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. 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"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