Have You Given Your Instrument a Name?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Light on June 17, 2009 at 8:38am

HAHAHA! No, Greg, I haven't, but I know a lot of folks down your way often do. Believe me, I've considered naming it after my ex-wife when it's particularly bull-headed and troublesome. However, I've taken a deep breath, counted to 10, and thought better of it!

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Permalink Reply by Dave Light on June 18, 2009 at 5:01am

Been thinking about this for a day or so. If I were to name my "axe", it would probably be either :"Cesare" or "Caligari", owing to the fact that it's a German factory fiddle circa 1920.

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Permalink Reply by Elyse Bushman on June 18, 2009 at 6:52am

of coarse... Antonio

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Permalink Reply by Carol McCurdy on June 18, 2009 at 6:52am

I didn't actually name my violin, but one of my students did. She named it Violet because it has a soft sweet sound. So now Violet and I make beautiful music together!

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Permalink Reply by Greg Cahill on June 18, 2009 at 2:27pm

I like it.

Carol McCurdy said:

I didn't actually name my violin, but one of my students did. She named it Violet because it has a soft sweet sound. So now Violet and I make beautiful music together!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ponichtera on June 18, 2009 at 4:06pm

Mine is simply, Mr. Viola. My wife calls her viola, Gertie.

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Permalink Reply by Ann Marie Cordial on August 13, 2009 at 9:57am

Guess anyone can see why my violin was named Mr. Haunt. It has a deep voice also.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine Guthrie on August 15, 2009 at 1:19pm

Haha, I wanna name mine!

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Permalink Reply by JOHN MASSANET on August 19, 2009 at 4:35am

I HAVE TWO VIOLNS, "CANTINO" AND "IO". CANTINO IS THE FIRST STRING "E" IN LATIN. IO COMES FROM EARLY RELIGIOUS LATIN NAME FOR JOHN, IOANNES.

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Permalink Reply by eddymontreal on August 19, 2009 at 9:55am

Interesting! I never thought of naming my violin. Mind you, I call it "names" from time to time but that is not polite to share ;)

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Permalink Reply by Royce Faina on August 29, 2009 at 1:06pm

Mine is called, "Fiddel".

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Permalink Reply by elizabeth chaconas on September 17, 2009 at 8:22am

Hahaha, I thought I was the only one who did that. My viola makes me so mad sometimes, but I couldn't live without.

I have four violas, going back to when I first started playing in 5th grade. I have not named them until the one I play now. A friend from school asked what I named my viola, so I thought I would. I named my viola , Tessera. It means four in Greek, since it is my fourth viola.

eddymontreal said:

Interesting! I never thought of naming my violin. Mind you, I call it "names" from time to time but that is not polite to share ;)

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