TOURIN MUSICA 1977
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Music
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) TOURIN MUSICA: ZOOM IN ON RENOVATED ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY YEAR OLD SAWMILL, WHERE TOURIN FAMILY SUCCESSFULLY BEGAN A NEW LIFE, DEVOTED TO EARLY CHAMBER MUSIC, CALLED "TOURIN MUSICA". THEY MAKE AND SELL INSTRUMENTS OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 00:05:10 ZOOM IN ON SIGN "TOURIN MUSICA". PAN JARS OF HERBS, MINERALS OF ALL SORTS ON SHELVES. JACK TOURIN AND WIFE SIT AT TABLE PUT LABELS ON JARS OF FRUIT PRESERVES. 00:05:48 JACK CAREFULLY WORKS ON SIXTEENTH CENTURY PIANO, AND ITS INTRICATE MOLDINGS. 00:05:56 JEAN TOURIN TEACHES WOMAN HOW TO PLAY HARPSICHORD. CU JEANS' FINGERS ON KEYS. 00:06:27 SON PETER, WHO CAN PLAY MANY INSTRUMENTS, WALKS UP STAIRS TO HIS WORKSHOP WHERE HE MAKES THEM, HIS TRUE TALENT. CU PAN OF RACK FILLED WITH ALL SIZE CHISELS. CU FACE SHOT PETER USING CHISEL TO CARVE DESIGN ON ARM OF VIOLA DI GAMBA. 00:06:56 CU FACE SHOT PETER USES SMALL HAMMER, PUNCH AS HE WORKS ON VIOLA ARM, HELD IN VISE. HE IS ONE OF FEW CRAFTSMAN IN WORLD MAKING VIOLA DI GAMBA, 16TH CENTURY INSTRUMENT GAINING NEW POPULARITY. 00:07:02 CRAFTSMAN SPRINKLES GLITTER ON SOUNDING BOARD OF VIOLA IN FOR REPAIRS. SUBJECTS IT TO LOW FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES. CU GLITTER MOVES ON BOARD, GATHERING IN FAULTY AREA ON VIOLAS' FACE. CU WORKER REPAIRS SOUNDING BOARD. ADDING FINE WOOD SHAVINGS TO DEFECTIVE AREA. 00:07:42 PAN JARS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF VARNISH MINERAL ROCKS WHICH ARE CAREFULLY MIXED TO MAKE THE RIGHT VARNISH FOR THE VIOLA DI GAMBA. CU PETER TOURIN CAREFULLY BRUSHES VIOLA WITH VARNISH MAKING INSTRUMENT, NOT ONLY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, BUT OF HIGHEST QUALITY. FINISHED VIOLA HANGS ON CEILING TO DRY. 00:08:31 TOURIN FAMILY PLAYING CHAMBER MUSIC. CU FACE SHOTS OF WOMAN PLAYING HARP, PETER PLAYING VIOLA, JEAN AT THE PIANO, ZOOM IN ON THEIR FINGERS AS THEY PLAY EACH INSTRUMENT.
