Quote:
" I tune up my fiddle. Rosen the bow. Make myself welcome. Wherever I go"
I love that quote. So cool.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement.
For those suggesting mandolin.. I thought of that and actually got a baritone ukulele for my birthday a few months ago. I got it to strum, I didn't really intend to learn to play melody on it. And strumming has been a lot of fun. I tried to play scales on it and it was confusing to me because I kept thinking "I know the strings on violin so why not just play violin". I can see where mandolin would be good for someone who already knew the violin strings. But I really like the bowing aspect of the violin and being able to sustain notes.
Regarding the C tenor.. aquilasax is the maker of the C soprano I was thinking about. I'm just not sure of the quality of the sax. I still have my alto sax so I'd probably get a soprano just to be different. I find the alto takes a lot of breath, I'm used to whistles & flutes now.
I'm going to try to visit a luthier in Paris after work one day this week and see what they propose. I kind of feel like this is a racket. So many choices.. Chinese, Korean, Romanian, German, fake German (Romanian with German varnish marketed as German), and then French.. It will be interesting to see what they say. I'm hoping that since I'm not playing classical that I won't need an expensive one. My daughter's (a rental, Shimro which is korean) seems nice to me and I'd be happy with that quality.
Thanks for all the feedback. I'd still like to hear from more whistle/flute players who dabble on violin.
