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In the Thread: Making musical instruments by audio person?

Post Subject: Deafness is not in the fiddlerPosted by rowuk on: 4/15/2014

I will disagree with the premise that the fiddler is deaf to their instrument. They have a direct link between the instrument and the soul with every sense and emotion that they were born with - taste, feeling, smell, look and hearing. This is true for very many musicians and is the reason that they can maintain such a high level of play into old age. Perhaps a scientists measurement would not line up with reality. We have a saying in german: wer misst, misst mist. Roughly translated "he who lives by measurements, measures shit".

The proof is in the pudding. Intonation, volume, balance, intensity are all factors "of the moment". If the player had a handicap, other things would be comprimised.

The Stradivarius myth has also been more or less unravelled and most top players do admit that there are more than enough "new" top instruments around to meet the demand. The "run" on Strads is more like proving your worth by having access.

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