{"id":2381,"date":"2009-04-21T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:39:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:39:32","slug":"violin-horn-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/21\/violin-horn-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"violin + horn = fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal violist Jo\u00c3\u00abl Belgique bought a Stroh violin<\/a> – it’s impossible to describe, so here’s a photo:<\/p>\n

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Basically it’s a solid wooden dowel with a violin bridge, fingerboard and tailpiece attached, and with a metal horn to amplify the sounds made by the strings.\u00c2\u00a0 There is also a smaller horn bell attached that is designed to point towards the player’s ear so that they can better hear their sound while playing.<\/p>\n

Naturally, hilarity ensued when this monstrosity was brought to work at Monday morning’s rehearsal:<\/p>\n

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Jo\u00c3\u00abl relaxes after a mean rendition of the Mendelssohn violin concerto…<\/p>\n

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I can barely hold the thing properly, never mind produce any sort of music on it…<\/p>\n

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Principal hornist John Cox figures, it has a bell, so I should give it a try!<\/p>\n

And finally, a video of a street musician doing a bit of justice on one of these things:<\/p>\n

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Principal violist Jo\u00c3\u00abl Belgique bought a Stroh violin – it’s impossible to describe, so here’s a photo: Basically it’s a solid wooden dowel with a violin bridge, fingerboard and tailpiece attached, and with a metal horn to amplify the sounds made by the strings.\u00c2\u00a0 There is also a smaller horn bell attached that is designed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42,424],"tags":[1014,3668],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-instruments","tag-joel-belgique","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Cp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4337,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/two-oso-musicians-play-mozart\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":0},"title":"two OSO musicians play Mozart","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Portland Columbia Symphony will present its final concert of the 2009-2010 season on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in SW Portland.\u00a0 The concert, entitled Viennese Migrations, will feature OSO musicians In\u00e8s Voglar, violin and Jo\u00ebl Belgique, viola in Mozart's great Sinfonia\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "music"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u00a9 Charles Noble","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CRW_0795-e1270511045372.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1147,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/20\/a-new-phase\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":1},"title":"a new phase","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Performing is interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I've found that I'm more analytical of what's happening during my performances now than before.\u00c2\u00a0 I'm not sure if that's because I'm now able to devote a small portion of my overworked brain to something other than trying to execute the piece, or not, but I'm finding\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cello"","block_context":{"text":"cello","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/instruments\/cello\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/jun_iwasaki.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12577,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/06\/classical-up-close-concerts-blitz-events-set\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":2},"title":"classical up close concerts & blitz events set","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"You can see the complete list of events\/locations\/times at the Classical Up Close website, but the programs are listed at the Classical Up Close facebook page. \u00a0ED: Now everything is on one handy page at www.classicalupclose.com. 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