ender pent

CARDSTON, .Alta. (CP)
—~ The fiddle nestled bet-
ween tults of beige velvet in

- a wooden didplay case is

- billed by Ripley’s Belleve It -

or Not as the smallest violin

in the world. * .
“IT made it in 1936, " says

Reinhold Thur,-a 70-year- °

old dental technician, “This
one here, Jess than one inch
long, was displayed at the «
1939 World’s Fair in San

yen? yg nh oom de

“Fabolows Radio Feat’

Francisca. I made that

without a ingot glass.
Salt of tide gan actually
50

couldn't get @ human hair
in, 50 | used the mane of an
~angora, goat. "

5

‘miniatures for only a short
time. These days, he’s
preoccupied with putting

the finishing touches on his |

ard and finest" atandard-

, . sized solo violin.

- Some. of his instruments
already. ‘have honored

. Places in the string sections:

‘of the Salt Lake City, Utah,

-Ledbridge,’ Alta,, .Calgary’.
. ’ and Vancouver. symphonies. /
Thue: will discuss his -

Another concert violin is on

9 1 "13.

Search for:
Tamorrow

Definition
Definition...

“| Fugitit .

Days _
Days.

our
Lives

Magazine

Chiidren Maude :

La Vie
Secreta
Avis de
Recherche

Another Summer
World —
Another

World

Human
Race.

‘Magazine

one . _ | Another
Life World - -
-To - Another -
-} Live ‘| World

Les
Troyvalilet
Raflete
dun Pays

Human

Chips
. Race

Chips
chips

Chips "| Street -

Coronation’

‘| General || Texas
Hospital Texes

General. -| Texas
Hospital “| Texas ~

Retlete -
d'un Pays
“|Sinema.
Les

Movie
The of Nigar
» [Disap Take
pearance x»

The Edge,

Ryan's The
‘Hope. Alen :
“Hapay Thitke .
Days Show

' | Trols

Ages
cinema
Development | cinema :

Yan
Muppet
Show |.

pearance

oo] Wok with

‘The "Gitte
Mery ‘Hovse
Gritfin _ fon the.
Show Prairie

crawing - | Tire
Years dalle
arts Lrimag..
Foundation “jay Galop |

King 5
News
King 5
News

Days
TK Eve.
News =~

Hapay .

Komo
news 4
ABC
News

. [Littie
“| House
on the
Prairle

| East Lee .
Eorwara | Grandes”
Selt

"| Batallles
Incorporated [Ou Passe

NAC, Barney
News. Alller
King 5 :”
News

Koma -
News 4
Komo

News 4

News
“|tour
|News |
Hour —

Emission
Speclate
Emission
Speciale

Canadiah
“| Government
_| Computers -
. and .

oo | Tonight
“| Tonight

Tic Tac.

Dough

: Macheil.
“|Lehrer. Reg.

Eaucation | Tele.

Tele

. * +
.| the Sea:

.| Fame
Fame
Fame
Fame

Istand -

Island

Fantasy a

Fantasy

Different. / Knots |
Strokes iLanding -
Gimme Koats

a Graak

Landing: °

The

National

pve :
[Minister

Night ..
News

Final’. |

- | Sons

My Three | News

 Deyyatarious

permanent, display In the

Schumann Memorial
Foundation in- New York
City. '

On this day, Thur had just
raised the sound post and
was rubbing the bédy’ before
checking for mintite details
like the angle and diameter
of the strings and the cut of
the bridge. -

“You put life intoa violin.”
The heat of the rubbing and

._ thé varnish put each one in a

different category."

Like the early ‘masters |

- who tried to put the stamp of
artistry ‘inte their in- .

- strument, Thur begins. to
* pluck and stretch: the.
"strings, searching for‘ that.

expressive,. plaintive.

“quality which violin experts -
./ Tegard’ as a mark of ex-
' ¢cellence. ‘

“T'm nota player,, bor

* notice the tone ‘on this,"
_. Bays Thur ‘as his ‘fingers

‘alternate between the key of
G on the piano and violin.

Pay TV Feature

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Canadian Radio-television

- and Telecommunications
«Commission has called for
_ public reaction to thie idea of
“mandatory pay TV.

Interested. parties have

" until Sept.1 to submit their
‘views on the service, which

"would be distributed to atid:

“That's deep tone on a_
violin... . It will be a great
solo violin. ”

The muccess of the in-
strument’s resonance
depends on such factors as

choice and age of wood, -

design of the contours, the

_ curve of the: table and the. -

"back, tension of “the bagse-

bar supporting the belly, the

‘fluidity of the varnish, the
adjustment of the tension
and the position of . the
strings, he says.

“The Sitka Spruce for the
belly is: fine-grained. and

quarter cut. And the Bird-
seye Maple for the back is a
‘adds to the topial quality.”

Thur took violin lessons in

his’ ‘former. home in Ger-,
-, Many :- ‘before coming’ to
_- Alberta when he: was 10. But

-his “hands were too small te
play. well"? * and he began to
experiment . with the
technical ade’ of the’ in-
strument, ;

regulatory agency said
Wednesday. .

At present, the CRTC i is
considering no specific
application for:a universal
pay TV service.

‘But while It rejected two -.

applications last spring, the
commission.

- paid for by” all cable TV -Were persuasive.

subscribers, whether they’
want it or not, the federal

NEW I TOWN?
UTUS PU)

“QUT THE MAT

FoR YOU!

_ Universal pay. Vv would

.be run-as a non-profit. en: :

terprise and revenues would
be reinvested into Canadian
productions. . -

The commission said such

_a Service holds the promise
“of being iinlquely Canadian °
_ it content’ and ‘character,

while .at- the same time

being © available at: a.

“reasonably low-cost." °
Tt also said ‘that. because

|-of guaranteed ‘contributions
from cable subscribers, a
‘universal service .would |
“have: the ability ‘to ‘inject -
: . ‘substaritial “revenues ; into
the: development: of quality

Canadian programs. --"

” Stainer. and . others, ‘Thur

- views on tiering of cable TV
said the .
- arguments for. the service

_ CRTC is looking at whether

. accordingly,’ a

By studying | ancient
manuscripis. of such. old
violin masters as Antonio
Stradivari, Amateus

; synthesized | the. knowledge,
made a. few changes. and |
came "up with his formula,

“Pm not ‘copying , ‘from.
Stradivarl;: thesa are my
own “measurements and
designs. ... A Stradivari is,
narrower and looks longer. .
", . [make my own stain.
‘Even the eagle ‘head is my
own design.’ woe

Thur doesn’ make vioting 1
for the money, but rather
for the quest for. excellence.

“This one “took three
years to make, ‘but’ I can’t
put a price on it. Tguess it’s
worth several thousand
dollars,. but: the price
‘depends on the total value, .
. But I don't plan to dispose
of it.”

Auniversal service would
supplement —-the.
programming to be offered
by ‘the other discretionary
pay TV services, the
commission added, | ~

The CRTC also is seeking

services,

“with the introdiction of
pay TV .and- other’ non- .
programming cable ser-
Nices' such’ as ‘fire arid -
_ burglar alarm systems, the

cable operators should be
allowed ta package their
services in tiers. ,

Subscribers would be able |
to select what tiers they
want and would be charged .

‘At ‘present, cable’ * gub-
_beribers fp pay ‘one fée ‘for ‘ai’ *
the progranis. they receive, — -
The tiering. system is
‘already i in ‘operation In the
“U.S. and has atrong Support
among Canadian: cable TV
‘operators. , "

Pitch-In =f.

| Dr. -Kltdare dA tenita -
oe. Kitdare - é And Smite
Dr, Kildare « ‘ea Bt Poser Baia oe Boe * : : -
Signe Nancy Gourlie
on Phens 635-7877

{ ., - Twa. > [sign
: News = {Off