FOR THE LOVE OF ART, in memory of Richard Gonzalez

FOR THE LOVE OF ART, copyright chuck picklesimer 2008
Thanks to all the nice people who helped so much with this project: son Paul Picklesimer, lighting, camera, feather operator, and body painting..wife Elaine Picklesimer, feather operator, curtain control, body painting.Ricky Gonzalez, body model and painter..Amy Quinn, body model..Jef Sutko, body model.Benny Gonzalez painter, feather operator..thanks to Richard Gonzales and Ellen Gonzalez for parenting Benny and Ricky and Amy (and Alisa, who had to fly home early), who helped make this such a fun, family effort.

Its a pleasure of purpose a performance event
With a glance from a muse, inspiration is sent.
Put a brush to canvas. Shape color and sound,
The art of a drama, the game of a smile.

Some art is of music, or sculpture and dance,
And the art of creating some creative chance
To share for a moment, each artists release
Of hope into action, and anger to peace.

Some art is rewarding in a civilized vein.
Some works are just crazy in the normal old way.
Props often are judgments in the heart of our brain,
So we take a close look and we look back again.

A lady I knew had a habit to draw
From experience shared with her lovers and all
Of her pets and her family and mystery dreams.
Shes an artist of opportunistic-al means.

Its a pleasure of purpose a performance event
With a glance from a muse, inspiration is sent.
Put a brush to canvas. Shape color and sound,
The art of a drama, the game of a smile.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• art
• folk
• original
• acoustic
• songwriter

[chintoomsingh]

2 good sir ,great . regards

[chuxtrux]

hi chintoomsingh, thanks a lot for listening. i LOVED some of your guitar work on your own chanel. was wondering about the tuning though. be well, chuck.

[scobbad]

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[islandann]

Hmmmm. I just opened my guitar case that I hadn't opened in about...oh. 25 years!!! I just took a new interest in my old guitar. Its an S. Yairi that I purchased sometime around 1978 in the US for back then around $600. Now, I am wondering if I have something special here.  It still sounds absolutely wonderful. If anyone has any an info on these old guitars, please reply. I'd love to know more about this guitar!

[yairiluvr]

Short answer (there isn't a lot of room here) is that yes, Sada or Sadao Yairi (same person) made some VERY nice steel string guitars! He made steel string guitars for many more years than he made classicals, he only got interested in classical guitars in 1940, and didn't start production until 1960. His first classical models were crude compared to later ones, but his steel strings by that time were exceptional guitars! He started his factory in the early 1930's~ after leaving Suzuki Violin.

[chuxtrux]

hello yairiluvr. my computer was down for a while. but the answer is "yes" there is a clase number, right under the hand written signature. the number is 9003 and i have no idea what it means. judging by your yt name, you must have a lot of knowledge about these guitars. i only recently learned that yari, and i think it is Sadao Yairi, also made some high quality steel string guitars. do you think some of them are equal to names like martin , taylor, mcpherson? be well, chuck.

[chuxtrux]

you are right about one thing, in small letters it does say "Nagoya" . i am thinking now that you are probably right about the cedar.  it very well could be spruce, stained to look like cedar. chuck.

[yairiluvr]

Hello Chuck, He had changed his brand name so often it is sometimes difficult to tell what is what, especially if the label is missing. The YAIRI GUITARS label was later on than his YAIRI GAKKI label. All should have either SADA YAIRI (sometimes just YAIRI) "Nagoya, Made in Japan" on one of the back braces. As for the woods, if yours is Cedar it is the first one I've seen... most are Spruce, but stained to look like Cedar. Also, there should be a CLASE number in the lower right corner~

[chuxtrux]

hello yairiluvr. i'm pretty sure it is. the luthier i bought it from is roger thurman in kent ohio and his specialty is nylon stringed instruments. he had to move the bridge about an eighth inch or less further from the nut because the scale was not perfect, but he has even had to do that with good martins sometimes. human error i guess. the label inside the guitar reads: hand made Yairi Guitars yairi gakki ltd. made in japan ad 1973 and it is signed in ink S. Yairi be well, chuck.

[yairiluvr]

Hello,

Are you sure that is a Sadao Yairi guitar? I can't make out enough details in the vid to tell, but I've only seen spruce tops on his. Is there a label with a model number? Just curious~