201055 How’s that?
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201055 How’s that?
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#37 Amber Koi fish with Lapis lazuli blocks by Martin Jacobson.
I like using violin books such as the Suzuki series as well as violin or cello technical studies books. This gives you a slightly different approach to scales that you can incorporate into your...
I am primarily a trumpet player who needs reading glasses. I worked with my optometrist to tweak a set of glasses that focus about a foot past arm’s length, the space between my eyes and my music...
I have a mandolin that Martin Jacobson made for me, #37 Koi fish theme. I wish I could figure out how to post photos of it here. It is a work of art and a joy to play. I also own various trumpets...
I’m a retired middle school band director and a professional trumpet player. I’ve used the Suzuki violin books to introduce myself to the mandolin. They are good for the first two or three volumes,...
The world needs more groups like the New Horizons Orchestra (and band, too). The beginner adults have a great time learning and we have a “snack” break in the middle of rehearsal to just chat for a...
I’m a retired middle school band director and a professional trumpet player. I’ve played trumpet for 57 years and mandolin for 10 or so. About three years ago I decided to start cello. A beginner’s...
190948 This is my Jacobson #37. Spruce on top and maple on the back190949
I’ve been playing trumpet for 56 years. My last paying gig was two weeks before Easter. I still warm up every day to keep in shape, but with no concerts in the near future, my focus is not as sharp....
My first nice mandolin was/is an Eastman 615. I had Marty Jacobson make a different style mandolin, his #37. It is not nearly as loud at the Eastman, but balanced much better in tone and volume. It...
I am a retired band director, having taught for 36 years in the public schools. Trumpet is the instrument that I play professionally but am somewhat proficient on all winds and percussion. Sometimes...
Agree. Check out Marty Jacobson. He was a delight to work with and his work is beautiful visually and aurally.
Trumpet is my main instrument. I’ve been playing them for 55 years. I’m a retired middle school band director so I can play any instrument that you blow into but I get paid to play trumpet.
And what a great effect, gold leaf under amber.
I had a free subscription to Sirius radio for my 2016 Civic EX-T. It was ok. I prefer Apple Music. I can download whatever I want and they send me sample playlists three times a week to pique my...
I’ve got a MOOG Theremin that’s pretty tricky to play. Just waving in thin air with no reference points. Left hand for volume and articulation and right hand for pitch.
Our NPR station plays Mendelssohn violin concerto every time I turn to that station it seems. Glad I got to see Hilary Hahn twice last month, solo with piano and an all Bach program with orchestra.
179200Kinda like your #37 headstock Marty.
I’ve got 10 mandolins, but about 45 trumpets.
I heard Hilary Hahn last week in a small church in Skaneateles, NY. She started off the program playing JS Bach’s Partita no.3 for solo violin. About a minute into her performance, I realized that I...
A friend just gave me a Bruno and Sons bowl back mandolin with a number 5 on the back of the head between the tuning pegs. Strings are old and rusty, but hold a pitch reasonably well. Action is...
Marty, I am fortunate to play your #37 Koi themed mandolin every day. With Thomastik strings it is a great instrument to work on the Bach Violin Sonatas and Cello Suites.
I’m a retired middle school band director and professional trumpet player. On all of the trumpet websites there are similar complaints about the cost of hand made or boutique trumpets. Then someone...
Sterling is not my real name nor my stage name.....