No strings attached in Viennese gift to Latin kids
mainMessage from the Austrian violinist, Daniel Auner:
The Auner Quartet are on a concert tour through Brazil, playing in several cities. Before we left Austria, the Austrian Ambassador to Brazil, Marianne Feldmann, contacted me regarding a children’s orchestra ‘Reciclando Sons’.
They contacted the Embassy as they need strings for their instruments.
So I went in Vienna to the Thomastik-Infeld Factory and explained the situation, they were asking for 100 sets of violin and 50 sets viola strings for the kids. Two days ago the Embassy organised a concert for us to give the orchestra its Strings.
Thomastik Infeld did not send 150 sets. It sent 1000 sets – 4000 individual strings. We will now be able to support several other music institutions in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. It was unexpectedly very generous.
And THAT, has made my day!
Awesome. That’s the kind of blogpost that fully justifies following Slipped Disc.
Will Piastro follow suit so they learn more about violin strings and sound ?
Do you mean that Pirastro need to learn more about strings and sound? Or Thomastik Infeld? Or the children?
All three …strings respond differently to various instruments , many players
use combinations of strings , plain gut are the most responsive depending on
a slew of things … tension ,type ,bridge , sound post .Playing on gut is an art
in itself,and can be troublesome..Many old time masters used combination of
gut and modern windings.It isn’t just a matter of putting on a set of strings and
sawing away for dear life .
Ah… Now I understand.
That was very nice indeed. Why does it bother you?
I think it is a wonderful gesture. I have played on Thomastik Infeld for some years; very good strings!