If you are
looking for an instrument (or want to have it restored), Rue de
Rome is the place to go. There are some tens of instrument makers - instruments
of all kinds. You find some of the most remarkable ones, used by leading
instrumentalists, but pure amateurs (like me) are of course also welcome. You
have also a number of shops where you can e.g. find a piano …
... or maybe just some
piano scores (like me - I bought some scores on sale).
It’s so
nice to see some of the instrument makers working behind the glasses.
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Une publication musicale qui m'enchante...
De magnifiques photos en patchwork...
Gros bisous
Comme c'est beau et noble! Un plaisir pour les yeux.
Justement il me faudrait faire réparer le violon de ma maman... un jour prochain.
Bon déchiffrage de tes nouvelles partitions.
Le quartier des musiciens...
Bonne journée,
Pierre
Le violon scié en deux, c'est pour faciliter le transport ?
Excellent photos. We visited Rue de Rome last summer when my mother-in-law decided to offer my 12-year old his first guitar. He spent the rest of the trip carrying it proudly on his back (the case was taller than he was!) I think I recognize the shop window in your collage. A bientôt. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
Quite fascinating to post so many great photos of music shops...great idea!
I love these specialist streets in cities - great colorful shots...do you play the piano?
J'ai bcp fréquenté cette rue lorsque mes enfants étaient au conservatoire : la Flute de Pan pour les partitions (tu montres un bout de la vitrine) la Guitareria pour les guitares et Feeling Musique pour les instruments à vent. Peut-être est ce là que tu as photographié les cuivres et le visage de Maurice André ?
I wonder if the Selmer shop is still in business...
I still remember the Selmer saxo tenor and clarinet my father brought from Paris for my brother so long ago...
Lovely post!
Lovely photos!
Maria
I will tell my Parisian friend where to find the score for Chopin´s Prelude Op.28 No.1 in C Major...
Thanks!
Maria
Alas, I am not musical at all, but I would love to wander down this street and look in all the shop windows. The only musical instrument I can play is the radio!!!!
What a wonderful street, Peter. I do love the photo of the green violin! ;)
Ive been on Rue de Rome, but I can't remember why I was there or when.
Tagada veux tu souffler dans ma trompette,tagada veux-tu souffler dans le....
J'ai fais du piano quand j'étais môme mais les gammes me gavaient et les arpèges aussi.
Ici il n'y a qu'un seule magasin de musique, mais il est bien achalandé.
C'est un beau métier que de fabriquer un instrument de musique ou le réparer.
What a great theme for this post and wonderful photos as always.
ahhh those pianos ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Léia
Peter, this brings back a flood of memories -- mostly of wandering about the shops and spending hours listening to Rick play guitars, trying to decide if there was a new one in his future (he decided not that day). The shop persons in all the places he played were generous with their time and letting him try different instruments. And, at a cafe called Lutetia on Edinbergh and Rome, I had the best omelet ever! It was a wonderful way to spend a rainy day in Paris! Thanks for bringing it back to my mind!
I wonder how long Rue de Rome has been the Musician's District... As a classical guitarist, I am of course acquainted with the publisher Max Eschig whose most famous composer (to guitarists anyhow) was Heiter Villa Lobos. The company still operates but Max himself is certainly long gone. Their address was 56 Rue de Rome starting probably in the 20s or 30s until who knows. I'll bet there were other publishers then and now, both famous and obscure. I wonder if it was the music district back in Couperin's time...
Rick Oberle
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