November 2004

November 26, 2004 08:07

Thank God she isn't an Amati!

I got my pictures back from the photoszalon today and compared them to the 1657 Nicoló Amati. Nope! Definitely not! Oh, thank God! She's such a fine instrument, I'd be afraid to touch her if her insurance was going to cost more than my life insurance!

Besides that, I went shopping for strings for Nicolá today with the full and earnest intention of acquiring some Evah Pirazzi's. However, my favorite store was out of them. Instead, my clerk (I call him "my" clerk because he's the one who speaks English and has been the most help to me since I got to Budapest) told me about the new Warchal strings. I took the brochure he offered and said I'd think about them.

I looked up Evahs at another store and found that they would cost me about 17 500 forints--way overpriced when I can get them online for under $60.

However, the more I think about it, the more appealling trying the Karneols sounds... "well-balanced tones and velvet shadings" it sound like a Rembrandt or Waterhouse painting...

That, and I am considering getting a set of Ametyst Warchols for my teacher (I picked him because I loved to sit in my kitchen window and listen to him play when the weather was warmer, he seems to like very bright tones, so the Ametysts might be a good match).

I don't know, it might look bad if I get the most expensive ones for myself and get the next step down for him... Hmmmm... Well, we'll see.

Yes, I think I will buy the Karneol Warchals for Nicolá. I don't suppose any of you have named your instruments?

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November 25, 2004 03:22

Oh, but to introduce myself! Yes, well, my name is Jessica Nelson. I am an American studying mathematics in Budapest. I'm about 23 years old and bought my first violin for my 23rd birthday. I guess that makes me an adult beginner student. I have a good teacher named Kálmán Mata (that is, Mata Kálmán to you Hungarians out there), who I think is very strict, but at this point I do need to be whipped into shape. He doesn't speak much English, but we do a sort of language exchange during our lessons.

I am adding violin playing to my repetoire of talents because I want to be a more active lover of music. Other things I have studied include dance, visual arts, and modelling. As I have previously mentioned, I am in Budapest studying mathematics...the one thing in the world that doesn't come at all naturally.

I love the violin very much and have been known to curl up in the fetal position while cradling my violin on particularly bad days. With regards to mathematics and violin I am a very highung person (no pun intended, really!), but otherwise I am very easygoing.

Nice to meet you!

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November 25, 2004 03:04

Well, this is a very simple BLOG format, isn't it? I have another journal at livejournal.com under the name "eccemathematica", but since I officially consider myself a student of the violin now, well...

Hello, world.

I just wanted to say that. I anticipate having some very exciting news in roughly a week from now.

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