by musicsorb | Oct 6, 2014 | Violin talks, Wood Instruments
It could have happened to anyone. It happened to Mark O’Connor. As he prepared to play his Improvised Violin Concerto with the Augustana Orchestra during the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival, he turned suddenly. His violin was resting on a counter, but its... 
by musicsorb | Sep 6, 2014 | Guitar talks, Humidity Control for Musical Instruments
By MusicSorbOnLine.com Pick up an acoustic guitar and you can’t help but notice how fragile it feels. While an electric guitar might have a solid body that looks it can take a few knocks, an acoustic guitar is all fragile wood, thin lacquer and impossibly subtle... 
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 | Jun 24, 2014 | Curiosities, Violin talks, Wood Instruments
When a cynic wants to suggest that a situation isn’t as sad as it looks, he rubs his index and middle finger against his thumb. The gesture, intended to suggest the playing of the smallest violin in the world, is meant to show only the tiniest degree of... 
by musicsorb | Feb 13, 2014 | Piano talks, Wood Instruments
By John G Taylor Watching a child starting to learn a musical instrument is inspiring and exciting and heart-warming and terrifying. If they get the learning process right, you’ll be seeing someone take their first steps on a path that will lead them to some of the...
