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ali941 wrote:I meant before the final sanding. You should have it about that far off when you drill the holes at the nodes, and then do final sanding to bring it within 2-3 cents of the correct pitch. Sorry about being unclear.
Oh yeah, that makes a lot of cents. We actually started a few half notes above the fundamental.

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Just out of curiosity, do you know who is running this event at Nationals?
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I thought I had done very well at Nationals, but I'm more than satisfied with 15th. I don't know if I'll do this event next year, but I'm certainly sicking around to mentor the next pairing who will take on this event :D
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Do you guys know what good materials to use for bow hair are (for an instrument like a violin) ? Could you use commercial hair, or do you have to find a "homemade" substitute?
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miggy_magtaan wrote:
ali941 wrote:I procrastinated like crazy, so I didn't get that luxury. :(
don't worry, one week before the competition and we haven't even built the instruments yet. :?
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CaRoLyN_s wrote:Do you guys know what good materials to use for bow hair are (for an instrument like a violin) ? Could you use commercial hair, or do you have to find a "homemade" substitute?
No commercial hair allowed, sadly. Unless they change the rules next year. So, you have two options: go get actual horsehair from a horse, or find a substitute. I wish you the best of luck with that. I have a feeling that you'll need it.
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Our team actually cut hair off a real horse
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hc1220 wrote:Our team actually cut hair off a real horse
WOW! thats dedication for you.... :D
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Haha I wasn't in sounds, but we placed third in it at Nats. Apparently we could've gotten first, but we answered a question wrong in knowledge... Idk whatever. But the guy that built our instruments went to the shop room in our school on weekends for the whole day, and worked after school till 11 on a lot of weekdays. Haha he's amazing. How'd you guys do in sounds? It seems like the hardest event!!!
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hc1220 wrote:Haha I wasn't in sounds, but we placed third in it at Nats. Apparently we could've gotten first, but we answered a question wrong in knowledge... Idk whatever. But the guy that built our instruments went to the shop room in our school on weekends for the whole day, and worked after school till 11 on a lot of weekdays. Haha he's amazing. How'd you guys do in sounds? It seems like the hardest event!!!
ehhh, we did ok, i didnt really study that much for the theory part, so we totally bombed the questions :oops: . we got 28th at nats
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