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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1948 violin by Zenon Wladimir Petesh
Bruce Braun Babbitt inspects the US maker’s mid-century instrument
Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Reinforcing a violin bridge with carbon rods
A method to improve the bridge’s durability and long-term reliability
Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a custom cutter for a second-hole bushing
Adam Goltry introduces a specialised tool for bow makers to use when carrying out a tricky repair job
Premium ❘ FeatureThe Liberty luthier: Nicola Utili
Stefano Pio examines the life and career of the early 20th-century Italian luthier Nicola Utili, who combined his natural skills in instrument making with a penchant for innovation and acoustic research
ReviewBook review: Liuteria Mantovana Vol.2
Alberto Giordano reviews the second in the three-volume series by Andrea Zanrè and Philip Kass that shines a light on the myriad violin makers based in the city of Mantua over the centuries
FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1689 ‘Ragin’ Stradivari violin
An instrument from fairly early in Stradivari’s career, it still shows the influence of his mentor Nicolò Amati
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The Liberty luthier: Nicola Utili
Stefano Pio examines the life and career of the early 20th-century Italian luthier Nicola Utili, who combined his natural skills in instrument making with a penchant for innovation and acoustic research
- Review
Book review: Liuteria Mantovana Vol.2
Alberto Giordano reviews the second in the three-volume series by Andrea Zanrè and Philip Kass that shines a light on the myriad violin makers based in the city of Mantua over the centuries
- Focus
The Strad Calendar 2027: c.1689 ‘Ragin’ Stradivari violin
An instrument from fairly early in Stradivari’s career, it still shows the influence of his mentor Nicolò Amati
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In Focus: A 1948 violin by Zenon Wladimir Petesh
Bruce Braun Babbitt inspects the US maker’s mid-century instrument
- Premium ❘ Feature
Trade Secrets: Reinforcing a violin bridge with carbon rods
A method to improve the bridge’s durability and long-term reliability
- Premium ❘ Feature
Trade Secrets: Making a custom cutter for a second-hole bushing
Adam Goltry introduces a specialised tool for bow makers to use when carrying out a tricky repair job
My Space: Andrew Carruthers’s Santa Rosa workshop
The maker presents his Californian shop
My Space: Manuel Ramírez’s San Salvador workshop
The luthier presents his El Salvador shop
‘The Final Bow’: documentary short exploring the fate of pernambuco
The film looks at efforts to conserve the tree, regarded as an iconic symbol of Brazil, and its use by bow makers worldwide
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In Focus: An 1830 violin by Giuseppe Dall’Aglio
Claudio Amighetti examines the 19th-century instrument
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Trade Secrets: Carving a Gofriller-style scroll
Alessandro Peiretti shares a method on making a personal interpretation of the Venetian scroll model
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In Focus: A c.1850 violin by Lorenzo Arcangioli
Peter Körner examines the mid-19th century instrument
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Trade Secrets: Set-up guidelines for the five-string violin
Jennifer Halenar shares some tips that take into account the differences in bridges, strings, dimensions and fingerboards
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In Focus: A 1776 mute violin by Nicolò Gagliano
Nazrin Rashidova and Peter Beare take a look at the unique instrument
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Trade Secrets: An innovative varnish recipe
Johannes Jacobs presents a method for making and applying both the ground coat and an emulsion varnish
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Shaping the modern bow: Viotti and the Tourte bow
Debate has raged over the role of Giovanni Battista Viotti in the development of the Tourte-style bow. Markus Laine sifts through the evidence
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The Strad Calendar 2027: c.1694 ‘Ovcharov’ Stradivari violin
One of Stradivari’s Long Pattern instruments, the violin has a false label incorrectly dating it to 1705
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The Strad Calendar 2027: 1705–10 ‘Maurer, van Veen, Elphinstone’ Stradivari violin
A fine example of Stradivari’s ‘golden period’, the instrument has a two-piece back of gloriously flamed maple
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The Strad Calendar 2027: 1727 ‘Iwasaki’ Stradivari cello
Named after Japanese cellist Ko Iwasaki, the instrument has recently been loaned to Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk
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The Strad Calendar 2027: c.1720 ‘Karl Klingler’ Stradivari violin
With a fascinating two-piece back, this violin contains wood from the same tree as that used for the celebrated ‘Macdonald’ Stradivari viola
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The Strad Calendar 2027: 1710 Stradivari violin
The ‘golden period’ violin is currently played by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Ludvig Gudim
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