All Lutherie articles – Page 21
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VideoSee and hear a violin created… in ten minutes!
The making of a violin from start to finish, with no shortage of satisfyingly crisp wood shavings
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BlogsThe world’s first and only Bog Oak violin (as far as we know)
Made from 5,000-year-old wood, the instrument can lay a claim to being ‘the oldest violin’ – despite being made two years ago.
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Premium ❘ FeatureValue judgements: What is your time and labour worth?
Benjamin Schilbach gives a guide to determining an hourly rate as the cost of living rises daily
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1773 G.B. Guadagnini violin
Jason Price takes a look at the record-breaking ‘Sinzheimer’ violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1824 violin by Nicolas Lupot
Richard Ward looks at an instrument made in the last year of the French luthier’s life
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: a c.1767 Giovanni Battista Gabrielli violin
Kai Dase takes a look at a violin by the Florentine maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making purfling with fish glue
A flexible method for luthiers who prefer to make their own purfling rather than buy it ready-made
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis April 2023: Brexit troubles faced by publishers and auction houses
Brexit continues to blight the UK music industry and businesses such as auction houses and music publishers are among the affected parties
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FocusBack in stock at The Strad Shop: The Best of Trade Secrets 1-5
The five volumes comprise articles on all aspects of stringed instrument making and restoration
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Premium ❘ FeatureUnder pressure: Dealing with humidity
Jacqueline Vanasse asks players and experts how to deal with the challenges of changing environments
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1798 Matthew Hardie violin
David Rattray explores the British maker’s c.1798 violin
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NewsGuarneri ‘del Gesù’ c.1731 ‘Baltic’ violin sells for $9.44 million at auction
The violin is now the most expensive instrument by the maker ever to be sold at auction
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Premium ❘ FeatureA Massive Achievement: the 1677 ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola
Made in 1677, the ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola is one of the maker’s late masterpieces
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ArticleHow Nicolò Amati’s ‘Romanov’ viola survived its own turbulent history
An instrument of archaic charm and bold dimensions, the 1677 ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola harks back to the tenor violas made a century before by Nicolò’s grandfather Andrea.
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Everything from metal to punk’ - My Space: Lerice Nager & Savannah Childers
The Bern-based luthiers present their ex-industrial workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Repairing a bow thumb groove with epoxy and modelling clay
A non-invasive method for a fairly common task in bow restoration
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1957 cello by Sesto Rocchi
Alberto Giordano examines the 20th-century Italian instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow did Cremonese luthiers use consistent measurements?
Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived
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News‘Earliest stringed instruments’ found in Vietnam
Researchers from the Australian National University believe that 2,000-year-old deer antlers may have been used as primitive chordophones
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FocusCremonese measurements: the use of the Roman oncia
Video showing how an instrument outline can be created using just one measurement and a set of concentric circles
