Welcome to our forum. A Message To Our New and Prospective Members . Check out our Forum Rules. Lets keep this forum an enjoyable place to visit.
Currently working on getting badges to show up horizontally. Should hopefully figure that out within a week. Thanks for your patience.
Log In
Register
Home
Topic RSS
(0 votes) 
Honorary advisor
Offline
Someone else posted this giant fiddler done by Cyril Hearn on this forum, too. Here's a night view.
Regular advisor
Offline
I saw that giant cello on news yesterday. LOL. And I can't believe there's a grasshopper violin 
How does people even play such thing?
Offline
Pretty cool gStretch.
My favorite color too. 
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Honorary advisor
Offline
Huey142 said:
I saw that giant cello on news yesterday. LOL. And I can't believe there's a grasshopper violin
I think that's a cricket...you know, crickets make sound by rubbing their hind legs together much like a violin XD
Offline
Hey Daniel,
Nice to see you back.
Not only that but it's a nice work of art. Check out how they matched the leaf edge on the right side. I don't know how the top hat plays in here though. LOL
Don't you do a lot of graphic photo art Daniel?
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Regular advisor
Offline
Honorary tenured advisor
Offline
Svento said:
Be sure to scroll down. That's some crazy stuff.
Offline
That is some crazy stuff. LOL
Thanks for posting that link Svento.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Honorary advisor
Offline
about the grasshopper violin, if i'm lookin at it right, his hind leg is acting as the bow 
about the other violins, whoa....now talk about experimental instruments
-g
Regular advisor
Offline
Daniel said:
I think that's a cricket...you know, crickets make sound by rubbing their hind legs together much like a violin XD
LOL. I thought it was a grasshopper, weren't crickets brown, like cockroach?
Honorary advisor
Offline
yeah its a grasshopper.
-g
Regular advisor
Offline
SaraO said:
Svento said:
Be sure to scroll down. That's some crazy stuff.
Not only crazy, they have a reputation of being well-sounding instruments too. That's interesting because there's so much superstition in the fiddle world. In a "Build your own fiddle" book there can be five sides about how to make the scroll, yet not a single word about the function of it - if there is any... Mr Hagan has proved that a fiddle can look like a double map of Texas and still sound like a fiddle. He's a very serious luthier. My fiddle is a gift from him!
Honorary tenured advisor
Offline
I'd love to see and hear it when it's finished. They look like works of art.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Grasshopper and a Cricket
The Suborders Caelifera and Ensifera
By Debbie Hadley, About.com Guide
[Image Can Not Be Found]
Grasshoppers are active during the day, and have relatively short antennae.
Photo: © Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States
Based on physical and behavioral characteristics, the Orthopterans can be split into two distinct groups, or suborders – the Caelifera and the Ensifera. Caeliferans include the grasshoppers and locusts. The suborder Ensifera is comprised of the crickets and katydids.
The following traits separate most grasshoppers and locusts from their close cousins, the crickets and katydids. As with any rule, there may be exceptions.
Differences Between Grasshoppers and Crickets
| Characteristic | Grasshoppers & Locusts | Crickets & Katydids | |||||||||||||||
| Antennae | short | long | Auditory Organs | on the abdomen | on the forelegs | Stridulation | rubbing the hind leg against the forewing | rubbing forewings together | Ovipositors | short | long, extended | Activity | diurnal | nocturnal | Feeding Habits | herbivorous | predatory, omnivorous, or herbivorous |
1 Guest(s)
Fiddlerman
Andie.Kae
Mouse
