To quote the director of the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra (who also works at a violin shop and used to play with Mannheim Steamroller), "Actual current price for a Luis & Clark carbon fiber viola: US$5,839.00!"
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Daniel F Heiman > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:22 AM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Viola-Matic > > Decidedly off-topic, but something to think about for folks performing > under less than ideal weather conditions. With a matched set of > fluorocarbon strings.... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2w2zMNvzE > > *This is a real playable musical instrument.* (Not quite as inexpensive > as the tag line suggests.) > > Daniel Heiman > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html