Re: large instrument transportation

[wiener <wiener...>]

I was at a recital by IsaacStern where he broke an A string and had no 
replacement(!).  An audience member ran home and brought him a replacement from 
her kid's fiddle case.  Stern observed that it wasn't the kind he used, but 
completed the entire recital.  (The replacement string didn't break his bridge.)

Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:31 AM
  Subject: Re: large instrument transportation


  In a message dated 7/9/2001 9:42:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
  ganeydn (at) crocker(dot)com writes: 



    Once arrived at a gig to find that the tail gut on my fiddle had 
    snapped.  The sponsors of the gig sent me to a local violin maker who 
    repaired it on the spot in time for sound check. 



  On our way to the Ozarks for vacation, my violinist's A string snapped during 
  the flight, and he found that he had brought no replacement.  Wanting to take 
  part in a jam session, he was given one by a bluegrass fiddler who drawled, 
  "You can have it, but it's hard and it's mean."  Sure enough, when he tried 
  to tune up the steel fiddle string, it snapped the bridge off his instrument. 
  Always bring your own strings! 
  Lori