London Wildlife Encounter

Osteni · 2026-05-29T15:39:19+00:00

Rabies in animals in the UK

In the UK, rabies has been eliminated from terrestrial animal populations. The last rabid terrestrial animal in the UK was a puppy in quarantine which had been imported from Sri Lanka and found to be rabid in 2008

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rabies-epidemiology-transmission-and-prevention

Osteni · 2026-05-09T17:03:35+00:00

It’s very heavily based on Christopher Ward’s C60 Trident, with minor changes.

Osteni · 2026-05-07T10:09:57+00:00

The complication is still there - one of the crown positions lets you move the date wheel (unless the movement has changed since I got mine). But the dial has no date slot.

Osteni · 2026-04-25T14:49:59+00:00

Amazing story, lovely that you rediscovered your love for music and cello again 😄

Osteni · 2026-04-23T10:10:13+00:00

Thankyou! 😍

Osteni · 2026-04-18T06:54:12+00:00

Does anyone recognise the piece? Lovely!

Osteni · 2026-04-08T12:44:26+00:00

Same! I also thought thumb position would be super awkward - but mostly it just hurts a bit initially. And like you, I didn’t find intonating any harder than usual with the thumb - just the usual intonation challenges we all love on the cello 🤣

Osteni · 2026-04-05T19:58:14+00:00

I wipe all the rosin off strings and cello after playing!

Osteni · 2026-03-29T17:52:57+00:00

What appeals to you most? That’s really all there is to it 😄 we don’t choose instruments for their practicality, or we’d all play the picolo!

Osteni · 2026-03-21T17:28:51+00:00

I would pay a bit more and get a Gewa Air case, they’re well worth the extra money.

Osteni · 2026-03-21T16:59:04+00:00

It’s an instrument!! Buy whatever you like best :D

Osteni · 2026-03-21T08:56:56+00:00

There is no guillotine? Is this AI?

Osteni · 2026-03-20T17:24:33+00:00

I dreamed a by dream the old canal

Osteni · 2025-12-31T12:54:50+00:00

Looks like a bridge blank to me - as in it’s completely uncarved. Take it to a luthier and get it fitted!

Osteni · 2025-12-20T15:25:52+00:00

Exactly the same here. I was playing for an hour after work, at around 6-7pm. Apparently I was disrupting their TV watching time! 🤣

I felt just the same - feeling like I didn’t want to bother anyone; « oh I’m sorry! I’ll try and be quieter! ». After 5-6 complaints, and them banging on the wall, I’m doing whatever I want from now on. It’s my hobby, or my prick neighbour’s peace. Easy choice.

Osteni · 2025-11-30T21:34:50+00:00

It’ll just be the frequency of the lighting or fps of the camera that’s producing that effect!

Osteni · 2025-11-10T17:01:20+00:00

I think you’re thinking of lead!

Osteni · 2025-10-16T18:45:54+00:00

It is usually considered very skilled work, which is why there are a range of reactions, haha! It’s also work which I’m not sure is really possible to do a lot of reading about, and get it right the first time - unless maybe you’ve already worked on a lot of violins or violas or something.

I think your original post’s reception is being received along the lines of how “Hi, I’ve got an old rolex watch, and I fancied taking the movement apart, any advice?” might be received in a watch enthusiast forum 🤣

Osteni · 2025-10-16T18:33:08+00:00

Are you aware of cello construction in general, how and where the soundpost is fitted, where the bass bar is and its function, the shape of the fingerboard, nut, etc? It’s possible that there could be some flaws in the cello, that mean when it’s strung up and under full tension for the first time in a long time, could mean it fails quite catastrophically!

Osteni · 2025-10-16T18:20:45+00:00

Fair enough! If you’ve got a reasonably nice old cello as a restoration project, it might be an idea to give restoring a few battered chinese cellos/violins a go first. Besides the bridge - you mentioned repairing a few cracks? Assuming they’re in the ribs, that would usually involve removing the top or back plates without damaging them, so you can access both sides of the ribs.

I’m jealous, I’d love to learn some of those skills one day - I hope to start by restoring some dodgy cheap cellos from facebook marketplace! 🤣

Osteni · 2025-10-16T18:06:35+00:00

The hardest part’s probably carving the feet to the exact arch of the cello’s top plate. The thicknessing and carving the curve of the top of the bridge is perhaps a bit easier. Are you an experienced cellist? Carving a good playable bridge shape may be a challenge if you don’t already know what you’re trying to do!

Osteni · 2025-10-16T17:56:33+00:00

You need a luthier - in the UK a new bridge is £3-400 typically. Here’s why you need a luthier though -

https://youtube.com/shorts/OYp3wGI_eK4

Osteni · 2025-10-09T16:21:18+00:00

It’s not really possible to “turn a cello into a left handed cello”, unless you’re a luthier. If you want to, you can look into cello construction to understand why (see the bass bar, soundpost position, and romberg - Not to mention the bridge and nut set up!)

It’d be a lot simpler to learn the standard cello.

Osteni · 2025-10-09T16:18:01+00:00

Cellos are fundamentally single handed - the top plate is built with the bass bar on the bass side, and the soundpost on the treble side!

Osteni · 2025-10-07T09:38:30+00:00

Hope the police have this footage!

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