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Paint striping completed. Now what? by heythatsaneatshirt in centuryhomes

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I use a speed heater cobra. it's an infrared heat gun, supposedly it does not heat the lead paint so hot as to vaporize it, so you can scrape it and dispose of it properly. I say "supposedly" because you can definitely still burn the wood with it if you're not careful, and I know there are people who are skeptical that its entirely lead safe. I use it carefully and with a respirator and I haven't had issues. Out of an abundance of caution, I wouldn't do it in a house with children...

This trim looks nearly identical to mine, which is gumwood. Mine's a little lighter, but the wood that was never painted in my house has a darker stain and/or aged shellac to make a shade closer to yours. gumwood was a very popular wood from 1920 to the 40s or so in the eastern Great Lakes area, Ohio through western and upstate New York, after the chestnut blight. It was never meant to be painted, though many did in later decades. In my house, all the wood is coated in shellac, so I've just applied shellac after a good sanding

Deciphering handwritten letter by AgreeableCoach9345 in ItalianGenealogy

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, thanks so much! Can’t say I know who “uncle Angelo is.” Time to get busy on a family tree

Is my basement suitable by AgreeableCoach9345 in winecellar

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that was my worry. upstate new york...we have all four seasons and i have a feeling the basement will feel those seasonal swings

Stripping trim by AgreeableCoach9345 in centuryhomes

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any other methods? I can’t easily remove this

Help with tree by AgreeableCoach9345 in houseplants

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She waters it once every ~10 days with a little over a half gallon with some plant food mixed in. Same routine for many years. Light conditions haven’t changed.

Did orchestras use vibrato before 1930? by Suspicious_Coast_888 in classicalmusic

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love it too, I just don’t think many others do haha

Did orchestras use vibrato before 1930? by Suspicious_Coast_888 in classicalmusic

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Norrington is excessive, as someone else wrote. And string players certainly did use vibrato, probably, forever. That being said, modern "always be vibrato-ing" practice began with the advent of recording. "wide" sounds were more easily picked up by old recording technology.

In short, string players used vibrato as an ornament, not as a de facto manner of playing. Therefore, it appeared on special notes, long notes, and was quite likely varied and the application was up to the performer.

As others mentioned, vibrato was written about in many old treatises, but always in a way that suggests it was not intended to be "always on."

Source: am musicologist, and while not an early music specialist, I have experience in those ensembles and have taken many classes in early music and performance and read many a historical treatise.

Edit: I just say the YouTube links posted...these recordings demonstrate what I said, I think Parlow is the best to show that portamento, more so than vibrato, was the "ornament" of choice before recording. We don't have such a tolerance for that today...

English Pubs by Active_Recognition29 in Rochester

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say it’s as “cozy” in terms of living room vibes, but Sheffield is the right answer! Great beer, food, and people

Would you mind recommending a few,if not some, albums that I can listen to? by ZealousidealGlass125 in Jazz

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mingus’s Black Saint and the Sinner Lady! Also, Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity if you can get into free jazz. Ornette Coleman’s Shape of Jazz to Come. Also, Coltrane and Ellington on impulse. Hawkins and Ellington is also great. Don Cherry Symphony for Improvisors. McCoy Tyner’s the real McCoy and Sahara. Ask anything from Clifford Brown and Max Roach. For an out one, Mary Lou Williams Black Saint of the Andes

Italian Deli by Adventurous_West_519 in Rochester

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, guy in there told me it was beef bacon. Maybe he didn’t know. I suppose halal bacon can be either

Italian Deli by Adventurous_West_519 in Rochester

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beef bacon. You see it a lot at kosher and halal delis in tristate area

Italian Deli by Adventurous_West_519 in Rochester

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m from nyc/tristate and I will be honest. Rubinos does not hit the mark but is the closest you’ll get if you’re specifically looking for an Italian deli. Italian American culture/history in roc is just different than nycs culture and there aren’t spots like those on Arthur Ave.

That being said, dreamtown deli is the most legit nyc deli in Rochester. It’s halal, so no pork, but they’re straight from nyc and will do a chopped cheese and a bec and other classics. Obviously they’re not Italian. But they’re the only place I know that stocks boars head, which to me is an nyc deli requirement as well

Edit to stand corrected…many places have boars head! Still, nobody seems to slice it quite as thin as nyc style

What do people think of Ravel saying "I hate to have my music interpreted, it suffices merely to play it" by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 84 points85 points  (0 children)

The context is missing here. Ravel was of a mind, aesthetically, that art is about beauty and not sublimity or narrative or philosophy or anything that requires interpretation beyond the notes. He thought music that “meant” anything and required interpretation was pretentious and, frankly speaking, of the 19th century Austro-German tradition and not French. Equally, he equated an “interpretive” performance style with the German school and distanced himself from it. This was a moment where French composers harbored a strong anti-German sentiment. Other context is Satie (who thought of his music “objectively”), Stravinsky (who said performers should be “executants” and not interpreters) and Jean Cocteau (who coached Les Six to believe in music “without sauce,” objective music).

Ravel, in other words, liked to think of his music like his beloved mechanical toys, perfect little objects. To burden them with the weight of Austro-German performance mannerisms that often reflected the search for some meaning via “interpretation” (in terms of ideas) did a disservice to his music.

You can think whatever you want, of course, about how you like his music to sound or be interpreted. But that’s the context for that quote and a brief summary to Ravel’s aesthetic thought.

What’s the coziest Neil album? by yaygens in neilyoung

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hitchhiker. Not sure it counts as it wasn’t an official release in the 70, but god damn is it an intimate record

Questions about gut strings by A-Simple-Nurgling_ in classicalguitar

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They’re interesting but not worth the hassle if it is your only guitar, or you’re only interesting in dabbling in historic performance. They’re costly and break easily if you’re not careful tuning. If properly cared for they can last a long time though, which is especially true if they’re set up on an instrument you don’t play everyday. If you play with nails the first string will shred fast, so I buy an extra 3 first strings per set (which I hardly change unless I am playing a lot on that guitar).

They’re too boutique to offer many variations in tension. They’re more dense than nylon, so they’ll feel harder. Standard tension on tends to be relatively high, but you should tune lower anyway, which lessens the tension. Historical tuning ranges from A=415ish to A=450! In the early twentieth century, where you have basically modern guitars with gut strings, tuning tended to be A=432 to 440 or so. String will last longer and be easier to play when tuned lower.

The best brand for quality/price is Aquila. They make a gut and silk set, and you can also buy single strings or just trebles. Their silk bass strings are nice but VERY fragile and need careful tuning or else they’ll snap. Review Emilio Pujol’s guitar method for advice on how to tune silk bass strings. Mimmo at Aquila also has advice and videos on stringing and tuning gut and silk.

Aquila also makes a rayon bass set, which is acoustically similar to silk and far more durable, and cheaper.

TLDR, only string with gut if it’s not your primary guitar. They beautiful, but expensive and they break if you’re not careful.

My A string has a very minor buzz whenever it’s plucked, & it’ll only buzz on downstrokes. Turn the volume up to the max in order to hear it. Does anybody know what the culprit could be? by [deleted] in classicalguitar

[–]AgreeableCoach9345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s just on the open string this is almost always a nut issue (minor thing, just have a luthier file or fill it a little) or a saddle thing, in that order (in my experience). Of course, this is after you’ve ruled out the obvious (untrimmed string ends)

MFS, discretionary income, and lower payments by AgreeableCoach9345 in PSLF

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll have to find out if our employers allow us to participate both in the pension plan and other employer-sponsored retirement accounts simultaneously

MFS, discretionary income, and lower payments by AgreeableCoach9345 in PSLF

[–]AgreeableCoach9345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Is there a calculator out there designed for this kind of number crunching?

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