...and the Molitor Strad goes for $3.2 million.

http://tarisio.com/pages/auction/auction_item.php?csid=2197438464&cpid=2510569472&sCategory_ID=36

About what I expected; a little higher, perhaps, but not by that much.

One of the things I like to do in my spare time is browse the violin listings on Ebay. I'll occasionally bid on something if I think there's a chance it could be decent quality and the price won't go that high (haven't won anything yet, though ( Read more... )

http://www.luisandclark.com/

This is, like, the coolest thing ever.

The only problem is that the violins cost $4900, so I don't really see myself purchasing one in the near future.

I need to spend less time reading through the message boards at violinist.com, maestronet.com, and fiddleforum.com. (also thesession.org, but they seem to get slightly fewer threads.) If I did, I bet I'd get a lot more stuff done.

I'm a huge fan of these guys. Video/sound quality isn't hugely impressive, especially in the first one, and the ( Read more... )