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NewsPlans unveiled for postponed Mirecourt lutherie competition
The inaugural event in the French violin making capital has been delayed since 2020
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News50th anniversary of Mirecourt’s School has been postponed
Celebrations for the Mirecourt National School of Lutherie’s 50th anniversary have been postponed
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FeatureHow one great family shaped a century of French bow making
Mirecourt’s Émile Auguste Ouchard and his son Bernard are regarded as among the 20th century’s finest bow makers, main characters in a family who created a distinctive style of stick. Writing in The Strad’s December issue, Thomas Martin, Andrew McGill, Martin Lawrence and George Martin focus on Ouchard double bass ...
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BlogsMaking a bow - from start to finish
French bow maker Roch Petitdemange is filmed by Baptiste Buob while making a violin bow at the Museum of Violin and Bow Making in Mirecourt.Watch Baptiste Buob's film of violin maker Dominique Nicosia making an instrument in Mirecourt - a revealing half-hour insight into the complicated and precise ...
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BlogsMaking a violin - from start to finish
Dominique Nicosia makes a violin at the Mirecourt Museum in France