Violinists threatened with 'forcible seizure' over noise

Thomas Maurice Booth · Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:06 am

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_b ... 055777.ece

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windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:05 pm

Of course, that neighbor could also GET A JOB and then they wouldn't hear it during the week...

(probably a conductor, who not only can't find work, but can't stand to hear things in tune, either... !

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OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:47 pm

"They can have my violin when they pry it from my COLD, DEAD HANDS!!"

Damn those tin-eared neighbors...

One week after moving into his 1st apartment, Ed called his mother
to complain about his neighbors: "One woman cries all day, another lies in bed moaning, and then there's the guy that keeps banging his head against the wall."

"You better keep away from them," she said.

"I am. I stay inside all day playing my tuba."

Gracias, Mary Ann.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:20 pm

This story just shows how mad things have got over here!

I don't know if it is right, but I heard while in Germany that everyone has a legal right to practice their musical instrument within certain hours. Perhaps a German TubeNeter can confirm?

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:41 pm

Neptune wrote:This story just shows how mad things have got over here!

Not just there. I had the same problem here, from practicing tuba in the evening. The woman across the street had the expectation that she and her baby should be able to sit by an open window and hear nothing by the sigh of the breeze against the curtains. She would send her husband over to apologetically ask me to stop (typically about 9 PM).

Maybe she was a music lover.

But I tried to accommodate them. I moved to the basement. Nope, that was not good enough. She could still hear me, if she listened hard enough.

I hate being at odds with my neighbors, but when he came over after I'd moved my practice area to the basement, I told him I would continue to practice until 10 PM, and if the noise bothered them, they needed to close their windows.

We moved away soon after.

I just wish that was the least of the examples of how people expect those around them to cater to their suburban fantasy of living in the country.

Rick "who now lives in the country and still hears noise at night" Denney

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:03 pm

Rick Denney wrote:who now lives in the country and still hears noise at night

Count your blessings! It could be a saxophone!
(and I assume not, or you woud have mentioned it specifically... )

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:56 pm

Rick Denney wrote:I just wish that was the least of the examples of how people expect those around them to cater to their suburban fantasy of living in the country.

Even if they live in the country, those sort of people then complain about the moo of the cows, or crow of the cockerel. I have even heard of people moving into a house near the church and then take legal action to trying and get the church bells silenced!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:52 am

Back in the 70's, I used to rehearse my rock band at full volume in my living room. My immediate neighbors were fans and had no objections as long as we did not repeat too much.
One rehearsal night about 8:30PM an old codger in pajamas rang the front door bell. He said he lived 6 blocks away and couldn't sleep so he decided to come over and see what was happening. We got him a cold coke and a place to sit on a couch. He remained for the rest of our rehearsal and said he enjoyed himself.
We have been lucky to have really cool neighbors.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:43 am

tubatooter1940 wrote:One rehearsal night about 8:30PM an old codger in pajamas rang the front door bell. He said he lived 6 blocks away and couldn't sleep so he decided to come over and see what was happening.

He could have said, "I can't really hear it from all the way back there, can you turn it up?"