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Premium ❘ FeatureStringed instrument myths exposed
Have you heard the one about checking an instrument crack by spitting on it? What about washing your bow hair in hot soapy water? We separate fact from crackpot theory
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Premium ❘ DebateHistorically informed performance on modern instruments is misguided
Historically informed performance is all well and good, argues Julian Haylock, but continuing to play on modern instruments just results in the worst of both worlds
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ArticleVivaldi on the world's smallest performable violin?
A video has emerged from Venezuela of a performance of Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor on what is described as the world's smallest violin. Whether this is indeed the world's smallest performable violin, it's certainly a squeaky novelty, boasting impressive finger control. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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NewsEdinburgh luthier crafts ‘Wilfred Owen Violin' to commemorate First World War
The instrument has been made from the branch of a tree growing in the grounds of the former Craiglockhart War Hospital
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NewsViolist Kim Kashkashian awarded Golden Bow
The annual prize is given by the Foundation of the Geigenbauschule Brienz in Switzerland
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FocusRecord instrument prices of the past
The sale of the ‘Lady Blunt' Stradivarius violin for £9.8m in 2011 broke all auction records, but high prices for instruments are nothing new, writes Benjamin Hebbert
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NewsLipinski Stradivarius violin thief receives three-and-a-half-year prison sentence
Universal Knowledge Allah admitted supplying the Taser used to attack Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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NewsTop lots from June London and Vichy stringed instrument auctions
Gaglianos and a Peccatte shone in the sales
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NewsUK lutherie student receives Special Award from Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust
The inaugural award recognises students of particular potential
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News1710 ‘Ivashkin' Guarneri cello loaned to Canadian Korean artist Soo Bae
The instrument was previously on permanent loan to the late Russian cellist Alexander Ivashkin
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ArticleA cello implodes
A cellist's recording session goes horribly wrong when her instrument's tailpiece and bridge collapse. The fun starts at around the 35-second mark. Luckily the cello was 'on its last legs', according to the musician. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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NewsFrench postal service reports cello bow lost and then has the item auctioned
The €2,800 bow had been made for a member of the Paris Opera
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman play on the 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri del Gesu, dated 1741 and the 'Auer' Stradivarius, dated 1690. Their performance of the Bach Double Concerto took place at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago on 4 June 2014. Subscribe to The ...
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BlogsYoung musicians should be given access to historic instruments
The Jumpstart programme offers a vital service in loaning period instruments to young performers, argues York Early Music Festival artistic advisor and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment leader Kati Debretzeni
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NewsRare ‘Macdonald' Stradivarius viola fails to attract a buyer
Auctioneers Sotheby's and Ingles & Hayday invited bids in excess of $45m
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NewsVideo: a violin thief caught on camera
Watch surveillance footage of the moment a man steals a violin from the University of Utah
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NewsIngles & Hayday to auction Vuillaume ‘Messiah' violin copy
The instrument is expected to fetch up to £150,000
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NewsKreutzer Stradivarius violin fails to sell at auction
The instrument has been valued at between $7.5m and $10m
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to deal with a stringed instrument buzz
A buzz is one of the hardest things to identify. Jane Dorner gives advice on how to establish the cause
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NewsTop lots from May London and New York stringed instrument auctions
Instruments by Santo Serafin, Pressenda and Bergonzi triumph in the sales
