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Elgar's Paragraph on Factory Basses
I have an old photocopy of this book, so I figured I'd post this nice paragraph for people to reference. Perfect for this thread.
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When I visited Mittenwald (breathtakingly beautiful, by the way), I was told by Gunter Krahmer that the home-working of violin-family instrument parts occurred as farmers had little to do in the winters, and needed to bring in extra cash. There were similar arrangements in other businesses, such as textiles. I'm often pleasantly taken by the quality of the work done by these home-workers and the shops that assembled and finished the instruments. I'm sure many of these farmers passed considerable skills down from generation to generation. There is no way to compare the skill level of someone who learns by doing to one learning only in a school environment.
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well...
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links
Here's another twist on Mittenwald history;
http://www.matthias-klotz.de/frameseng/frameseteng.html and another; http://www.chambermusicians.org.uk/m...lin_making.htm and another; http://www.itcwebdesigns.com/tour_germany/violin1.htm and another; http://www.corilon.com/shop/en/info/mittenwald.html Gotta love Google.. |
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I wonder what he would think of Factory made basses today...
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