[Magdalen] R.I.P. "Smoky George" Gilbertsen

[Jay Weigel]

George played a standard fiddle (violin...called a fiddle when it's not
being played in the classical style <g>). He could play in a multitude of
styles from country to something similar to Hardanger which he probably
picked up somewhere along the way.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 1/26/2017 1:24:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> ). Like  my grandfather, he was a woodworker and repairer of
> violins. I knew a  little of his back story but not much.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> There's nothing about the type of fiddler he was.  Since his playing  was
> often with groups, he probably used a standard violin.
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> There is that "Hardanger" Fiddle which is constructed differently than  the
> standard violin.  There was a Hardanger Fiddler active in the Upper
> Midwest
> when I was a child.  My mother's family related to all this because  the
> family origins are SW Norway, where the Province of Hardanger is  located.
> We even had some Hardanger lace, a  special type of embroidered  lace.
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> On the subject of violins, leave it to the Germans to have an actual
> school
> of violin making at Mittenwald, Germany (Bavaria), an attractive  small
> city on the picturesque road from Garmisch-P to Innsbruck, Austria  and
> the spectacular Inn Valley.
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> David S.
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