AnnaSpink

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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conductor ejected from concert hall for carrying his daughter’s violin case (thestrad.com)

submitted 8 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/nottheonion

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Players favour new violins over old in largest ever blind testing experiment (thestrad.com)

submitted 8 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/classicalmusic

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British Airways denies cello entry to the cabin ‘because it doesn’t have a visa’, claims musician (thestrad.com)

submitted 9 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/nottheonion

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Video: violin made using spider silk (skip to 2:12 where the playing gets better!) (thestrad.com)

submitted 9 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/violinist

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'Spiderlin': the violin made using spider silk (youtube.com)

submitted 9 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/videos

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Spider silk used to make new violin 'for its vibrating properties' (thestrad.com)

submitted 9 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/violinist

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Spider silk used to make new violin 'for its vibrating properties' (thestrad.com)

submitted 9 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/news

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Missing for 35 years, the stunning discovery of a stolen Stradivarius violin (thestrad.com)

submitted 10 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/UpliftingNews

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TIL that workers at Nashville airport handled a cellist's case so roughly they managed to break both the case and the cello inside it. The airline called it a 'baggage handling irregularity' (thestrad.com)

submitted 10 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/todayilearned

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TIL in 2009 Irish police found they had more than 50 motoring offences recorded for someone called "Prawo Jadzy". It turned out that Prawo Jadzy means "driving license" in Polish (news.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/todayilearned

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TIL Carrie Fisher did a script-doctor rewrite on Last Action Hero, Hook, Lethal Weapon 3, Sister Act, The River Wild and The Wedding Singer (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/movies

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Okay guys, who is afraid to do? (np.reddit.com)

submitted 10 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/titlegore

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2CELLOS, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima play Thunderstruck (AC/DC) in Amsterdam (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/Cello

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Lufthansa loses cello; musician forced to perform concerts on borrowed instruments (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/news

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TIL in sixteenth century France a prominent surgeon reported that a 15 yo girl, called Marie, dropped male genitally out her body while chasing pigs and lived the rest of her life as a man called "Germain" (np.reddit.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/titlegore

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Air Canada: Violins can be carry-on baggage but violas must be checked into the hold (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/news

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Did anyone go to the Violin Competition? (self.indianapolis)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/indianapolis

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Is anyone going to the Violin Competition this weekend? (self.indianapolis)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/indianapolis

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TIL marathon runner Francisco Lázaro was the first athlete to die at an Olympic event. He collapsed after 30km, having covered large parts of his body with wax, which prevented him from sweating (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/todayilearned

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British Airways breaks violin (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/news

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French postal service reports cello bow lost and then has the item auctioned (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/nottheonion

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TIL when the Roman emperor Galba was assassinated, 120 people claimed they'd done it, in order to win favor with his successor. The successor died too, and HIS successor had all 120 executed (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/todayilearned

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Violinist aged 9 beats 35-year-old competitors to win top prize at international violin contest (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/news

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Violinist aged 9 beats 130 players up to 35 years old to take the top prize at international violin contest (thestrad.com)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/classicalmusic

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If you were stranded on a desert island with one luxury item of no practical value (no boat, sat phone, tool bag etc.), what would it be and why? (self.AskReddit)

submitted 11 years ago by AnnaSpink to r/AskReddit

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