I am new to the violin world and a family member has loaned me an old violin. Account Access Payment. Click the button below and we'll email you a link to generate your Tarisio password. Displaced Czechoslovakian violin makers settled in the region. We've shipped instruments all over the world for more than forty years, and that practice has taught us many things. So I can set it up without hard work. I've showed the violin to my teacher, he recomended me to buy and that if I didnt to tell him cause he would buy it. William Lewis and Son was a well known and respected company in Chicago.
William Lewis & Sons. Taking into account the possible forgery, there is one possibility: the real William and Son's fiddle was destroyed and the label from it has gone to this one I have. Please feel free to reach out to our knowledgeable sales staff with any additional questions! This latter period probably is where your instrument is from. In 1995, the 121 year old string maker was purchased by the Selmer. Best regards to all of you from Bosnia.
Projecting from serial numbers on known-dated G. Ficker models (same serial number stream), your fiddle was made around 1966. 3 / Amati Model / espressly made for / Wm. Well, that does not look to me like any Lewis & Son instrument I've ever seen. Posted 28 Nov 2007 11:56 pm Violin and case and bow. Tim, Can you post pictures of it? 4/4 William Lewis & Son Arlentry Violin Outfit from Conn-Selmer is 100% original and brand new. I have not personally seen a "Lewis" model with the 2nd generation labeling (this one has what I'd call 3rd generation); if this is not just a lack of experience on my part, the serial number woudl then suggest that it is from around 1980 (the early end of the range). But before that, from 1946 until 1989 it was West Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (if it was made in the east). We have aired it out but it may still have light residual smoke smell. Experience with the different levels is that the "higher level" instruments have backs and ribs with more obvious, aesthetic flaming, more conventionally-acceptable varnish (ie, NOT the flawlessly-shiny mirror-like type of most Danclas) and that they are louder and more responsive to play but are still in the "factory student model" category (incomplete graduations, albeit less so, and thicker ribs). The label information as given doesn't match what (in my experience) I'd expect the fiddle to look like for a Wm.
Lewis & Son, Chicago / by / Wilhelm Duerer in Eisleben / anno 1911". Edited by - wjm52358 on 02/04/2012 07:26:31. I think the bow is real wood, although I don't think it's the original. I've been searching for a while and have been unable to find an aproximate date. "The solid carved spruce top provides an excellent sound board. Comes with hardshell case, bow, and rosin. Title: BOWS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE VIOLIN... The sticker on the inside reads: Made Expressley for William Lewis & Son.
Please register or login to continue. I purchased it as a gift for an intermediate violinist, so comments on playability, origin or value would be very helpful. Fishingcat - Posted - 02/04/2012: 21:34:03. Fiddles with numbers scratched in the varnish (regardless of location) are typically from schools IME. Once again, thank you all for this conversation, it is very valuable for me, hoping that it could be interesting for the others as well. Find a similar product below or contact our experts for a recommendation of great alternatives. Franciscus - Posted - 02/04/2012: 09:03:01. I have no idea what's going on, other than the positioning of the Wm Lewis label and the serial number (on top of the model number label, where it should not be) suggests that it's the second (and un-original) bogus label rather than the (obviously bogus and highly typical of zilllions) Strad label. Thanks so much for any and all information!!!
Only registered customers can rate). If you can post a photo of the label including the serial number, I may be able to give you a date range. Thank you for that information. The instrument was setup some time ago and may need some tweaking for optimum playing. Please note that if you simply change your mind about purchase of an item - if you find that it's just not the one for you - you are still entitled to a full refund. The instrument and case had some exposure to smoke. William Lewis & Son 3/4 Violin - WL16E3CH. Unless I'm reading your post incorrectly, your fiddle has a similar label but it's upside down from the usual orientation. And a figured, one piece maple back. Considering the large volume of listings we maintain, though rare, typographical errors and oversights will sometimes, especially, that a case is ONLY included with a sale when it is pictured in the ad.
Each time the label was reformatted, the serial number stream starts over. Hi all, I am a banjer picker that just obtained my Mom's old violin from when she was growing up. Website Content & Pricing.
72A: I was briefly flummoxed by the clue here and looked for a question like "Where were you, " that would have been in response, or something like "Am I late? " EYE INJURYs are real, but would you really buy EYE INJURY in your puzzle? Hint: you would not).
In making this pitch, I'm pledging that the blog will continue to be here for you to read / enjoy / grimace at for at least another calendar year, with a new post up by 9:00am (usually by 12:01am) every day, as usual. Ernie ELS (10D: 1994 P. G. A. Follow Rex Parker on Twitter and Facebook]. It will always be free.
And can we please, please, in the name of all that is holy, retire TAE BO. It's an easy Tuesday puzzle; we shouldn't be seeing even one of those answers, let alone all of them. Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium (normal Tuesday time, but it's 16 wide, so... must've been easier than normal, by a bit). Crossword clue babe who never lied. Try 83A, the "Unemployed loan officer" — aptly, a DISTRUSTED BANKER. Since these theme entries were on the long side I was restricted to seven; usually I like eight or nine theme entries. And here: I'll stick a PayPal button in here for the mobile users. Someone who works with an audience.
The word RESELL has No Such Connotation. Whatever happens, this blog will remain an outpost of the Old Internet: no ads, no corporate sponsorship, no whistles and bells. Somehow, it is January again, which means it's time for my week-long, once-a-year pitch for financial contributions to the blog. SPECIAL MESSAGE for the week of January 10-January 17, 2016. A few particular entries that helped me complete this grid. Babe who never lied - crossword clue. 69D: Last seen in 1985 and another addition to the seafaring word bank we go to now and then, a BRIGANTINE has two masts, yes, but apparently only one is square-rigged. SUNDAY PUZZLE — They say that comedy is just tragedy plus time (who they are can be pretty much up to you, since the Venn diagram of humorists and people credited with that expression is about a perfect circle). This resulted in lots of longer-fill entries involving some less common words and phrases.
STU Ungar (43D: Poker great Ungar). I chose the seven in this puzzle because they each had adjectives that had to do with being fired or quitting. Lastly, [Scalp] does not equal RESELL. ANKLE INJURY (66A: Serious setback for a kicker). Green paint (n. )— in crosswords, a two-word phrase that one can imagine using in conversation, but that is too arbitrary to stand on its own as a crossword answer (e. g. Babe who never lied crossword club.com. SOFT SWEATER, NICE CURTAINS, CHILI STAIN, etc. I have no interest in cordoning it off, nor do I have any interest in taking advertising. This year is special, as it will mark the 10th anniversary of Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle, and despite my not-infrequent grumblings about less-than-stellar puzzles, I've actually never been so excited to be thinking and writing about crosswords. I might accept HEAD or NECK or BRAIN INJURY as a stand-alone "body part INJURY" phrase, but all other body parts feel arbitrary. The idea is very simple: if you read the blog regularly (or even semi-regularly), please consider what it's worth to you on an annual basis and give accordingly. Both kinds of people are welcome to continue reading my blog, with my compliments. Just put it in a crosswordese retirement community with ERLE Stanley Gardner and Perle MESTA and other fine people who shouldn't be allowed near crosswords any more. INTERIOR DESIGNER, and it can't have been easy to embed that many *well-known* designers names inside two-word phrases. I was inspired by a slightly related joke category: "Old___ never die, they just …" e. g., "Old cashiers never die, they just check out.
The timing of this puzzle, vis-à-vis the government shutdown, is an unfortunate coincidence; our lineup is scheduled and set so far in advance that this kind of juxtaposition can happen, and I hope that nobody is dismayed. Of course the parameter of matching word lengths for symmetry also went into the choices. You gotta do better than this. There's also the obscurity / strangeness RADIO RANGE (which I would've thought meant how far a radio signal reaches) and the utter green paint* of ANKLE INJURY.
I thought MISS ME was pretty cute, after I got it. Subscribers can take a peek at the answer key. This is like cluing HOUSE as [Igloo]. I figured it was O. K. because I have had more than a few batteries die on me. This is one of those great party-size themes that we encounter now and then on a Sunday, where there are piles of examples, as evidenced by Mr. Ross's notes below, and which hopefully inspires your own inventions once you've grasped the concept. By the way, BRIGANTINE is probably the etymological root of the term BRIG for a ship's prison. However, there are several problems. 103D: One of those occasional bits of chivalry regalia that pops up in the puzzle, an ARMET is a helmet that completely enclosed one's head while being light enough to actually wear, which was state of the art once. I value my independence too much. Some very brief entries were gotchas, like EPA (I thought Carter set up this agency) and BAA, of all things, simply because I'd only thought of cotes as housing doves. That's one shy of his Sunday golden jubilee, and it puts him in fine company. Anyway, if you are so moved, there is a Paypal button in the sidebar, and a mailing address here: ℅ Michael Sharp.
Signed, Rex Parker, King of CrossWorld. RARE GEM, which has never appeared in a Times puzzle before, just came to me and helped complete a difficult area. BUT... the biggest problem here is the fill, which is painful in many, many places. It's certainly a compliment of the highest order and should be used as such more often — or would that cheapen it? From the LO FAT TAE BO of the NORTE to the KOI of the IONIAN ISLA in the south. I winced my way through this one, from beginning to end. Once we reached into the 70s and 80s with BEEPERS, entertaining UTAHANS and MCDLTS, I was on a bit firmer ground. Tour Rookie of the Year). I'm sure there are many more. They also were dis- or de- adjectives (alternating) that have meanings unrelated to the profession, creating good wordplay.
16D: I was absolutely taken in by this clue — read right over Feburary, which is next month MISSPELLED. This is to say that the revealer doesn't have the snappy wow factor that comes when we are forced to really reconceive what a phrase means, to think of it in a completely different way. I have no way of knowing what's coming from the NYT, but the broader world of crosswords looks very bright, and that is sustaining. 90A: A shop rule like 'No returns' is still a common CAVEAT. There are seven theme entries today, running across at 22, 29, 46, 63, 83, 100 and 111. Today was a day when my mental repository of names came up short, so I struggled with BEAMON, CULP, THIEU and a couple of others; I did appreciate solving BABE and then getting THE BAMBINO, and I'll take any reference to LASSIE that I can get, the cleverer the better. I remember a few, including a great nautical puzzle, and I think of Mr. Ross as a very elegant and intricate constructor — today's grid has two theme spans and a lot of very bright fill that made it a fun solve. Today's puzzle is Randolph Ross's 49th Sunday contribution (he's made 110 puzzles, according to, in total).
THEME: INTERIOR DESIGNER (41A: Elle Decor reader... or any of the names hidden in 18-, 28-, 52- and 66-Across) —there are *fashion* DESIGNERs in the INTERIOR of every theme answer: Theme answers: - FARM ANIMALS (18A: Most of the leading characters in "Babe"). As I have said in years past, I know that some people are opposed to paying for what they can get for free, and still others really don't have money to spare. And those aren't even the nadir. The good news was that with seven theme entries I was able to have a lower word count (134) for this puzzle. Yes, we do have to think of it literally (designer's name physically situated in the "interior" of the theme phrase), and that is different, but we stay firmly in the realm of fashion / design. Trying to get back to the puzzle page? Over and over again, the fill made me shake my head and grimace. MCDLTS, with all its consonants, was a big help is filling that section … thank you McDonalds. I hear Florida's nice. This also was true of BRIGANTINE and CASEY KASEM, two unusual long entries that made the chunky bottom left corner fillable.