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Shimano Shifter cable set polymer with crazy number of ferrules
On 3/5/2019 7:22 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:
On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 6:50:13 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/1/2019 1:48 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:30:48 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: As a confirmed retro-grouch, my guitar and all other instruments are wooden. Or at least, non-amplified. (I got really crazy a while back and bought a flute made of Delrin.) I'm assuming this was a keyless (pre-boehm design) type traditional music like a celtic session? I'd imagine it has a very soft tone with a rich low-end. Yep. Only eight holes, counting the embouchure hole and the one at the end. Aside from percussion, probably the world's oldest musical instrument. I suppose the tone would be nice and soft with a rich low end if I were any good. My fingers know what to do from other instruments. But embouchure frustrates the heck out of me. I can be playing along nicely for a while, then have the thing go dead silent in the middle of a tune. I've been told there are microscopic muscles in the lips that get tired, and only disciplined daily practice will build endurance. Embouchure is art not only from the musician, but from the craftsman as well. I toured the Haynes factory in Boston when I was in high school with a small group from a wind ensemble I was playing with at the time. My flute was a Gmeindhardt concert model, open hole keys with a silver head and embrouchure plate. Their head craftsman was demonstrating how they customize their instruments. He asked me to play mine, then took the flute and started filing the embouchure hole (he asked permission of course). The difference was astounding - matching the embouchure between the player and the instrument is what makes companies like haynes and powell stand apart. It's possible your delrin might need a tweak - but like everything, it'll cost ya. I am a classically trained flautist, and had visions of entering the world of classical performance. I had declared my major at Hartt/U Hartford in performance. I got a rude awaking performing with under grads that quite literally blew my doors off, and couldn't find work. My private tutor was a New England Conservatory graduate - making a living giving private lessons and supplementing her income by teaching caning courses (seriously, i'm not making this up). I came to the sad realization that I was going to starve pursuing this. I was very good, but I wasn't great. If you don't want to starve as a musician, you have to be better than great, or really ****ing lucky. I was always good at math, so my sophmore year I switched to EE. " supplementing her income by teaching caning courses " Thrashing or biting one's lip? -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Shimano Shifter cable set polymer with crazy number of ferrules
On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 9:13:18 AM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/5/2019 7:22 AM, Zen Cycle wrote: On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 6:50:13 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/1/2019 1:48 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:30:48 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: As a confirmed retro-grouch, my guitar and all other instruments are wooden. Or at least, non-amplified. (I got really crazy a while back and bought a flute made of Delrin.) I'm assuming this was a keyless (pre-boehm design) type traditional music like a celtic session? I'd imagine it has a very soft tone with a rich low-end. Yep. Only eight holes, counting the embouchure hole and the one at the end. Aside from percussion, probably the world's oldest musical instrument. I suppose the tone would be nice and soft with a rich low end if I were any good. My fingers know what to do from other instruments. But embouchure frustrates the heck out of me. I can be playing along nicely for a while, then have the thing go dead silent in the middle of a tune. I've been told there are microscopic muscles in the lips that get tired, and only disciplined daily practice will build endurance. Embouchure is art not only from the musician, but from the craftsman as well. I toured the Haynes factory in Boston when I was in high school with a small group from a wind ensemble I was playing with at the time. My flute was a Gmeindhardt concert model, open hole keys with a silver head and embrouchure plate. Their head craftsman was demonstrating how they customize their instruments. He asked me to play mine, then took the flute and started filing the embouchure hole (he asked permission of course). The difference was astounding - matching the embouchure between the player and the instrument is what makes companies like haynes and powell stand apart. It's possible your delrin might need a tweak - but like everything, it'll cost ya. I am a classically trained flautist, and had visions of entering the world of classical performance. I had declared my major at Hartt/U Hartford in performance. I got a rude awaking performing with under grads that quite literally blew my doors off, and couldn't find work. My private tutor was a New England Conservatory graduate - making a living giving private lessons and supplementing her income by teaching caning courses (seriously, i'm not making this up). I came to the sad realization that I was going to starve pursuing this. I was very good, but I wasn't great. If you don't want to starve as a musician, you have to be better than great, or really ****ing lucky. I was always good at math, so my sophmore year I switched to EE. " supplementing her income by teaching caning courses " Thrashing or biting one's lip? lol....furniture, actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_(furniture) |
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Shimano Shifter cable set polymer with crazy number of ferrules
On 3/5/2019 8:22 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:
On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 6:50:13 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/1/2019 1:48 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:30:48 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote: As a confirmed retro-grouch, my guitar and all other instruments are wooden. Or at least, non-amplified. (I got really crazy a while back and bought a flute made of Delrin.) I'm assuming this was a keyless (pre-boehm design) type traditional music like a celtic session? I'd imagine it has a very soft tone with a rich low-end. Yep. Only eight holes, counting the embouchure hole and the one at the end. Aside from percussion, probably the world's oldest musical instrument. I suppose the tone would be nice and soft with a rich low end if I were any good. My fingers know what to do from other instruments. But embouchure frustrates the heck out of me. I can be playing along nicely for a while, then have the thing go dead silent in the middle of a tune. I've been told there are microscopic muscles in the lips that get tired, and only disciplined daily practice will build endurance. Embouchure is art not only from the musician, but from the craftsman as well. I toured the Haynes factory in Boston when I was in high school with a small group from a wind ensemble I was playing with at the time. My flute was a Gmeindhardt concert model, open hole keys with a silver head and embrouchure plate. Their head craftsman was demonstrating how they customize their instruments. He asked me to play mine, then took the flute and started filing the embouchure hole (he asked permission of course). The difference was astounding - matching the embouchure between the player and the instrument is what makes companies like haynes and powell stand apart. It's possible your delrin might need a tweak - but like everything, it'll cost ya. The flute is by Copley & Boegli, a maker with a good reputation. And supposedly, after a phone conversation, the embouchure hole is chosen to be forgiving of a beginner - which I am. But I understand how customizing might help. He's hundreds of miles away, though, and I don't know if he does custom carving, so to speak. I am a classically trained flautist, and had visions of entering the world of classical performance. I had declared my major at Hartt/U Hartford in performance. I got a rude awaking performing with under grads that quite literally blew my doors off, and couldn't find work. My private tutor was a New England Conservatory graduate - making a living giving private lessons and supplementing her income by teaching caning courses (seriously, i'm not making this up). I came to the sad realization that I was going to starve pursuing this. I was very good, but I wasn't great. If you don't want to starve as a musician, you have to be better than great, or really ****ing lucky. I was always good at math, so my sophmore year I switched to EE. I considered music as a major (as well as biology and commercial art). I'm very glad I went a different direction. I've always played several instruments and I get great pleasure out of playing socially, playing for dances, etc. But I doubt I have the extreme discipline to play at a professional level. My kid began playing violin at a very early age and did very, very well, then (mostly) switched to voice in high school. She entered music school here as a voice student and won the school's Young Artist competition, got leading roles in musicals, was the youngest member of the elite vocal ensemble, got to tour Europe with that group, etc. Then she transferred to one of the country's top music schools, where she finished her degree. It was there that she realized that a) there were competitors who were willing to devote every minute of their lives to their art; and b) the life of a professional musician is usually nomadic and uncertain. She completed the degree very well but chose a different career path entirely. Just last night, I read a Smithsonian magazine article on Rhiannon Giddens, an amazing vocalist. "You can never say no as a freelance musician. I was on the road 200 days a year. If I wasn't touring, I wasn't making money. When I got the MacArthur [grant, $625,000] I could get off that hamster wheel." -- - Frank Krygowski |
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