Diminishing Supply of Cremona Violins Faces Market Drift
A column notes the shrinking supply of fine Cremona violins, especially del Gesu Guarnieri instruments. It discusses the Guarnieri family's craft, famed makers after Andrea, the IHS monogram, and notable owners like Ysaye and Paganini. The piece highlights rising prices, collector influence, and the rarity of authentic del Gesu instruments.
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Isaac Stern
Tanglewood
Guarnieri
Cremona
Stradivari
Nicolo Amati
Andrea
Guiseppe
Josephi Filius
del Gesu
Josephs
IHS
Italy
Stern
Eugen Ysaye
New York
Fragmented OCR preserves vague obituary note
A partial obituary fragment mentions Irene and a family member, with unclear wording about a mother and Nes living or Nes LIVING. The text is fragmented and lacks clear dates, relations, or locations.
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Nes
Irene
Chamber Music Society Opens Membership Drive
The Chamber Music Society of Pittsfield begins its annual membership drive for the 1965-66 season with Mrs. Ralph Schlawin as president announcing the event. Dr. Ralph G. Flowers and Paul Cushman named chairmen. applications and information available starting Wednesday at the Pittsfield Community Music School Berkshire Museum and Berkshire Athenaeum.
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Chamber Music Society of
Pittsfield
Ralph Schlawin
Ralph G. Flowers
Paul Cushman
Pittsfield Community Music School
Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Athenaeum
Jan Stecklinski
Society
South Mountain Association
South Mountain
New York Pro Musica
Sally Willeke
Troy
Schenectady
Albany
N.Y
Chamber Music Society
Ellen Crane
Flowers
Native Returns To Film In New York Town
Alison, a native of Amsterdam, N Y, will shoot a color avant garde short titled Post No Bills this fall. The film, co written with Dan Greenberg, follows a billboard hater who defies law and becomes a hero. Manhattan actor Bob Brady plays the lead.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
Everett Alison
Alison
IBM
Aison
Dan Greenberg
Bob Brady
Local GE Men To Appear On Mike Douglas Show
Two General Electric employees from Pittsfield will appear on the Mike Douglas Show next Friday morning 9 to 10 30 over WAST TV Channel 13. George M Gamble advertising and sales promotion manager for transformer products will discuss lightning while A Tom Lyman distribution protective equipment product engineer assists. both will share Pittsfield made home lightning protector. They previously appeared on WBZ TV and Gamble also on KDKA TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Gamble
Mike Douglas
Wast-Tv
General Electric Co
Alfred Drive
Pittsfield
A. Tom Lyman
Gertrude Road
Dalton
Cleveland
Ohio
Gambie
Lyman
Distribution Protective Equipment Department
Movie Timetable Roundup for Capitol and Local Theaters
Capitol lists The Pawnbroker showings at 1 10, 3 40, 6 10, 8 40 with short subjects and other features at 3 00, 5 30, 8 00. Little Cinema offers featurettes at 7 00 and 9 04, Lili at 9 40. Sunday shows My Uncle at 7 08 and 9 40. Palace runs That Funny Feeling at 2 40 5 50 9 05 and City of Fear at 1 00 4 10 7 25. Union Square presents The Glory Guys at 1 00 5 00 9 00 and That Man from Rio at 3 00 7 00. Berkshire Drive-In shows 36 Hours at 7 50 and The Sandpiper at 10 00. Pittsfield Drive-In runs Love on a Pillow at 7 50 and The Collector at 9 30. Sunset Drive-In films Your Cheatin Heart at 6 00 and She at 9 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lili
Palace
Close Strangers in The Slender Thread Stars Poitier Bancroft
Hollywood UPI reports that Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft co star in The Slender Thread but never share a face to face scene in the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Sidney Poitier
Anne Bancroft
Brisk Bridge Play Tactics Spur Quick Deck Handling
A chessy bridge vignette describes a deft player who cuts and pushes for rapid play to forestall partner chat. South wins with the ace of spades, ruffs a spade, leads a trump to the ten, ruffs another spade, draws two trumps, then exits three diamonds, a sequence illustrating swift technique.
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South
Frank McShane Weighs Ford Maddox Ford Biography
Williams College English associate professor Frank MacShane announces a forthcoming biography titled The Life and Work of Ford Maddox Ford to be published by Horizon Press this fall. He holds degrees from Harvard Yale and Oxford and has authored numerous works including Many Golden Ages and Impressions of Latin America. Review copies are now out ahead of the October 4 publication date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank MacShane
Williams College
Ford Maddox Ford
Horizon Press
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
Experienced Player Silences His Partner South dealer East-West
In a quick bridge hand South rushed early on and lost his contract after East won the third diamond and fed the jack of clubs. The solution advocates bidding one spade with 12 high cards and a doubleton, citing a fine major suit and 2 quick tricks as justification.
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Ful If West
East
South
Baroque Festival Weekend Dinner in Cummington Church
A Saturday night supper prepared by town ladies will be served in the parish wing of Cummington Village Church to support the Baroque music festival by the Cummington School of the Arts. The two day program features concerts today at 3 and 8 30 p m and Sunday at 3 with a small supper charge.
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Cummington
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