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| Should all Stradivari Instruments be in Museums? |
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| Gold! |
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 Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:42 pm
I think its horrible to put an instrument in a museum! What's the point of it if it's just sitting there! An instrument should be played. If I was a violin and was sitting in a museum and not be able to be played by someone I would cry!
The most amazing instruments are of course the Stradivari kinds. (Mostly violins, a couple cellos, violas, and one guitar, I think....)
I think there are only 20 in the world...and most of them are in a freaking museum >.< Even if they're expensive (each worth at least 2 million American Dollars) , they should be played!
What do you think?
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:57 pm
I agree, all instruments deserve to be played, no matter how much they cost.
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:52 pm
Yes, I agree too. Instruments are meant to be played, no matter how expensive they are. Just imagine if all instruments were that expensive, no music will be played in this world. sweatdrop IF instruments were that expensive, they should be played more because expensive instruments often last longer than normal instruments, therefore, should be played more often than the normal ones.
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:59 am
If the choice is to lock it up or give it to someone like, say, this guy: (first portion of article) http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-be-invaluable-artifacts.html ...then I say lock it up. But otherwise, I think they should be played.
A lot of universities have instrument collections that they keep locked up, but on occasion they let students use them. One of our concerto winners from three or four years ago got to play on a $500,000 violin. She sounded great! It's too bad the instruments don't get used more often though.
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:50 am
Well most of the Stradivarius instruments that aren't privatly owned are in museums to begin with but they get lent out to important/famous performers every so often. The big reason they are displayed in cases is to protect them. Those cases are climate controlled and everything so that the instruments don't start to degrade from exposure to humidity, extreme cold/heat and anything else that wreaks havoc upon old furniture and instruments.
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:57 pm
I understand why they're in cases and all, but I don't think instruments should be locked up. Instruments were made for playing, even if they fall apart eventually. At least they served their purposes.
I know electric instruments are hardly classical, but I was at the Hard Rock in Niagara, Canada, and they have a BUNCH of instruments on display in cases, mainly guitars. It's a really awesome effect, especially for the Hard Rock being what it is, but at the same time, it was heart-breaking to see such beautiful instruments just sitting there. I was actually on a music field-trip and we had stopped there for lunch (how appropriate, eh?), and all of us agreed that it was sad to see them just chilling there.
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:16 pm
Worst December I understand why they're in cases and all, but I don't think instruments should be locked up. Instruments were made for playing, even if they fall apart eventually. At least they served their purposes. I know electric instruments are hardly classical, but I was at the Hard Rock in Niagara, Canada, and they have a BUNCH of instruments on display in cases, mainly guitars. It's a really awesome effect, especially for the Hard Rock being what it is, but at the same time, it was heart-breaking to see such beautiful instruments just sitting there. I was actually on a music field-trip and we had stopped there for lunch (how appropriate, eh?), and all of us agreed that it was sad to see them just chilling there. Well u see all those instruments on the walls at the hard rock cafes. Since those are coated and also reletivly new they can just hang them on the walls. If you tried that with a Stradivarius it would fall apart in a week or so.
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:26 pm
Escargot If the choice is to lock it up or give it to someone like, say, this guy: (first portion of article) http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-be-invaluable-artifacts.html ...then I say lock it up. But otherwise, I think they should be played. A lot of universities have instrument collections that they keep locked up, but on occasion they let students use them. One of our concerto winners from three or four years ago got to play on a $500,000 violin. She sounded great! It's too bad the instruments don't get used more often though. Yes, but if you truly really loved the instrument, not matter if it was rented or whatever, you'd love music and wouldn't just leave it there, that's what I think. When I have my violin with me, I always take really really good care of it, I get worried even with the smallest scratch X3
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:00 pm
alexisbad2thebone Escargot If the choice is to lock it up or give it to someone like, say, this guy: (first portion of article) http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-be-invaluable-artifacts.html ...then I say lock it up. But otherwise, I think they should be played. A lot of universities have instrument collections that they keep locked up, but on occasion they let students use them. One of our concerto winners from three or four years ago got to play on a $500,000 violin. She sounded great! It's too bad the instruments don't get used more often though. Yes, but if you truly really loved the instrument, not matter if it was rented or whatever, you'd love music and wouldn't just leave it there, that's what I think. When I have my violin with me, I always take really really good care of it, I get worried even with the smallest scratch X3 The point is that such precious instruments shouldn't be handed out to people who are irresponsible and won't take care of them. I'd rather that they were locked up than falling off the top of a car as it drove off. If instruments like that are damaged, they don't play the same even when fixed by the finest luthiers. If the people that they are handed out to give the instruments the respect and care they deserve, then by all means let them be played! And I'm sure that guy did love music - he was a professional musician. You've got to love music to have a career in it, because people sure as hell don't become professional classical musicians for the money. He apparently just wasn't too good at thinking straight, to leave a violin on top of his car.
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:48 pm
i think it's fine actually
i mean like
something that was super-super valuable
like idk the very first trumpet ever made EVER or something nifty like that har har
should not be played
because it is history
and you do not play history, that is not cool
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:08 pm
if u just put it on display what's the point of it?
wat ur mostly gona do is look at it
the instrument would be sad because nobday is playing it TT^TT
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:42 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:25 pm
unless its falling apart and totally unplayable, it should be played! People dont put hard work into instruments if they sit around for years not being played. =(
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:30 pm
I think it just depends on how old the instrument is and how much its worth. I mean, if it's really really expensive you wouldn't want to damage it in any way. Unless you want to lose a enormous amount of money. If it's ancient, then you wouldn't want to destroy it. Unless you want a piece of history lost. I'd also consider the amount left of that instrument. If there are only 20 in the world, and one of them is damaged, there would only be 19. We could have saved it, if it were in a safer place. Then another one is damaged Same thing; we could have saved it if it were in a safer place. Next the population of the instrument would lessen to the point where it must be put into a safer position. Meaning, either way, the instrument will be put up in a museum one day.
But I do agree with most of you. It would be a shame for an instrument to be locked up. But if it's that valuable, I would put up with the instrument in a museum.
Oh, by the way, this came from a 6th Grade student.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:43 am
Personally I have about 22 different antique instruments... Just family ones. Umm... I'd have to say yeah sure! Why not? Instruments that have aged, have aged. You can't make an original 1940s grand piano to be as it was when it was in the 1940s til now... Instruments are like us, they wear and tear. Replace the strings, the hammers, the keys or the chassis and you get a completely new instrument. But keep it as it looked like back in the 1940s then you get a classical piece of grandeur. As aesthetically as it may look, it will never play like it did. But in cases of new instruments made from quality hand made. WRECK IT! Play it as much as you want. Enjoy it while it lasts. Remember you can't exactly use the same instrument for decades or even centuries later. If that is so, then there will be problems with pieces that you may end up playing.
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