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ELCB said
I'd like to think more people are aware of, and understand the importance of fractional sizes nowadays...
I see the date on this magazine cover is 1955. At the time, the smallest widely available size anywhere in the world was 1/2.
Shinichi Suzuki almost singlehandedly created the global market for fractional sizes smaller than 1/2, by promoting the idea of starting at preschool age. The Suzuki method was developed in the 1950s, and even in Japan smaller fractional sizes were only made in limited numbers until the late 1950s when Suzuki started to consider his method mature rather than experimental and began to publicize it.
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@AndrewH -
Great info!
I was just reminiscing - amazed the 1st time I saw a 3/4 size violin... I was in 4th grade.
In 2020 hindsight (forgive the pun) - if I'd been offered a fractional (instead of the full size family violin) when I was little, I probably would have been playing the last 50+ years! (lol)
- Emily
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AndrewH said
I see the date on this magazine cover is 1955. At the time, the smallest widely available size anywhere in the world was 1/2.
Shinichi Suzuki almost singlehandedly created the global market for fractional sizes smaller than 1/2, by promoting the idea of starting at preschool age. The Suzuki method was developed in the 1950s, and even in Japan smaller fractional sizes were only made in limited numbers until the late 1950s when Suzuki started to consider his method mature rather than experimental and began to publicize it.
Wow, thank you @AndrewH for that info. Interesting.
I have also heard that Jacqueline du Pré started with 3/4 cello when she was 5 years old, it must have been huge for her. 😮 Luckily her teacher switched it very soon to a smaller instrument.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMzenkqvNY/
I think the dimensions of this violin work out to 1/256 size? Being played by the luthier who made it -- here's an article on her lockdown hobby:
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