Bugs74 wrote:
> 
> I've been playing piano for about 16 years now, and guitar for about 6
> years.
> I own a Bluthner piano (build in 1890) and a Gibson Les Paul Standard...,
> and a Epiphone Les Paul Customized Standard
> 
> If onyone could build models of those three Instruments I'd be the luckiest
> man on earth....
> 
> Bugs74

 Your piano is really old. The one I have stored at my mothers was
manufactured as recently as 1906 a full 16 years later. The one I have
here was made in 1977. I have a Swiss made violin from 1882 but is in
need of repair and restoration before it could be played. Someday ...

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

Post a reply to this message

Nice.  No tremalo arm?

Maybe the first single would be "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" and
would be published on ".INC File Records".

Cheers
Steve

PS: I play folk, clasical guitar and sing.  I played the clarinet
and violin untill a few years after leaving school. Havn't
touched my electrick guitar for years.  

Fabien Mosen wrote:
> 
> Since a couple of musical instrument have been shown here,
> I'd like to show this electric guitar I made a while ago,
> the neck being modelled after my (yes, my !) Fender Stratocaster
> 57 reissue, and the body created from scratch.
> 
> BTW, Spider said he plays saxophone, are there any other musician
> Povers around here ?  Personally, I play guitar and electric bass.
> 
> Maybe we could do the Pov-Band ;)  The first single will be : "you've
> been raytracing too long" ;-)
> 
>   -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

Post a reply to this message

If you can point me in the direction of an image of your piano I would like to
give it a try, sounds like a cool challenge.   ;-]

KB-

Bugs74 wrote:

> I've been playing piano for about 16 years now, and guitar for about 6
> years.
> I own a Bluthner piano (build in 1890) and a Gibson Les Paul Standard...,
> and a Epiphone Les Paul Customized Standard
>
> If onyone could build models of those three Instruments I'd be the luckiest
> man on earth....
>
> Bugs74

Post a reply to this message

Steve wrote:
>Nice.  No tremalo arm?
Although most Strats have the floating bridge not all do, this might
just
be a standaard bridge.
--
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

Post a reply to this message

I try to stick to guitar If I can but I sing from time to time. It's not
always
painful to hear but I learned to sing so I would be a decent back-up
singer.
I've been playing guitar for...oh, about 14 yrs? I don't play much
anymore.
A few months ago I bought Cakewalk Pro audio 8 which is software to
record midi and audio and run them together. It cost me about $250.00.
I of course also have Povray for free...
Now, does Phil spend all his spare time using:
(A) the $250.00 program
(B) the free program?

Answer: (B)
But my Obi-Wan Lightsabre is looking better and better all the time!

--
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

Post a reply to this message

Phil Clute wrote:
> 
> I try to stick to guitar If I can but I sing from time to time. It's not
> always
> painful to hear but I learned to sing so I would be a decent back-up
> singer.
> I've been playing guitar for...oh, about 14 yrs? I don't play much
> anymore.
> A few months ago I bought Cakewalk Pro audio 8 which is software to
> record midi and audio and run them together. It cost me about $250.00.
> I of course also have Povray for free...
> Now, does Phil spend all his spare time using:
> (A) the $250.00 program
> (B) the free program?
> 
> Answer: (B)
> But my Obi-Wan Lightsabre is looking better and better all the time!

That sounds all too familiar. I purchased Auto Cad 14 last year. It is
considered one of the leaders for cad programs and offers 3D solid object
modeling and 3 different forms of rendering including a photorealistic
raytracing process (questionable). I paid over $600 US for the program.

I have Pov-Ray for windows that I obtained for free.

Of the two which do you think has paid for itself ?

A. Auto Cad 14 that I use sometimes to fix .dxf files so I can export them
as .3ds files which are later converted to Pov files for rendering.
On 3 occassions I actually used it to read some customer drawings that
were sent to me but I cold have obtained the info from by other means.

or

B. Pov-Ray for windows and dos that has been used on average of 3 - 5
times a week for 4 years now.

My vote has to be Pov-Ray for windows. Even had I paid over $600 dollars
for it it would have paid for itself many times over by now. Auto Cad 14
is not turning out to be the wise investment I had hoped it would be.
I should probably sell it before the next version release which would
kill it's current high resale value -  the only redeeming value it has.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

Post a reply to this message

>  Same here except I own a conventional piano and have been
playing for
>32 years now.

Same here, but I haven't been playing for so long... I'm not
even 32 yet...by far
15 years I think it is. I just started playing the piano we
got at home one day, and it sounded pretty nice, I think,
'cause I still play now. Never took any lessons, though...
spoils my creativity. Learned to read notes when I was very
young and was playing violin, but I haven't touched one of
those for a looong time.

>My self described musician skills are probably discipline
related more
>than lack of anything else. Just never took the time to
learn it all the
>way I should have.

So you taught yourself too? I don't think you really missed
much (but I can't really tell). I think when you teach
yourself, you develop a certain style that is very personal.
That's worth more to me than that I can play Rachmaninov
without making any mistakes (which I can't...)

Julius

Post a reply to this message

Actually, I can find my way on a piano/synth as well, I play both the alto and
the sopran saxophone, I can make pretty good sounds with a flute, and supposedly
I can sing. hehe


Fabien Mosen wrote:
> 
> Since a couple of musical instrument have been shown here,
> I'd like to show this electric guitar I made a while ago,
> the neck being modelled after my (yes, my !) Fender Stratocaster
> 57 reissue, and the body created from scratch.
> 
> BTW, Spider said he plays saxophone, are there any other musician
> Povers around here ?  Personally, I play guitar and electric bass.
> 
> Maybe we could do the Pov-Band ;)  The first single will be : "you've
> been raytracing too long" ;-)
> 
>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                  Name: Gbody2.jpg
>    Gbody2.jpg    Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
>              Encoding: base64

-- 
//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

Post a reply to this message

I have played (not recently) Trombone.  Even got a concert quality
instrument.

Steve


Fabien Mosen wrote:
> 
> Since a couple of musical instrument have been shown here,
> I'd like to show this electric guitar I made a while ago,
> the neck being modelled after my (yes, my !) Fender Stratocaster
> 57 reissue, and the body created from scratch.
> 
> BTW, Spider said he plays saxophone, are there any other musician
> Povers around here ?  Personally, I play guitar and electric bass.
> 
> Maybe we could do the Pov-Band ;)  The first single will be : "you've
> been raytracing too long" ;-)
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

Post a reply to this message

If that was my baby I'd polish it every day.

Cheers
Steve

Phil Clute wrote:
> 
> Steve wrote:
> >Nice.  No tremalo arm?
> Although most Strats have the floating bridge not all do, this might
> just
> be a standaard bridge.
> --
> ...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

Post a reply to this message