All Lutherie articles – Page 15
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: c.1580 Gasparo da Salò viola
One of the very few violas by the Brescian luthier that has never been cut down
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Finding the best-fitting viola
While the violin form is pretty much standardised, violas exist in all kinds of sizes and patterns. Chris Sandvoss offers some pointers to find the instrument most suited to the player
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VideoStrauss’s Metamorphosen played on one luthier’s instruments
The ‘Echoes of the Ages’ festival, featuring the work of Icelandic luthier Hans Jóhannsson, concluded with a concert performance exclusively on instruments he made
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GalleryGallery: festival dedicated to luthier Hans Jóhannsson concludes in Iceland
‘Echoes of the Ages’ profiled the 43-year career of the Icelandic violin maker, who has made over 300 instruments
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1737 ‘King Joseph’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
Once considered the crowning achievement of Guarneri’s career, this instrument has pristine golden-orange varnish
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Premium ❘ FeatureGerman bow makers in America: Across the Atlantic
Many, if not most, of the earliest bow makers working in America originally hailed from Germany. Raphael Gold discovers how they helped lay the foundations for the industry
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Michael Darnton’s Chicago workshop
Take a peek into the luthier’s compact workshop
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1740 ‘Fritz Kreisler’ Carlo Bergonzi violin
One of the finest existing examples of Bergonzi’s work, the instrument still retains its original neck
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Establishing a consistent double bass neck heel
A personal method that can be utilised during the design of the neck and scroll
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1889 violin by Charles Francis Albert
Bruce Braun Babbitt examines the late-19th-century violin by the American maker
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1713 ‘Bass of Spain’ Antonio Stradivari cello
An extraordinary instrument by the master luthier, with an even more incredible provenance
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GalleryPhoto gallery: the Bursik ‘Milanolo’ five-string violin
The instrument was developed in a collaboration between the Czech Bursik family luthiers and virtuoso Milan Pala
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1709 ‘La Pucelle’ Antonio Stradivari violin
Considered to be the first instrument made during the master luthier’s ‘golden period’, the violin is in an excellent state of preservation
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NewsCremona Museo del Violino dedicates room to Simone Sacconi
The influential Italian luthier and scholar died 50 years ago at the age of 78
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Roberto Regazzi’s Bologna workshop
Included in Regazzi’s workshop is a full set of The Strad magazine from 1890!
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Premium ❘ FeatureNorwegian Wood: The history of the Hardanger fiddle
Regarded as Norway’s national instrument, the Hardanger fiddle is the product of a long evolution beginning in medieval times. Wiebke Lüders presents a history of the instrument’s development, profiling some of the most notable artisans
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1676 ‘Conte Vitale’ Andrea Guarneri viola
The ‘Conte Vitale’ is one of only two instruments in the collection to have retained its original neck
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Making transitional bows
In 2021 bow maker Markus Laine was commissioned to make 15 transitional bows to be used by a single chamber orchestra. What were the challenges – and what change did it make to the sound?
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2024: 1715 ‘Baron Knoop’ Antonio Stradivari violin
The favourite instrument of collector David L. Fulton, for whom its tone is ’silvery with lots of “sizzle”’
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1800 violin by Joseph Panormo
Andrew Fairfax on the UK-based Italian maker’s turn-of-the-century instrument
