Thank you Don! We've been doing these things. What I was hoping for was a more nuts and bolts type approach. Anything we should look for or watch out for? best, Greg At 06:35 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote: >Hi Greg, > >Make sure she has an excellent bow. > >Her teacher should be very involved in the process of selecting an instrument. > >Buy the very best instrument you can afford and it will appreciate over time. > >Strings are more like putting fuel in your car. A particular instrument >with a particular bow may do well with a particular make of strings. Again >the teacher should be involved. > >At 09:12 PM 17/02/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Greetings string playing members, > > I was hoping that perhaps someone on this list has had experience > >buying, playing etc. cellos. I'm faced with the situation some of our own > >piano service customer fret about i.e. purchasing an instrument for their > >offspring. I'm having some amount of difficulty helping my daughter select > >something within a modest price range (under $5,000). Seems I'm not too > >interested in all the mystique over how the lacquers were applied and > >whether or not it was in the sun or in the shade and on which side of the > >grassy knoll. I'd like to get a feel for what in the construction of these > >things makes one better than another and why. Like our own field there is > >much that goes into setting up an instrument for use and what quality of > >strings, bow, etc. makes the biggest difference. If anyone can help > >quantify some of this for me I'd truly love to hear from you! > > > >Appreciatively, > >Greg Newell > > > >Greg Newell > >Greg's piano Forté > >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 14/02/2005 > > > > > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > >mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 14/02/2005 > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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