Saturday, March 20, 2010
Ready for Pick Up
I arrived at Indianapolis Violins a few minutes after 10:00 AM and found Ben sealing the bridge ready for Chris to put on the violin’s strings. Shortly we were tuning it, playing it and photographing it.
This new violin is just as great as other instruments Ben has made from scratch, finished or set up. It is a lovely sounding, resonant instrument, even across the strings and positions, and easy to play. It was as if my left ear was listening through a key hole into a concert hall. Below Benjamin Parrott makes the formal presentation of Dr. Samuel Siurua’s Memorial Violin to me, Jerry Allen.
Below I make the formal presentation of Dr. Samuel Siurua’s Memorial Violin to the primary donor who made it possible, Diantha De Graw. In the right foreground my sidekick Noble had to get in the picture.
Below on the left clearly visible through the bass side F hole is the label dedicating this commissioned Indianapolis Violins violin in the memory of Dr. Samuel W. Siurua. On the right Donna Lively Clark kneels behind Sam’s instrument and two lovely violas while most of the other donated violins are displayed to her right.
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