, I now have 9 fiddles in house ready to play. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-neck-re-attached.html
#violin no. 24 now on my #flickr as well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgrr/54424845988/in/dateposted-public/ #PirateLuthier #musicalInstruments
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there are now two dozen violins in my #PirateLuthier logbook. Eight of them are in house and ready to play so if anybody in #Oxford needs to borrow a #fiddle (good enough for #folk or amateur #orchestra) do get in touch. (bows and cases are limited, so will be easier to help out ppl who still have those eg because their #violin broke)
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/counting-craters.html
The mystery of this century-old #guitar from #Valencia is solved thanks to the magic of Mastodon: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-guitar-from-valencia.html #PirateLuthier
I restored an old #guitar for a change. Does anybody happen to know who the maker resident in Calle Jorge Juan, #Valencia in the first half of the 20th century may have been? (see photo of the partially obscured label in the blog entry) https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-guitar-from-valencia.html #PirateLuthier #SpanishGuitar #Luthier
#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
My new favourite #violin is a #Guarneri del Gesu from 1731, according to the label. For real, though, it's a late 19th century German one: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-new-favourite-violin.html #PirateLuthier
#PirateLuthier adventures continue with a #violin branded Sebastian Klotz - but unfortunately not by the famous #Mittenwald maker: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-violin-with-famous-name.html #ViolinRepair #InstrumentRepair #fiddle #GoodEnoughForFolk
