This is the best demo. The range of sounds you can get out of this violin is incredible.

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@TNungesser

Жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome. It is almost up there with the $30,000.00 Scott Cao Signature Series "Ole Bull"

This violin is pure crystal. I came to know just a while ago that Ming Jiang Zhu is no more, but his family continues the work maintaining his high standards. His instruments are all magnificent!

Wow that rings beautifully!

@1stfiddlerman

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Albert. We have 2 in stock at the moment and they are superb.

You played a great demo and you played it really well

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Ali.

What a beautiful violin. You play it amazing!

@1stfiddlerman

8 жыл бұрын

+Toni Gomez Thanks Toni :) You are so kind!!!

boy i have to get this, this is dope,, in a good way

Amazing

I'm so glad they've decided to carry on. Would of been such a waste of talent if they didn't although I would of totally respected there choice if they choose not to build anymore. I'll be in touch in a couple of months for one of those violins. As I'm from the UK what the phone number to get in contact with you guys? Because I used the one off your site and it didn't work. Then I realised I needed the + bit at the beginning

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

xdlegion Yes indeed. There are so many great luthiers, makers at that workshop and they all need work. They produce an enormous amount of instruments. Of course they don't make that many 925's but there are many models.

I want this so badly...omg

@1stfiddlerman

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully in the near future. 😁

It's good for the health even to hear the clarity of this sound. I pledge IF there is a 909 with identical quality of sound, I'll find a way to purchase it! But there's no way i could afford a 925.

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

It happens. :)

Thanks for doing this video bud. So when did you get the 925 in stock?

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

xdlegion I’m embarrassed to say that we have had it here for a few months and I haven’t touched it. :( Unfortunately, we get pretty busy here.

hi, what piece did you play? thanks,:)))

I’m torn between this and the bench cannone. Do you ever get some 925s with a darker sound like the cannone?

@1stfiddlerman

6 жыл бұрын

Yes we do. I would say that most of them do. This was an unusually bright sounding MJZ925. Might have been a Strad version.

Again, i don't know if I'm right, but there seems to be something about this ones tone which is more perfect and ballanced than all other 925's i heard on youtubes.

@1stfiddlerman

4 жыл бұрын

Other 925's here (Fiddlershop) or elsewhere? We do spend a lot of time working on every single instrument here. It doesn't make a difference.

@likeworldlikeworld2485

4 жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman only from your youtubes.

@1stfiddlerman

4 жыл бұрын

@@likeworldlikeworld2485 I see. about 6 months ago we switched studios. We've switched mics about 4 times over the years and this latest one is a high quality shot-gun mic but not a studio mic. We had a period where we used a very expensive matched pair (don't remember the name) mics that we ended up selling since they were not practical. Also, KZread compresses both video and audio, more than what we do before uploading. Other than those issues, I don't know what it could be.

I've read that there is an even higher model 930 as well, how does this compared with 909?

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

So we have spoken to the owner of the workshop where the Ming Jiang Zhu's are made and his reply was that they choose their favorite MJZ925 when someone orders a MJZ930. They no longer make that specifically. Since we buy so many MJZ (Noble Heart Workshop) violins, we are treated very well and get top of the line instruments from them. I have played and tested quite a few of the MJZ925's and can tell you that they are better. The differences are subtle but as a professional, you can tell. They sing more and are easier to play. All the MJZ line instruments are remarkable for the cost and I always recommend them highly. Thanks for watching.

@wckoek

5 жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman Ah I see, they are specifically the same. One would wonder how much better even the ones made by the late master himself, or if it is even possible to get.

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

@@wckoek - That is a great question. With Scott Cao for example, we are selling the actual bench made ones for 25,000 and those two guys are very similar. They were friends and even studied together. They both won numerous competitions in the VSA violin making competition which is very tough. Problem is that Scott Cao only makes like 8 a year and there is a waiting list. We managed to pick up 4 of his so far and they are easy enough to sell.

it is great what price?

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

Ayman Elokaby fiddlershop.com/ming-jiang-zhu-925-violin.html

that song, what it just a little jingle or a part of an actual composition?

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Northfield Good question. It's the "Marche Miniature Viennoise", Fritz Kreisler. I played about a quarter of the piece. It's way more interesting with the piano accompaniment. The thing which is most difficult for me when doing demo's is to come up with something to play and I just happened to have a Kreisler book on a music stand at the time of this demo. :)

@spom3445

9 жыл бұрын

thanks and great review

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Northfield Thank you!

@efrenrivas1040

9 жыл бұрын

Fiddlerman sir, are you willing to make a tutorial on this piece and or give me a link to the sheet music. Thank you.

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

james newmen I wish I had time to make a video but I'm swamped. Here is a link to the sheet music: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/kreisler-marche-miniature-viennoise-vln-sheet-music/6081025

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@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

Josh Bogacki That was fast. :) Thanks

Are you playing the Guarneri or Strad model?

@1stfiddlerman

Жыл бұрын

This one was the Guarneri model.

@TNungesser

Жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman Thanks. It sounds awesome but then, so do you.

@1stfiddlerman

Жыл бұрын

@@TNungesser Thanks so much!

@TNungesser

8 ай бұрын

You are just so freaky good. You really make me smile listening to your incredible playing

What does it mean "in the whole dove"?

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

No idea. Did I say something like that? Let me know which min/sec that I said it and I'll translate. :)

@likeworldlikeworld2485

5 жыл бұрын

@@1stfiddlerman 0:17

@1stfiddlerman

5 жыл бұрын

A hold of. Finest Maple and Spruce that can be gotten a hold of.... Sorry, not the best choice of words. LOL

Lol, so have the Ming company decided to carry on making the violins

@1stfiddlerman

9 жыл бұрын

xdlegion They are still making equally great violins carrying on the teachings and methods of Ming Jiang Zhu. The new supervisor is Mr Wei-Xian Zhu who is a student of MJZ's for 20 years and his brother in law. Mr Wei-Xian Zhu has won two medals at the VSA competition. We haven't noticed any difference in the quality of the instruments that we have received since Ming Jiang Zhu's passing.

Is it just me or am I alone thinking some of the cheaper violin's have a better time quality, I actually prefer the sound of all the August kohrs. But hey to each there own.

@shoozymusic

8 жыл бұрын

tone quality. not time quality.