Recent content by Murray Leshner

yes. of course. pixelated digi-beer is most unsatisfying.

I like this, and your Mom's quote. Better to miss the bus than be thrown under it!

Get well, Rob!

I used to visit the music education company TrueFire in St. Petersburg, Florida annually when my mother was still alive. She lived about 25 miles away. TF people are very nice, and I went out to dinner with them on at least one occasion, as well as eating community-style lunch on-site. I asked...

No one seems to have noticed the Comins 'Aperture' literally has a camera diaphragm in the sound hole to allow the sound hole area to be changed like an f-stop, instead of f-holes.

:@) Then Orville was probably happy. Gibson vs. Loar Selmer vs. Maccaferri Factory relationships with manufacturing not liking the designer's aim for perfection (at other costs). Not sure who was right but I lean toward the instrument designers. But Maccaferri also became infatuated with...

Gary- Back up to Ivar's response a few posts ago...I think he linked to a video of Rob with the 10-stringer. Murray

The 1920 mandola may have two 'resume' qualities that could mean substantial monetary value. 1) if it's a Lloyd Loar Florentine design and 2) also credit to LL, may have tap-tuned wood components from the days when A was not 440 Hz (428?) before Gibson got tired of this laborious practice & just...

That Vollenda I converted to 120, didn't like the way the winding felt, and put the smaller winding key back in for 620. Murray's Law, Section 4, Paragraph 11.

I really think it exists in the house because we saw a print years later. The question is where(?)

Or pay him to stop playing.

When my daughter was little we had a p&s camera with motorized rewind. It didn't retract the leader inside the film cannister. I could blame weak batteries, but it was consistent. Apparently one roll got reused THREE times. Oops, TWICE plus the first use. There was one really great triple...

Yes, a tour, sharing the 'campus' with a wedding and an evening fund-raiser 5k run. Busy place.

Shadow figure was unexpected...using 'Night View' on my phone uses multiple frames (I believe from video). It was apparently there briefly from someone walking by on our exit, but I didn't see it.

The one photo I wanted to post from the asylum inter-building tunnels needs downsizing so I'll be back...