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Making Matters: Using various technologies for restoration

14 March 2025

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Luthier Giovanni Lazzaro recalls the extensive restoration of an 1876 cello by Raffaele Fiorini which required the use of a number of different technologies

Instrument restoration is constantly evolving and luthiers need to take advantage of the opportunities offered by new technology. Through experimentation, the age-old methods of the past can be developed and improved upon, creating new solutions and exploiting new tools and materials which, together with innovative methods of application, allow us to achieve extraordinary results that would not have been possible a few years ago…

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