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Trade Secrets: Carving a Gofriller-style scroll

2026-08-21T08:10:00

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Alessandro Peiretti shares a method on making a personal interpretation of the Venetian scroll model

The model I usually use for my cellos, inspired by a 1710 Matteo Gofriller, was fitted with a Stradivarian scroll until 2021. That was when, in the interest of greater historical accuracy, I decided to make a new one inspired by Gofriller’s style, without actually copying an example directly. My version re-proposed – and softened – the two distinctive Gofriller features: a smaller spiral and a longer pegbox…

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