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kairos12

(12,857 posts)
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 10:17 AM Sep 2019

Einstein enjoyed playing the violin all his life.

An amateur for sure, but it was one of his major sources of relaxation. Once he had the opportunity visit the acclaimed cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and the opportunity to demonstrate his skill. After he finished, Einstein asked, how did I play?

In true wordsmith fashion Gregor replied:

You played relatively well.

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Einstein enjoyed playing the violin all his life. (Original Post) kairos12 Sep 2019 OP
Relatively well - both generally and specially Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #1
Einstein as a violinist was known to be bad at counting (while playing music.) fierywoman Sep 2019 #2

fierywoman

(7,683 posts)
2. Einstein as a violinist was known to be bad at counting (while playing music.)
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 12:00 PM
Sep 2019

He also said that the two most wonderful things to do were sailing and playing string quartets.

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