A trip to Italy

I took the family to Italy for the holidays (12/97-1/98), visiting Rome, Florence, Venice, and Milan. I'm still tired. But, I did manage to take a few pictures....

Here's a bizarre hybrid: bagpipe and dulcimer? From a painting in the Ufizzi Gallery, Florence.

The rest of the files I'll just list. The high point for me was visiting the ORSI factory, just outside Milan. Most of the pictures below were taken there. The factory itself was a bit dark, as it was a holiday and only one craftsman was at work. However, I did have a flash :-)

Name	Size	Description
5ST-BASS.JPG	25,238	An enormous 5 string bass, from a museum in Florence
ANCHE-B.JPG	21,075	The back of a new ORSI contrabass ad anche
ANCHE-F.JPG	19,539	The front of a new ORSI contrabass ad anche
ASSORT1.JPG	25,401	A view of the instruments along the ceiling at ORSI
ASSORT2.JPG	27,354	A continuation of ASSORT1.JPG
BB-A-AB.JPG	21,842	The ORSI Bb/A clarinet, and an Ab sopranino
BS-SAX1.JPG	34,518	The ORSI bass sax prototype
BS-SAX2.JPG	35,048	The back of the prototype, showing the thumb low Bb
CB-SAX.JPG	58,204	The ORSI contrabass sax model (with a new oboe)
CBSAX-BD.JPG	38,778	An unfinished CB sax body
CBSAX-BL.JPG	17,779	An unfinished CB sax bell
CIMBASSO.JPG	51,986	An ORSI upright cimbasso
NINO-1.JPG	32,600	Closeup of an ORSI curved Eb sopranino sax
NINOS.JPG	24,958	Unfinished sopraninos, straight and curved
PANPIPE.JPG	24,466	ORSI's keyboard panpipe
TEN-SAR1.JPG	54,929	Tenor sarrusophone, held by Mr. Perin
TEN-SAR2.JPG	72,252	Another view of the tenor sarrusophone

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