by musicsorb | Jul 29, 2015 | Humidity Control for Musical Instruments, Wood Instruments
It’s strange to think of inanimate objects passing through a process of evolution, becoming better at what they do and finding their own little niche, but when it comes to musical instruments that’s exactly what happens. You only have to compare today’s piano to the... 
by musicsorb | Aug 19, 2014 | Cello talks, Humidity Control for Musical Instruments, Wood Instruments
When you own a delicate musical instrument, such as cellos and upright basses, proper maintenance is mandatory, and sometimes the instructions to perform said maintenance are not as clear and as easy as you would like them to be. Sit back as we travel through 4... 
by musicsorb | May 4, 2014 | Cello talks, Curiosities, Wood Instruments
Sex has ruined César Franck for Richard Brody. Writing in The New Yorker, the magazine’s movie critic explains how the first movement of the composer’s violin concerto, transposed for cello, is “now accursedly associated with the clumsiness of the filming and the... 
by musicsorb | May 3, 2014 | Cello talks, Curiosities, Wood Instruments
There’s a war taking place place in Westeros. It is a Cello Battle Bows have been drawn, strings have been plucked and fierce exchanges have been taking place between the two sides. That’s not the battle for the throne between the Starks and the Lannisters. That’s... 
by musicsorb | Mar 14, 2014 | Cello talks
There’s a lot of fakery and silliness going on in this video of 2Cellos playing AC/DC’s Thunderstruck. There are places where the video appears to be on fast forward to suggest that they’re playing faster than they really are. All of those strings hanging off the...
