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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Show You My New Violin!  Christoph Leissmiller Germany, Mittenwald anno 1783 Price: $41,000 HAHAHA I WISH. Mine (to-be-mine) is this one below:  Antonin Dvorak Model: 02 Handcrafted in Luby of Czech Tradition Czech Republic Dark amber shaded finish of hand-applied varnish, nice flame which produces an excellent response. For Orchestra and Serious Players. Complete with Oblong Case, Bow & Rosin. Setup with Dominant Strings. With Certificate Price: $890 (*starts smiling to myself*) Why am I settling for this violin? (1) The sound is superb, the workmanship also very good. Can see from picture right? =) (2) The sound is the type that I want (mellow, but not too mellow. I want a little brightness in the sound) (3) SUPER VALUE FOR MONEY. Even cheaper than my current violin. (4) This Violin's performance is even better than my current one, which is made in PRC, China. And mine was bought at $1,100 8 or 9 years ago?!?! O.o feeling ripped off already lor. My parents bought that for me so I didn't have a say in the type of violin I wanted. Anyway, I was too young and inexperienced then to know how to choose a good violin. Shrug. (5) I consulted my tutor, Mr Yang, and he said this violin is good. According to the person in the violin showroom, Mr Yang tested this violin and liked it. So I guess it was some time recent? If not such a good violin would have been snapped up already! Now it's still my parents paying for it. Hahaha. But I chose the Violin myself. =) Happy! [NB: It's important for the violin player to like the sound from his violin.] All information and picture taken from Gramercy Music. It is the place (I'm not sure whether the ONLY place, or if it's ONE of the few places) that the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) go to purchase violins for their orchestra. Cool rightttttt? =D My tutor Mr Yang who is a violist in SSO sources for violins from this shop for the orchestra. Guess the $8k+ violins that are "sold out" on the website were purchased by SSO la. Power. Going down on Wednesday to purchase it. They have kindly reserved it for me until next Wednesday. Weeeee!!!!!  The casing looks awesome ain't it! Free with bow and good quality strings. This is definitely a buy I will never forget! [By the way, I met Celine who came for the Roland Seafood Steamboat long time ago! She is still happily working there. Awesome place actually!] Labels: information, music 12:29 AM
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