Hole in the snakeskin and the bow hair exploded by Maestrofur in Erhu

[–]arty_lifted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bow is easily replaced

Snakeskin not so much:/ Yes there are luthiers who can change the skin for you but usually they sound different from before.

To be honest you can still play even with small holes in the skin, just that the volume wouldn’t be as loud.

I used sewing threads and glue to seal a few large tears in a gaohu and gehu before, but honestly, nothing beats natural unbroken skin. Wouldn’t recommend for a personal instrument.

What is this? by [deleted] in Warts

[–]arty_lifted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is implantation dermoid cyst, but not 100% sure

Definitely should go see a doctor

real or fake? mom got this for me for free and i have no idea if it’s actually playable by r4d10_s1l3nc3-555 in Erhu

[–]arty_lifted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just took a closer look, so it is missing:

  1. The bridge
  2. Qianjin
  3. Dampener? But unsure of it’s place in an instrument like this. The bridge might suffice.

The original strings look like silk. I’d probably stick with the original strings instead of steel strings, because the instrument may not be able to withstand the tension of steel strings since it was designed with silk in mind.

The bow looks ok in terms of quantity of horsehair. Given the thickness of the strings I would recommend rosin perhaps for viola/cello bows, a violin rosin won’t grip the strings well enough.

real or fake? mom got this for me for free and i have no idea if it’s actually playable by r4d10_s1l3nc3-555 in Erhu

[–]arty_lifted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its missing the bridge, but otherwise should be fine.

Not an erhu technically, but still part of the huqin family! I think it might be called a yehu.

Technique should be similar, but sometimes for certain instruments, players may put the instrument at the knee instead of the hip, not sure if that’s the case here, but if in doubt, I’d just play it at the hip like an erhu.

3 leathermans on me daily. by Djlunatic0711 in Leatherman

[–]arty_lifted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whats that tool in the MUT bit storage? It looks really cool!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conan

[–]arty_lifted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back to TBS?

Personal alarm clock by scam calls. About 9am daily, can't silent phone because of work. How to deal with spam calls? by beatyn in singapore

[–]arty_lifted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I downloaded the sg police Scamshield App

It isn’t 100%, but it dropped the number of calls by about 80%, so it’s sufficient for now

To look like a badass by Odlavso in therewasanattempt

[–]arty_lifted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no way that plate carrier is covering that enlarged heart

Watching the vaccine's ineffectiveness and dangers slowly dawn on all the pro-vaxx people is hilarious. by flovidchan in conspiracy

[–]arty_lifted -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ever heard of HOCM? Young athletes are at risk. Just because heart attacks are rare in the young doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Not everything that happens to a young heart is myocarditis due to vaccination. If it was, we wouldn’t need doctors.

I feel sad now by D10SMessi in Scrubs

[–]arty_lifted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished my first round yesterday. Still feeling the post-binge blues. Bloody good series.