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Petz Traditional Instruments
On this page you will get an overview of the most popular product categories from Petz as well as current offers, bargains, remaining and interesting information about Petz. If you would like to see a list of all products from Petz specifically in the area Traditional Instruments, then please click here.
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- Bags and Cases for Double Bass
- Bass Bows
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- bow cases for bass bows
- Stands for Cellos
- Cello Bows
- Bags and Cases for Cellos
- Cleaning Aid for Cellos
- tailpieces for cellos
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- bow cases for cello bows
- Violin Bows
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- bow cases for violin bows
- Cleaning Aid for Violins
- shoulder rests for violins
- tailpieces for violins and violas
- Learning Aids and Bow Correctors
- Accessories for Violins
- Accessories for Violas
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- Offers As Europe's biggest sender of musical equipment we can make bulk purchases with almost every manufacturer or buy directly ex works. The better conditions we receive are directly passed on to our customers through special offers. At the moment we have over 92000 products on offer in our Cyberstore most of them immediately available.
You will find our best offers in our Hot Deals section or in the printed Hot Deals version.
- Manual You need a manual or hand book for a Petz product? Manuals for many products are linked to our website and can be downloaded as a PDF for example (all you need is Adobe Acrobat Reader). Printed manuals can be often ordered through us. Please contact the relevant specialist department or email@example.com directly.
- Offers Would you like to buy a used Petz product? Please visit our free notice board with loads and loads of classified ads, where used equipment is offered or required. You can as well place a free ad yourself anytime. The classified ads are divided into product categories and subdivided into requirements, offers and swaps.
- Low Prices Anyone can be cheap but not as cheap as Thomann :-) We do not only try to offer all popular products at favourable prices but we offer also additional services such as our 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee and 3 year warranty . In addition to that we offer personal advice through over 300 specialists, after sales service, high availability, reliable logistics and much more.
Should you find a Petz product at another official dealer cheaper than at Thomann please contact us immediately... maybe there was a price drop lately which has not been considered yet or our purchasing department made a mistake.
- Cyberstore You are now at the Thomann Cyberstore - www.thomann.de Here you will find everything a musician dreams of. If you have questions, qualified specialists are happy to help advise - either by phone, email or at the store in Europe's biggest music shop.
- Spare Parts If you need spare parts, consumables or accessories for Petz products you can contact us anytime. We don't let our customers down after their purchase but take Service very seriously. Thomann operates Europe's biggest service centre for musical equipment with nearly 100 employees and a huge warehouse of spare parts. For questions please contact firstname.lastname@example.com directly or speak to the relevant department.
- Used Have you got a Petz product you would like to trade in or sell as a used item? Thomann also trades, though this is only worth the hassle for the customer in very few cases as we as music shop have to deduct the VAT when purchasing and have to give warranty when selling that means we might have to refurbish and/or repair the product which does as well influence the low purchase price.
Because of this problem we operate on www.thomann.de our big Notice Board with thousands of classified ads all about music, playing music, 2nd hand equipment and used items from all categories. The notice board is a free service for our customers.
- Dealer If you are looking for a capable dealer of Petz products, you are right to have found us as a partner! Thomann is the dealer of Petz products and also it is Europe's biggest retailer of musical instruments, recording, PA and lighting equipment.
- Catalogue Are you looking for a Petz catalogue? We unfortunately don't have any printed catalogues but we have all important information on our website! Besides hundreds of thousands of pictures you will find free test reports from all important publishers, many sample sounds, videos and online advisors as well as product comparisons, wall papers and much more. In printed form we only have the free Hot Deals with over 2,000 current offers from our product range and maybe some product brochures which have been provided by the manufacturer. Please don't hesitate to ask the relevant department. The contact details can be found under "contact person" on the relevant product page.
- Buying You would like to buy a Petz product? Then you are right to have landed yourself at Thomann! We are the dealer for Petz products. Ordering is very easy - either online, by phone, by email or at a store in Europe's biggest music shop in Treppendorf near Bamberg. If you would like to order online you can just visit the relevant product page, put the item into the shopping basket and proceed through to the check-out to send the order. Buying at Thomann is completely safe for you - we promise! If you are not a hundred percent satisfied with your purchase you can return the goods within the first 30 days without any problem. Of course we won't let you down after your purchase. We offer a 3 year warranty and our qualified specialists as well as 100 service staff members will be happy to help you with all your questions and problems.
- classified Ads If you would like to by or sell used Petz equipment just visit our notice board with many private classified ads, where used equipment is offered and required.
- Music House Other than our website www.thomann.de there is also Musikhaus Thomann - Europe's biggest music shop in Treppendorf near Bamberg. Here you will find everything a musician dreams of in 5400 m2 of exhibition space.
Of course you can as well test and buy all products that are shown as available on our website. Here you will find directions to Thomann.
- Musical Instruments One simply has to by one's musical instruments at Thomann - either online on our website or on site in Europe's biggest music shop (in Treppendorf near Bamberg). As Europe's biggest distributor of musical instruments we offer you a huge selection, the best possible availability, quick and reliable shipping as well as additional services like 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee , 3 year warranty, qualified specialists, repair shops and much more.
- music shop Thomann is not only Europe's biggest musical equipment dispatcher and biggest online music shop but it also has the biggest music shop in Europe. Our huge music shop with over 5000 square metres of exhibition space is situated in Treppendorf near Bamberg in Bavaria. Here you will find directions to Musikhaus Thomann.
- Shipping You would like to order Petz products online and have them safely shipped to you? Then you have arrived correctly at Europe's biggest distributor for musical instruments, studio, PA and lighting equipment.
- Price (Prices) All prices on our website are retail prices including VAT. We offer our 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee as well as 3 year warranty to all our customers without ifs or buts.
- Price List All prices on our website are up to date and are retail prices including VAT. If you need a Petz price list just use our search engine at the top left hand side on every page.
- Set / Bundle Besides our single products, we offer also sets with suitable accessories as well as complete packages with additional discounts. At Thomann you have the possibility to create your own packages with additional discounts which we call our Creative Bundles. Just search explicitly for "Petz Set" on our search engine or consider the notes regarding set items and creative bundles on the relevant product page.
- Shop Does Thomann have a shop as well? Yes indeed. It's here in Treppendorf near Burgebrach and it's Europe's biggest music shop - always worth a trip. With over 7900 square metres of exhibition space you will find everything a musician dreams of. You can look at, touch and test all products shown as "immediately available". Here you will find directions to Thomann.
- Test (Test Reports) We have put together over 110000 free test reports for all well-known publishers for you on our website. The tests are linked to the relevant product pages. Selected tests are as well linked to the manufaturer's website as well as to your customer centre. Just scroll to the end of a product page to see if there is a test for this product. If there is, you can read the result of the tests, without having to open test reports yourself. Furthermore you will find hundreds of thousands of user opinions and last but not least: if you are somewhere near us just pop in and visit us in Europe's biggest music shop in Treppendorf near Bamberg ... There you can test all equipment in our product range yourself.
- Treppendorf You would ideally like to test Petz products before your purchase? No problem! Visit us at Europe's biggest music shop in Treppendorf near Bamberg. All Petz products which are shown as "available" are in stock and can be tested in our shop Here you will find directions to Thomann. If Treppendorf is too far away for you, you can rely a hundred percent on our 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are not a hundred percent satisfied with the product you can return it to us without any problem, we promise!


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This year's "5 Factor" honorees are journalist and award-winning author Jenny Block; Emmy Award-winning journalist Ron Corning, who recently joined WFAA Channel 8 as the host of News 8 Daybreak; Dallas restaurant owner Monica Greene of Monica's Aca Y Alla in Deep Ellum and BEE in Oak Cliff, who recently began providing commentary on ABC's Dancing with the Stars for WFAA; award-winning fashion designer Prashi Shah who created her own label, Prashe, and recently opened a showroom in Dallas' Design District; and Bronwen Weber, executive chef and general manager of Frosted Art Bakery and Studio in Dallas who is perhaps best known to many for her appearances on television's Food Network Challenge programs.
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FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- A former teacher at a prestigious all-girls boarding school who was charged last month with sexually assaulting a student may have had inappropriate conversations with five other teenagers, according to a newly released affidavit.
Joseph Rajkumar, 42, taught physics and coached soccer and track at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, whose alumnae include Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Gloria Vanderbilt. Employed at the school since August 2009, he was fired March 4 and charged March 25 with two counts of felony second-degree sexual assault and one count of misdemeanor fourth-degree sexual assault.
Farmington police said the allegations date back to 2010 and involve a now-former student who said that Rajkumar started groping her when she was 15 and that they had sex after she turned 17. The girl told police that she and Rajkumar had sex several times during some weeks, and that they had sex in a closet in his classroom.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit released Tuesday, a guidance counselor at the school learned about sexually inappropriate conversations and text messages between Rajkumar and at least five students ages 15 to 18 and alerted the state Department of Children and Families. Police began investigating March 6, two days after he was fired.
Rajkumar declined to comment after a brief appearance in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday and hung up the phone when contacted at his Farmington home Wednesday. He has posted $500,000 bail and is due back in court April 22.
Rajkumar told police that he had a sexual relationship with the one girl and sent other students emails that authorities say were sexually inappropriate, the affidavit says. Rajkumar signed a statement for police after confessing to his wife, according to the document.
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Crazy but true: women having foot surgery to fit into high-heeled shoes
File this in the folder of stupid things women do in the name of beauty. Apparently some — and I'm guessing very few — are having plastic surgery procedures to have their baby toes sliced off or their longer toes shortened in order to squeeze their feet into super-high stilettos.
Perhaps they got the idea from the stepsisters in the Cinderella fairytale.
Other foot makeover procedures that are seeing a rise in popularity include bunion removal and collagen injections in the balls of the foot to make wearing high heels more comfortable.
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In his cage his habits are decent. Always pees in the box, still working on getting poop in the box, but I pick them up every morning and drop them in the box and every time I walk by his cage during the day.
When he's out I found the spot where he likes to go. So I put the litter box there. And then he started to pee next to it. so I moved it. Then he started to pee where it used to be. So I moved it. This went on for a couple of days. Then I set down a towel (AH HA! I'll out smart the little bugger) and that worked for a day. He peed in his box. I watched him. it was miraculous!!! Then I cleaned it, and left a little bit of soiled litter in there so he would use it. Ha, I got this in the bag right? Wrong. He started peeing on the towel. So that back fired.
Now I've been sitting in his pen watching him and moving him to the box when he tries to pee. Today he outsmarted me and I missed him. He hasn't been using the box so I can't praise him.
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Correlational Analysis of Marketing Concept and Democratic Governance.
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SWINDON Spitfires returned to South West Women's League Premier Division action for the first time since December 15 and dented title-chasing Truro City's hopes with a 3-0 win.
With the strong wind blowing straight down the pitch, Truro won the toss and elected to play with the wind at their backs and forced a series of early corners. Spitfires dealt with the threat and the only real difficulty keeper Tamsin Kellett faced was getting any distance on her goal-kicks.
Spitfires were quick on the counter attack and had the first real chance in the 10th minute when Emma Skinner's throughball allowed Beth Turner a clear run on goal. Despite stumbling after a nudge from the chasing defender she managed to get her shot away, forcing Truro's Candice Britten to tip wide of her near post.
That proved to be just a shot across the bows for Truro, as Spitfires' pace allowed them to opening the scoring two minutes later. Karyn Coombs, making her debut after signing from Swindon Town, played a superb pass into the path of Ria Salleh who cut in from the left wing before firing into the far corner.
With their noses in front, Spitfires found the extra impetus needed to keep Truro at arm's length, with the wind becoming more of a hindrance to the Cornish side.
The second goal came after 75 minutes when Carla Compton caught a Truro defender in possession, which allowed Skinner to collect the loose ball and break free of the defence before slotting calmly past Britten.
Spitfires went on to make the points safe with a third goal on 83 minutes when Britten could only parry a Salleh shot to Hannah Gulliver who returned the ball to the six-yard box for Turner to finish. Meanwhile, Spitfires' reserves lost 5-1 in the Wiltshire League to Ludgershall Sports with Caroline Hook netting the consolation.
Dani Granato snatched victory for the under 15s with virtually the final kick of the game as her side edged a seven-goal thriller with Didcot Casuals 4-3.
The club's under 12s enjoyed a 5-0 victory over Kidlington Youth Harriers. A Chloe Neate brace was supplemented with goals by Aimee Prinzi, Genevieve Bayliss and Shannon King.
In the Wiltshire Girls League, Spitfires' under 13s chalked up a 7-0 win at FC Chippenham thanks to goals from Sophie Roberts (2), Gipsy Viveash (2), Georgia Brown, Tamzin Davis, and Ashleigh Warwick.
The under 15s were without a league game so faced Carterton Town in a friendly and registered a 5-1 win thanks to goals from Katie Donovan, Helena Butcher, Elle Scott, Natalie Goodright and Lucy Goodright.
Meanwhile, Swindon Town Ladies drew 1-1 with Women's Super League side Oxford United in a friendly.
A Chyna Collings goal was enough to ensure that the honours were shared.
Elsewhere, Town's second string entertained Frome Town in the Wiltshire County League and won 4-0. Sally Butterfield scored twice, while Laura McGlone and Amy Jolliffe also found the back of the net.


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Goodman (a 50-yard catch) and Eifert (a two-yard reception) each scored first quarter touchdowns, as the third-ranked Irish (11-0) jumped out to a 21-0 lead and never looked back.
In the process of exorcising the Demon Deacons, Eifert became the most productive tight end in school history, as he caught his 129th pass (the record was 128 by Ken MacAfee).
"Yeah," Goodman responded when asked if he ever envisioned this level of play from Eifert. "He's such an athletic person. It just all came to him at the right time."
It's good that Goodman isn't surprised by Eifert developing into America's best tight end, because Eifert himself never saw that happening.
"Honestly no," Eifert answered when asked if he ever envisioned reaching this level of play. "I just (wanted) to come in and contribute where I'm asked, be a good teammate, be someone that works hard, and just to be someone that is a good person to have on this team."
Well then, he met his aspirations, because there isn't anyone within the Irish program that doesn't admire Eifert for what he's achieved on the field, and doesn't respect him for his humility off of it.
"In Tyler, looking at what he's done, that's amazing," Goodman said. "To be one of his best friends, I think about it more from that aspect than rather just his teammate."
Notre Dame has had 16 tight ends drafted into the NFL and not one has caught as many passes as Eifert. In addition to his receptions, he is now approaching MacAfee's career yards record as well. With 50 yards against USC on Saturday, Eifert will hold that record as well.
But as amazing as Eifert is as a pass catcher (he had six receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown on Saturday), it is his all-around skills that left Demon Deacon coach Jim Grobe impressed.
"What we find so often in tight ends is that they are one or the other," Grobe explained. "They are either big guys who are really good blockers or they are undersized guys that can run and catch the football. (Eifert) is the perfect combination."
Eifert has been dominant against most opponents over the past three seasons, and on Saturday he demonstrated his uniqueness against Grobe's guys. The first attempt to have him catch a touchdown pass went awry as Irish quarterback Everett Golson overthrew him. So Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly called the same play again on the next play because he knew it would work eventually, as Wake Forest (5-6) had no answer defensively for Eifert.
"We tried to get (Eifert) the football and he made incredible plays," Kelly said.
Eifert wrestled with the decision 11 months ago whether or not to turn pro and Kelly said his sticking with the program captures what Notre Dame is all about.
"Coming back, not going into the (NFL) Draft," Kelly said, "coming back to get his degree says so much about the Notre Dame football player… but to also play at the level he's played, to break the kind of records with the great tight ends that have been here at Notre Dame is an amazing feat."


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An unnamed member of the German Olympic team at the Sochi Winter Olympics has had an adverse result for their A sample drugs test.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) announced the finding in a statement and revealed that the B sample result and International Olympic Committee disciplinary commission hearing would be held later on Friday.
The DOSB statement read: "The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has been informed on Thursday evening at 2130 Sochi by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that a member of the German Olympic team's A sample has given an adverse result.
"The results of the B Sample and the hearing before the IOC Disciplinary Commission are scheduled for this Friday.
"Thereafter, the chef de mission will report on the status of the process."
No other athletes are known to have had an adverse result to a drugs test at the Sochi Games, although Russian biathlete Irina Starykh, one of the host nation's brightest medal hopes, was withdrawn from her country's team before the Games after failing a drugs test.
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I've watched a ton of videos, and read a ton of reviews.
Has anyone purchased it yet? I want to get it for NASCAR and racing those cars along with whatever I want at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I'm sure I will race at other locations, etc.
I want to know how well the game feels, and how well it represents NASCAR and IMS.
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Are my symptoms those of a hernia?
I have been working out 3-5 times weekly for the past month in an attempt to lose weight. I have been doing cardio and leg weights to keep my strengthen my surgically repaired Achilles tendon. I have been doing a seated press, extensions, and curls. Over the last period of about a week, I have been experiencing symptoms such as tiredness, shortness of breath, twinges of upper abdominal pain, and slight chest pain and pressure. Also, I have had several momentary (around 1 second each) periods of light-headedness and/or weakness while sitting or standing. Originally I researched the symptoms of fatigure and attributed these symptoms to fatigue and the crunches I began doing last week, but now I am not so sure. A few nights ago, I went to the gym and did my normal exercises and returned home feeling fine. Some time afterward, I began to feel a slight discomfort in my lower abdomen down into my leg. The discomfort is specific to one side of my lower abdomen, and does not extend into the center of the area. I felt for lumps in the area or signs of any protruding organs, but there don`t seem to be any. I by no means have a six-pack, so signs of a hernia or other abdominal injury might be a bit more difficult to track. The discomfort I am experiencing returns when I am stretching the area or when I begin physical activity, but is relieved somewhat once I am "loose". Also, there is no pain/discomfort when I push in on the area in question. Is it possible that my symptoms are those of a hernia or might I simply have a pulled muscle? Are there any simple tests that will help me know for sure? Thank you for your help.
If I had to guess I would bet this represents a pulled muscle based on your description. A hernia is a possibility but I would bet on a muscle pull. The best way to rule out a hernia is to have a physical examination and for this reason I suggest you consult with your primary care physician who should be able to simply examine you for a hernia.
Martin I Resnick, MD
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School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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What is this medicine?NILUTAMIDE (nye LOO ta mide) blocks the effect of the male hormone called testosterone. It is used with surgery to treat prostate cancer.
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Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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Black History Month will be highlighted by a special program featuring Tuskegee Airman, Mr. Eugene Richardson. 2nd Lt. Eugene Richardson earned his pilot wings in the Tuskegee program in March 1945, a few months before the end of missions over Europe. Nearly 1,000 African Americans earned their pilot's wings in the program between 1942 and 1946. They flew more than 15,000 sorties over North Africa and Europe during World War II.


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HELOTES, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has developed a first-of-its-kind workshop called "Hunt Texas: The Basics" designed to provide new hunters with the basic skills needed to successfully pursue a variety of Texas game species.
The workshop will take place from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. on Sat., Sep. 16 at the Helotes 4-H Center, 12132 Leslie Rd. in Helotes. The workshop will also cover locating public and private hunting opportunities, firearm selection, hunter education requirements and the Texas Youth Hunting Program.
A catered lunch and field demonstrations will take place at nearby Government Canyon State Natural Area and will focus on camouflage, habitat evaluation, blind placement and field care of game. Registration is limited to the first 100 people.
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http://www.dwightjaynes.com/does-jer...nt-out-of-hereMultiple sources told Dwight Jaynes over the weekend that Trail Blazers guard Jerryd Bayless has asked the team to trade him.
Portland might need another big man following Greg Oden's season-ending knee injury and Bayless might be the type of player that can get them one.
However, Jaynes points out that Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard is usually adverse to in-season trades.
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Silver Strings: Collecting Guitars
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The Blue Guitars project is the story of one man's passion for this most American of all musical instruments. With more than three million new guitars sold throughout the world in 1995 and about 14 million Americans who consider themselves guitar players, it is hardly surprising that the instrument has become a hot commodity.
In the exploding collectibles marketplace, the value of vintage guitars has increased 20 percent to 100 percent a year since 1984. In 1995, the 80-odd vintage guitar shows held in the United States resulted in sales of more than $200 million.
For Scott Chinery, the man responsible for the creation of the Blue Guitars, the project was both the crown jewel of an already extraordinary collection and an homage to a man many consider America's greatest luthier ever, the late Jimmy D'Aquisto.
D'Aquisto, successor to John D'Angelico as America's premier archtop guitar maker, created a blue Centura Deluxe (one of the four models designed as part of his "modern" series of archtops) not long before his death in 1995. Its striking color was a specific request from Chinery, a blue lacquer obtainable from a single manufacturer in Amsterdam, New York
"During the spring of 1995," recalls Chinery, 36, "I saw the archtop guitar hitting a peak in terms
of quality and diversity. The instruments that were being made at that point, in my view, surpassed those at any other time in history.
of quality and diversity. The instruments that were being made at that point, in my view, surpassed those at any other time in history.
"I had often thought that it would be neat to get all the great portrait painters together to interpret the same subject and then see the differences among them. So that's what I set out to do with the Blue Guitars. To get all the greatest builders together and have them interpret the same guitar, an 18-inch archtop, in the same color blue that Jimmy had used. All of these great luthiers saw this as a friendly competition, and as a result they went beyond anything they'd ever done. We ended up with a collection of the greatest archtop guitars ever made."
Archtop, or carved top guitars, are just what the name implies. The top of the body is carved to arch upwards away from the back and sides. An American innovation, the origins of the archtop go back to Orville Gibson, who was the first to apply European violin-making techniques to the guitar.
The resurgence of the archtop guitar is but one facet of the expanding collectible guitar market. Instruments that were worth a few thousand dollars in the early 1980s are now valued in the six figures. This is attributable, at least in part, to collectors like Chinery, whose desire to acquire has driven prices ever higher.
Just what is it about the vintage guitar that inspires such passion and a willingness to part with large sums of cash? In Chinery's case it all came together on one memorable day. "I worked in a local music store and I loved guitars; it was all I lived for at that point," he recalls. "I would have worked at the store for nothing, would have paid to be there. But, as a 16-year-old, it had never crossed my mind that there was such a thing as a vintage guitar.
"One day a nice little old man brought a guitar in to sell, a 1920s Orpheum archtop, not really a great guitar, but when I opened that case it was love at first sight. I was dazzled. It was a total turning point for me. I bought it, and from that point I was a guitar collector, even though I didn't have the money to buy anything else right away."
But even on a limited budget, Chinery soon amassed a respectable collection. "I lived at my parents' house and pretty soon I had about 20 guitars on display in my room. My resources were very limited but I did it. The first expensive guitar I bought was about 10 years ago, a split-headstock Explorer. I bought it from [rock guitarist] Rick Derringer. I remember my father saying, 'You're nuts. $8,000 for a guitar?' He was really hot. Of course, now, I've turned down offers of $150,000 for it."
Stanley Jay, co-founder and president of Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island, New York, one of America's top dealers in vintage fretted instruments, has seen the market evolve firsthand. "When we started 25 years ago, there was only a very small market, very few dealers, very few venues in which to advertise and none aimed specifically at the vintage market. Now there are two primary magazines for collectors, Vintage Guitar and 20th Century Guitar. At the moment, between 250 and 300 people advertise themselves as vintage guitar dealers. In 1973 there were only about four. Information about the instruments was also hard to come by in those days. But as time went on we've developed a mailing list of customers, buyers, sellers and players, and that list has 185,000 names on it."
What is it that makes a vintage guitar collectible, or makes it a "vintage" guitar at all?
The guitar first appeared in the mid-sixteenth century, probably having evolved from the lute. These early guitars had the flat back still in use today and featured four strings, or groups of strings called "courses" in which one to three strings made the same note. One indication of the instrument's early popularity was the publication of the first book of guitar music in 1546. The five "course" guitar followed soon after and, finally, around 1775, the first instruments with six single strings appeared. There were other innovations, but essentially the guitar as we know it today was fully formed by the 1800s.
Although the great violin maker, Antonio Stradivari, made a few guitars in the late 1600s, it was Vienna's Johann Stauffer, who began making guitars about 1800, who is the undisputed early master of the instrument.
According to devotees, in guitar history somebody is always reinventing the wheel. If this is true, then Stauffer was one of those responsible for making the prototype. At least a half-dozen twentieth century "innovations" can be traced back to Stauffer's workshop, including the scroll-shaped peghead with the tuners on one side, the detachable neck, the raised fingerboard and the first "signature" model guitars endorsed and autographed by famous artists of the day. Unfortunately, innovation never has guaranteed success, and Stauffer, who stopped making guitars in order to produce violins, died in the poorhouse in 1853.
Ironically, it was one of Stauffer's employees, a shop foreman named Christian Friedrich Martin Sr., who would become one of the most famous guitar makers in the world. He would do it not in Vienna but in the small town of Nazareth, Pennsylvania. C.F. Martin & Co., one of the oldest continuously owned family businesses in the United States, is still headed by a C.F. Martin (the fourth), and remains in Nazareth to this day.
Unlike violins and woodwind and brass instruments, the guitar as we now know it is pretty much an American creation. As Chinery puts it, "The real beginning was in 1833 when C.F. Martin Sr. came to the U.S. from Austria. He did, of course, bring European design with him, but if you look at the guitars in my collection, including one from 1833, you can see his art develop. Take steel strings, for example. Had he not promoted the steel string guitar, all guitar music played today would sound different. Steel strings allowed a player's personality to come through in a way that gut strings never did. It gave rise to the blues and then out of the blues came rock and roll and all of the cultural trends that were spawned by that music."
The steel string guitar "laid the foundation for everything that's come after it," Chinery adds. "I think a lot of people are beginning to see that these early guitars are more than just musical instruments; they are cultural icons." One thing that proves Chinery's point is the prices commanded by rare guitars in the collector marketplace. An original Stauffer guitar recently brought $3,000, while a Martin-Stauffer can fetch upwards of $75,000. A case probably could be made that Stauffer's influence on C.F. Martin was comparable to that of Niccolò Amati on Antonio Stradivari, who apprenticed under him in the mid-1600s.
Jay Scott, a guitar dealer and author of four books on guitar history, reflects on what may be a change in the attitude of collectors regarding earlier guitars: "Pre-1833 vintage European guitars have become more sought after. Steve Howe is one important collector who is into them. A lot of that has to do with the fact that in the past 20 years, all of the great American guitars have been bought up, and now everyone's looking for new frontiers because all the good shit is gone. At a guitar show today with thousands of instruments for sale, maybe 10 are of top investment quality."
What about more modern guitars? When do they cease to be considered vintage? The general consensus seems to be around 1970. Larry Wexer, a professional musician as well as a collector and sales manager at Mandolin Brothers, sees a change in that arbitrary cut-off date.
"While the classics that were collectible initially are still collectible, now there's a younger market," he says. "What was considered late-model junk is starting to go up in value. In our perception, it's like, 'Seventies Stratocasters collectible? Have you lost your minds?' But now there are these kids who say, 'Well, when they were made I wasn't born yet, so those are old guitars.' So it is definitely a matter of perspective."
Larry Acunto, publisher with his brother Jim of 20th Century Guitar, has another take on the "What is vintage?" question. "The cut-off is about the time when all of the small, often family-owned companies started selling out to the major corporations, from the mid-'60s to about 1970. In '65, CBS bought Fender, and Fender went downhill pretty quickly. In '67, Norlin bought Gibson and Baldwin bought Gretsch. All of these big companies were going into the guitar business and they didn't have a clue as to what they were doing. At that point American guitar manufacturing went right down the tubes."
One unfortunate side effect of this semiofficial vintage cutoff date is that most of the good instruments have already been collected, so it takes a hefty bank balance to be a collector these days.
Chinery has such a balance. In 1984, he sold his vitamin and nutritional supplement company, called Cybergenics, for the kind of money that puts a Lamborghini Diablo in the driveway, Cuban double coronas in the walk-in humidor and the world's greatest private guitar collection--1,000 vintage guitars--in his "simple" chateau in Toms River, New Jersey.
Chinery, who has studied the guitar for the past 20 years, is one of those collectors who believe that the instruments are there to be played, no matter what their value. Larry Acunto recalls his first visit to Chinery's house to look at the collection. "The first time my brother and I met Scott," Acunto says, "we walked into the guitar room and there he was, surrounded by guitars, strumming on what was then one of the most valuable guitars in the world, a $100,000 Stromberg Master 400. Les Paul once said that he couldn't imagine living in a house without guitars everywhere. I guess Scott feels the same."
Jay Scott agrees. "Guitars that are played regularly are better instruments, but generally not worth as much, as an untouched, mint instrument. Players tend to buy musical instruments; most collectors buy investments."
Many famed guitar players collect vintage guitars, including Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards, Stephen Stills, Steve Miller, Rick Nielsen, Greg Martin and Chet Atkins. Other notable collectors include actor Richard Gere, author Jonathan Kellerman and "Far Side" cartoonist Gary Larson.
If vintage guitars are valuable because of who made them or how they advanced the art of guitar making, what about guitars that are valuable because of the celebrities who played them? Robert Levine of Sotheby's collectibles department looks at the world of guitar collecting from that perspective.
"Most vintage guitar collectors are students of music, music making and instruments," Levine says. "You could spend your whole life learning about the instrument itself. The majority of celebrity guitars on the market appeal to a different sort of collector. Seventy percent of what we sell is what we call "signer" guitars. Probably something that a fan or roadie got a performer to autograph. Then there's a smaller percentage of really fine celebrity instruments, the historically significant guitars--something used on a recording or shot for an album cover or played in concerts. A good example would be the 'Smashed Hendrix,' a fragment of the Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix wrecked during the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. It sold in June 1992 for $8,800.
"For the most part, the celebrity guitar buyer will either be a corporate buyer, like the Hard Rock Cafe, or a private individual who's a huge fan of a particular artist," Levine adds. "If you look at the prices, often the signer guitar can be had for between $500 and $3,000, depending on the signature. A Pete Townsend or [Bruce] Springsteen [guitar] might command a little more. Then you jump to guitars that were played in concert, with letters of authenticity or photos or a video of the performer playing them, and those might go from $3,000 to upwards of $10,000."
Prices then head for the stratosphere. "Finally," Levine says, "you have the historically significant guitars like Buddy Holly's Gibson J-45 that Gary Busey bought for $242,000 in 1990, or the 1969 Fender Stratocaster that Hendrix played at Woodstock, which went for $320,000, also in 1990." Add to those prices the $149,000 paid for a Sunburst Les Paul Standard and the $400,000 for the first solid-body Fender electric and you start to wonder, How high the moon?
According to the experts, the day of the million dollar guitar is coming. Jay Scott, for one, thinks it will be a D'Aquisto. "One of Jimmy's modern series. It may not be until the twenty-first century, but I think it's going to happen."
For those who don't want to wait, or can't come up with the $100,000 or more to buy a D'Aquisto now, there is another way to chase that elusive million. It's by discovering a legendary guitar called the "Moderne," which either was, or wasn't, built by Gibson in 1957. If it was built at all, it's nearly impossible to know how many were made. Referred to by some as the "Holy Grail" of the guitar world, the first one to surface might command that million dollar price tag.
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text: On Friday at 3pm we had a thunderstorm that contained the most lighting that my cable guy said he had ever seen in his life (i have cable for internet) I wasnt home at the time and all of my electronics were turned off. I have 6 D receivors (3 HR's and 3 H units) When i got home from the office, my daughter was complaining that "her" hdtv in the living room (hr22-100) wasnt working. the TV was saying "no signal" no the HDMI input The H25 in the kitchen was fine and working with the HDTV The HDTV in my grand dauthers room was getting the same "no signal" on the TV hdmi input from the H24 My bedroom HDTV (hr22-100) same thing..Tv on but getting the no signal msg The HDTv in my daughters bedroom (H21 supplied) was fine and working with no issue My home theater in the family room was fine.. HR21-100 & Samsung 52" hdtv THANK GOD !!!!! My cable modem and router and DECCA power insertion is in my bedroom. I had no internet and my cable modem and router were dead. The moden wouldnt even light up. I have 3 wireless ROKU units in my home, my bedroom my grand daughters and family room... in the bedroom, the TV's were not seeing any input. Granted i was off the internet but I would have seen the ROKU start up screen. Last, I have a Davis Vantage Vue wireless weather station on my roof, That was dead, no wireless signal to my indoor monitors. There was no indication of any lightning strike on my house or surrounding trees...It must have been whizzing all around my home though. I called D and they told me to check my hdmi cables and all the simple stuff and get back to them. I did call my cable company and they had a service guy out Saturday morning to replace the modem and fortunately I had an extra linkseys router becuase my router was shot too. I also pulled my HR22-100 from my bedroom to a non affected room and connected it and it worked fine so I dismissed any damage to my receivers. I have an electronic HDMI spitter installed as my old Olevia HDTV had only one HDMI input so we can watch a DVD player and not fuss with changeing cables into the TV. I bypassed that switch and went straight into the TV and wal-la, up came the signal from my D receiver. Once the cable guy got me back online, I stared to suspect two things: 1) The lighting surge may have entered thru the cable line 2) The affected TVs all shared the same problem..They seemed to have non-functional HDMI inputs...that maybe the lighting had damaged them. The reason I feel this way is that I can connect from my D receivers via my RGB TV inputs and all my D recievors can be viewed with this input on all the affected TVs. In addition, once I had my D receivers up and running thru my RGB connections I noticed that the DECCA unit in my bedroom that is used for the power inserter was not lighted..none of the three LED's so I borrowed the DECCA unti from my daughters room and used it and bang it started right up so my whole houes is working now So, my questions are: 1) Can lighting take out HDTV's HDMI inputs? 2) Can D just ship me a new DECCA unit? I dont want to pay for a site visit as I dont have the protection plan. And surprise surprise, my Davis weather station began tranmitting yesterday morning. I thought it was fried... Very strange... Any help or advice would be appreciated. I am lucky I had no damage to anything else in my home.


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Both me and my best friend purchased the Reddmango Aangora and I feel I was very lucky as mine worked perfectly unlike the one my friend got she had consistant problems with hers playing the same song more then 10 times in a row and turning off for no reason even though the Reddmango Aangora was cheap we did expect better value for our money in her case anyway.
The device itself has a built in usb drive which is very easy to use as you just pull off half the case to reveal the usb stick, plug it into the computer and start to transfer music, compared to others which you had to mess around with cables to transfer music, on the front of the mp3 is a large round silver button which is used to skip tracks, pause and play, to turn on and off just hold down the on/off button.
It does require batterys which seemed to drain pretty fast but it was really easy to change the batterys you just slide the long tube from the back off and change the AA battery.
When you plug in the device it automatically loads the drivers and opens a folder to start to transfer music into I used media player but my friend just transferred directly from her music folders.
The sound quality is amazing with this MP3 device and the headphones that come with it are actually quite good, though my friend swapped hers for a better pair.
The battery doesn't last long but I only used it to and from work so a single battery would last me about a week or so but I was very happy with it.
The price was acceptable at £12.99 from argos at the time, but I do know other people who weren't happy with they're purchase as there were too many problems, but I enjoy simple technology i would recommend it for ages 5 - 10 nowadays as its very simple to use not a good purchase for easily frustrated adults who refuse to take something back to the shops as they are convinced they can fix it themselves (personal reference)
Just after Christmas I decided to treat myself to a new ipod as my current one was a little temperamental and only worked when it felt like it, so when a friend was selling an almost brand new one for just £25 I snapped it up! I was like a child with a new toy playing with it and adding all my music to it when my daughter decided that she was very interested in it - stupidly I let her have a listen and of course she loved it and wanted to play with it over and over again. I was so worried about her breaking it that I thought I would get her an mp3 player. As my daughter is only three I didn't want to spend a great deal of money, and I was advised to try Tesco as they sell reasonably cheap players. Before trying shops, I decided to try Ebay and I found one that looked perfect at a great price.
The Reddmango Angora MP3 player is a small black plastic gadget that looks just like a usb stick. In the centre of the player is a large silver button which are the controls and at either side you will find writing which shows the brand name "Reddmango" and "Usb disc/mp3". At the left hand side of the mp3 you will find the small hole for the headphones to be attached. Along the bottom of the mp3 you will find a small red light, and a small silver button which is the on/off button. The cover of the mp3 is removed to reveal the usb stick so you can plug it into the computer, but also to place the battery into the mp3 you need to remove the cover, and on the back you will find a long tube-like cover which also needs to be removed so you can put the battery in.
The mp3 player is 1GB, which means it will hold between 200 and 250 songs depending on the length of the songs. Adding songs to the player really couldn't be any more simple. Remove the cover and pop the usb into your computer, this will install the drivers and open a folder in which you can place your songs. I used Itunes to add songs to the mp3 but you can just as easily use a media player. Simply drag the desired songs into the mp3 folder (or you can copy and paste, whichever you find easier), and then the songs will appear on the mp3. There is no synching required with this simple little player as you find with ipods or more expensive players. Now I am not technical in the slightest, but this really couldn't have been any easier, and even my mum could do it and she doesn't know anything about computers or mp3's!
It is also extremely easy to use this mp3 player, and this was very important as it is for my three year old daughter to use and I wanted her to be able to use it alone without needing someone's help each time. To switch on the player, you need to press the on button for a couple of seconds and the red light will glow to show you that the player is turned on. The music will then begin, and you can use the large silver button to skip through songs should you so wish to. Of course, as this is such a basic mp3 there is no display showing the songs so you do need to listen to the music to know what is playing. To turn the mp3 off, simply press and hold the on/off button a second time.
The sound quality on this mp3 is surprisingly really good! The mp3 comes with the headphones which are the small ones which go in your ear, this isn't ideal for my daughter as her ears are just too small to put them in so I am looking to replace them with the more old fashioned earphones so she can listen better. However, she will simply hold them up to her ear when she is listening to her tunes and the sound quality is just perfect.
One downside with the mp3 is that it is battery operated only, and the battery does seem to go quite fast. It does however only take a single AA battery so in that sense it isn't expensive to keep replacing, but I do need to make sure I have replacements available for when they run out. My daughter has been using the mp3 regularly, probably a couple of times a day most days, and since first using it in January I would guess we have changed the battery around seven times, so you can see how it does drain quite quickly. I would have preferred it if there was the ability to charge the mp3 on the computer, but it isn't really a great problem as such.
My daughter absolutely loves this, she really adores listening to music and having a good singalong to her Disney tunes that I have put on for her. Though I have found on several occasions that my daughter likes to listen to a couple of bars per song and then skip away happily through them al! I think that is testament to how easy this is to use as she only needed showing once and can use it by herself now and is at ease with the few functions that are on there. She has seen me set off to work with my ipod on so I have had quite a few requests that she can use her mp3 when we are on our way to nursery - just so she can be like mummy!
The price of this mp3 was an absolute bargain, just £2.99 off Ebay and I couldn't be happier with the purchase. I have seen the same item for sale on Amazon for £14 so I would advise if you are looking to purchase one to definately shop around. I think this is a perfect first mp3 player for a child to use, and at that price it doesn't really matter if it gets broken or stops working. Another good reason for a cheap mp3 like this is so you don't have to risk taking an expensive ipod on holiday with the risk of losing it! I completely recommend this as a budget mp3.
Thank you for reading my review!


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The March 2008 issue of OXM made its way onto my desk today and thought I'd share some interesting mentions of our games….
In their "2008 Preview" feature, Fallout 3 is among 50 titles they think should be on your radar. Also, on page 21, if you look waaay down at the bottom, you'll see that they wouldn't be surprised if Fallout 3 gets pushed to next year. To that, I'll reference what Pete said here.
The issue also looks back at 2007 with their "Game of the Year Awards," and we were happy to see Shivering Isles came away with the award for Downloadable Content of the Year, making it the second year in a row we've won that award. I'm also happy to learn that Avatar and TMNT are great titles to boost my Xbox Gamerscore. Time to check those ones out. Like some other folks at the office, I'm a sucker for achievement points.
To check out the rest of the previewed games for 2008 and see who the big winners and losers were in 2007, check out the March issue on a newstand near you.


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I got a good laugh out of the above posted which was created by Jennifer of Rainy Day Genealogy Readings. It may not play as well here as it does in the UK where the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters are part of an anti-terrorism campaign.
Jennifer told me she used the Keep Calm Generator to create her poster and I like it so much that I wanted to display it and link back to her blog.
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In one's cultivation of meditation, whether it is from the beginning stage or, to the advanced stage or, to a seasoned Meditator, there will be much much illusory phenomenon. Each illusory phenomenon is different from another Meditator.
The key to muster these illusory phenomenon is to stay at Upheka state of mind and observe its arising and dissolving as Anicca/impermanence, and not get attached/react to it.
Even, should the Phenomenon be a true Magga and Phala Nana Phenomenon, one would still stay in the same Upheka state of mind to observe its arising till its dissolution.
Most of the time, these Illusory Phenomenon gives rise to many Meditators presuming that they have already reached an Ariya stage, that will hamper their progressive forward.
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Why is LLL necessary?
Breastfeeding is an instinctual and natural act, but it is also an art that is learned day by day.
Once upon a time, children grew up seeing their mothers, aunts, other relatives and friends breastfeeding. This does not happen very often any more, and often a woman finds herself with her baby in her arms without ever having even seen another woman caring for her child. With the widespread use of formula and the bottle, we have forgotten many notions and ideas that help in breastfeeding successfully, and our expectations regarding children's needs and behaviors have changed. The ideal image of a healthy child that most people have today today - for example, how and how much he will eat, how he will sleep, how much and how fast he should grow - are based to a great extent on the typical behavior of formula fed babies.
The reality is that almost all women can breastfeed, have enough milk for their babies and learn how to overcome problems both large and small. It is almost always simply a matter of practical knowledge and not a question of good luck.At La Leche League meetings, pregnant women or mothers with babies can meet other women who are breastfeeding and in this way derive great benefit from their experience and encouragement.
Some mothers find it necessary to deal with the consequences of difficult births, inadequate or inaccurate information received immediately following birth, or physical challenges--La Leche League is also here for these mothers, with accurate, up-to-date information that will help the mother make informed decisions that will work for her own particular circumstances.
Breastfeeding provides a woman with a unique occasion to experience motherhood in an optimal manner, introducing positive changes within her family and the society. A well informed and involved woman can experience natural processes such as childbirth and breastfeeding in the best way for herself and her baby. She knows when to proceed, when to ask for help and which choices to make. She knows when and how to look for support and can give it to other women, growing as a mother and as a woman at the same time.
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Cishek displaying nasty stuff for Team USA
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Marlins still have two players in the World Baseball Classic -- left fielder Giancarlo Stanton and reliever Steve Cishek of Team USA.
On Thursday night, Cishek retired all four batters he faced in a 3-1 loss to the Dominican Republic in front of 34,366 fans at Marlins Park. The 6-foot-6 right-hander delivered nine pitches, all strikes, and notched two strikeouts in his fourth appearance of the tournament.
"He was nasty, and it was good to see him get in a big situation there," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "That's good, because it will help prepare him for the season for us. He looked good. He looked sharp. And he showed a little fire, which was good to see, too. So you can tell he was into it."
The Americans will face Puerto Rico, under former Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez, in an elimination game Friday night. Rodriguez was given the job on an interim basis after Fredi Gonzalez was fired during the 2010 season.
In a 7-1 victory over Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Stanton went 2-for-3 and drew an intentional walk from the eighth spot in the batting order.
"Our guys are playing well," Redmond said. "What we were trying to do before they left was to prepare them to be ready to play, and play the whole game. They've done a good job. I'm happy for them."
The only other Marlins player in the event was right-hander Henderson Alvarez, who will make his first start since returning from Team Venezuela when the club visits the New York Mets on Saturday.
Bob Bellone is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Los Altos native and cartography researcher Chet Van Duzer delved into the deep for his latest book.
"Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (British Library, 2013) takes a closer look at the mysterious sea creatures that grace historical maps – from giant fish to dragons, serpents and amalgamations of the known and unknown.
Van Duzer, a research scholar at Brown University's John Carter Brown Library and former Kislak Fellow at the Library of Congress, spent two years researching and writing the book. He has published extensively on medieval and Renaissance maps.
A few years ago at a library in Spain, Van Duzer found a map that included a sea monster. He began searching for other instances of the creatures and explored their decorative and educational functions.
"While it's hard to generalize, some sea monsters do represent the dangers of the unknown, but others are shown in well-known areas," he said. "Sea monsters on maps have multiple functions. They can represent the unknown or show the cartographer's knowledge of sea creatures."
Van Duzer said the process of researching was "enjoyable and fun" because the subject is engaging.
"When I've given talks about sea monsters, everyone goes away with a smile on their faces," he said. "It's really very satisfying to work with the subject."
Van Duzer's next project moves from past to future. He intends to research maps that hypothesize how the world would appear during the apocalypse.
"Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" is available at Amazon.com.


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Chicago 2016
VSA Partners, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 2009
When Mayor Richard M. Daley initiated Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, he assembled a committee of civic, cultural and business leaders. Their challenge to VSA Partners: put the city on a global stage with an aspirational identity and brand strategy that tangibly demonstrates Chicago's determination to host the 2016 Olympic Games. VSA was assigned the role of defining the brand strategy, visual identity and graphic look and feel for the bid effort, including guidance for other creative partners. VSA developed an identity that served as a tribute to Chicago's unique physical attributes—a world-class location united by water, green space and architecture. The Chicago 2016 logo blends the colors of the five Olympic rings surrounding the city's six-pointed star, evoking serene blue lakefront, vibrant green landscape and fiery skyline. It also evokes Chicago's Games concept: to host compact Olympic Games in the center of the city, along the lakefront and in the city's parks. In addition to the logo itself, the visual identity was conceived as a system of versatile graphic elements, extending the "painted" look of the Chicago 2016 symbol through brushed colors and athlete photography. These identity elements established the foundation for advertising and communications, providing the design basis for the Chicago 2016 website, event signage, broadcast graphics, clothing and hundreds of visual components used by the bid committee throughout the selection process.
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- Design firm
- VSA Partners, Inc.
- Creative directors
- Dana Arnett, Jamie Koval
- Designer
- VSA Partners, Inc.
- Client
- Chicago 2016 Committee