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hmm.... do you guys name yer violin? well, Paganini named his violin as "Il Cannone", and many Stradivarius' has names (i.e Soil, the Messiah, etc.)

well, my violin's name is "Nosferatu"! yes, that crazy ol' vampyre........well, i named it that because of the dark, deep, "thrilling" sound of the lower strings ( G and D), and the whiny kinda like "cry-of-a-vampire-screaming-after-being-stabbed-with-a-stake" sound of the higher part of the strings ( A and E ) :P

it's yer turn...what's the name of yer violin?

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There is another thread 'have you named your violin...
https://fiddlerman.com/forum/b.....ur-violin/

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since I didnt participate in the last thread, Ive named it Susan after my grandmother who passed it down to me.

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I started that thread but didn't have a name at the time. Now I call her Peg. :)

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Does a four string violin have a female name and a five stringer have a male name, or doesn't it matter ?  I can think of several name's for my two.  grrrrrrrrrr......  red_cursing

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HA!!!  I actually have named my two since the last thread came up! LOL

My Palatino has been named "Jules" which is French for "young" or "immature."  It has a very bright sound to it as it is slowly breaking in. It almost sounds as if it is youthful in a way! 

My Stainer has been named "Laz" which is short for Lazarus.  Meaning reborn or 2nd chance, even resurrected.  I rescued this violin from a garbage pile and pretty much gave it a new life.  .........although, it has been called a few.....shall we say......4-letter words as of recently.  Hopefully that will change when I get the pegs/peg holes & tuning issues fixed! facepalm   

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I have 3 violins. NONE of them have names.

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cdennyb said
I have 3 violins. NONE of them have names.

Says the man that gave me a GREAT idea a few weeks ago. hats_off

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NOSFERATU!!! I love that name for a violin! amuse

Have you ever seen the Spongebob episode with Nosferatu in it?

 

I named all of my violins. Veronique 1, Veronique 2, Veronique 3... okay, so I'm not very creative with names! Lol

I also name my bows! Jimbo for a boy, Bo for a girl...

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Hmmm. I hadn't thought about naming my bow. Maybe I'll go with Beau.

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nice! lol

@Fiddlestix, lol, i dunno... just like a monster truck and a pink ferrari, lol

@EJ, nice!

@Mustang, hahaha! ya, i saw that episode where he flipped the switch

@Mustang and kindascratchy, lol, i didn't know that you can name bows :P

well, i'll name my bows "Jekyll" and "Hyde", "Jekyll" produces good sounds while "Hyde" creates scratchy sounds :P

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Fiddlerman said

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I have 3 violins. NONE of them have names.

Says the man that gave me a GREAT idea a few weeks ago. hats_off

WELL... Let's have a contest to name all three of my violins then!

 

1- 90 yr Old German ------------------------------------------

2- 10 yr Old Chinese ------------------------------------------

3- New Kohr            ------------------------------------------

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cdennyb said

WELL... Let's have a contest to name all three of my violins then!

 

1- 90 yr Old German ------------------------------------------

2- 10 yr Old Chinese -----------------------------------

3- New Kohr            ------------------------------------------

Yipeeeeeee.... dennis is giving them away for prizes in the contest... cheerleaderclap

Hip Hip Huraay.... banana

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cdennyb said 

WELL... Let's have a contest to name all three of my violins then!

1- 90 yr Old German ------------------------------------------

2- 10 yr Old Chinese ------------------------------------------

3- New Kohr            ------------------------------------------

Hmm....let's see then.....

1-Friedrich (he can be buddy's with my 1922 Stainer named Laz! LOL)

2-Jacky (....big Jacky Chan fan!)

3-Kohrvin?  

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1. Wilhelm - or - Grandpa Willy

2. Benzaiten - Chinese/Japanese goddess of all that flows (music, words, the arts, mathematics)

3. Ivan or Ivania - unless it has an edge to it, then Kafka or Maruska ("bitter" woman) - if the craftsmanship is stunning: Magdalena

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1. Hitler

2. Mao

3. khoraline

jk...lol

cheers! - ⁰ℨ

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Squidward: If that was you on the bus, and you on the phone. Then who was flickering the lights?

Nosferatu!! laugh

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Fiddlestix said

cdennyb said

WELL... Let's have a contest to name all three of my violins then!

1- 90 yr Old German ------------------------------------------

2- 10 yr Old Chinese -----------------------------------

3- New Kohr            ------------------------------------------

Yipeeeeeee.... dennis is giving them away for prizes in the contest... cheerleaderclap

Hip Hip Huraay.... banana

I'm curious how this went from "name those violins" to "give them violins away for free"?dunno

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tamlin said
1. Wilhelm - or - Grandpa Willy

2. Benzaiten - Chinese/Japanese goddess of all that flows (music, words, the arts, mathematics)

3. Ivan or Ivania - unless it has an edge to it, then Kafka or Maruska ("bitter" woman) - if the craftsmanship is stunning: Magdalena

These are pretty good! cheerleader

I just hope I get some more choices for names that I can pronounce...duncecap

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1- 90 yr Old German ----Holstein-------------

2- 10 yr Old Chinese ----Xiao Bella--------------------

3- New Kohr ------Baby Doll------------------------

Sorry, I suck at names. Just ask anyone. LOL

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