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Jean-Paul Bataille

 

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Montreal, Canada
Post  Posted 13 Aug 2019 8:45 pm    
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I committed again some waltz, so much french that I'm a bit shy to show it here, but...

It came very fast yesterday, and today I made a video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPC6SeSuqQc
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Peter Funk


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Germany
Post  Posted 14 Aug 2019 2:23 am    
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Lovely! Very Happy
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David Matzenik


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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
Post  Posted 15 Aug 2019 6:07 pm    
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Nothing to be shy about. That is good music.
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Jean-Paul Bataille

 

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Montreal, Canada
Post  Posted 17 Aug 2019 9:30 pm    
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I thank you for taking the time to listen.
Actually I'm not shy a bit, but this is not a kind of music a lot of forumites can easily relate to, so I'm just careful.
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Paul Honeycutt

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 18 Aug 2019 6:26 pm    
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What's the round thing by the nut on the second string?

Nice tune!
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Lance Clifford

 

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Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 18 Aug 2019 6:59 pm    
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https://www.pitch-key.com/
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Peter Jacobs


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Northern Virginia
Post  Posted 18 Aug 2019 7:28 pm    
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Jean-Paul - that is a beautiful tune, beautifully played. Thank you for posting it for us to hear.
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Aaron Johnson

 

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Lemoore, CA
Post  Posted 19 Aug 2019 3:05 am    
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I very much enjoyed your song and playing. Thank you for posting it.

I'm curious about your weissenborn, what model is it?
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Jean-Paul Bataille

 

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Montreal, Canada
Post  Posted 21 Aug 2019 7:06 am    
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Thanks guys for the kind comment.

Paul, the "round thing by the nut" is indeed a Pitch-Key, as Lance indicated.
I mainly play in D tunings, so I use it on the 3rd string, along with a Keith-peg, to go from F to F# to G and back (minor, major and modal tunings). There are some tunes where I change inside the piece. Handy.

Aaron, the weiss is a deep body (probably made by Aiersi in China), and distributed in Canada by Twisted Wood. Since I live in Canada, this was the straightest route for me to own a weissenborn. Mahogany solid top, laminate back and sides. This is my first (and only one) weiss to date, so I have no comparison points. I changed the nut which was too low, enlarged the strings width, replace the three high strings tuners with banjo planetary ones (two regular and one Keith-peg), and added not only one, but two magnetic pick-ups. I use a strap under my thighs to keep the weiss in place, and I also modify my bars to obtain the exact rounded nose I want. That's about it.
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