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Are there any Violin or Cello players out there?


I was reading a thread and one member mentioned that he was a professional musician. I was wondering if there were any of you that play the Violin or Cello.

I found an interesting company that manufactures both. They are made from Carbon Fiber, are said to sound terrific and are cheap, when compared to the cost of a really good wood instrument. The company is Luis and Clark.

Has anyone heard of them?
sounds_real_audio

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sounds_real_audio OP
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$5000 for a fine instrument seems pretty cheap. Would these be good for young people who can't afford $50,000?
sounds_real_audio OP
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I recently purchased a Loreena McKennitt CD/DVD called "Nights from the Alhambra". Very very nice by the way. Loreena has a Cello player and doing one of her solos (the Cello play) you could see it was made from fiber glass. Sounded good to me but then I don't play an instrument.
When I said $5000 would be good price for an instrument for a beginner I was wrong. I should have said the might be a good price for a serious syphonys student or musician. I do know that some of the orchestras only want traditional instruments. That I can understand.

I think a Stradivarius could be made today if only Antonio was still alive and even then it might take 200 years for the Violin to ripen.

I have had a number of speakers that might be taking that long. Either that or they will just never sound good.
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