All Lutherie articles – Page 64
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BlogsVideo: violinist Hilary Hahn knocks bridge over during a concert - and is helped by two luthiers in the audience
Hilary Hahn has posted video footage on her Twitter page of luthiers Peter and Wendela Moes re-fitting her bridge after a concert. The violinist managed to collapse the bridge while pushing her mute back on stage before her final encore. The two luthiers of Munich violin shop ...
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ArticleThe Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina - a self-playing violin invented in 1907
Invented in 1907, the Hupfeld Company’s ‘violin player’ was one of the marvels revealed at the World’s Fair of 1910 in Brussels.The instrument is a combination of a player piano and three violins (each with only one active string), which are mounted vertically and played with a rotating ...
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ArticleStolen ‘Ames’ Stradivarius violin returns to the stage
There was evidence that the thief tried to glue the cracks himself with superglue' - Bruno Price, Rare Violins of New York.The 'Ames' Stradivarius violin is to return to the stage after an extensive year-long restoration.The instrument was stolen from from the office of violinist Roman Totenberg ...
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FocusShould violin shops and luthiers be more welcoming to young learners?
If violin dealers and makers welcome young learners, they can inspire their playing dreams and gain potentially lifelong customers in return, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in music education Philippa Bunting
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Nicolas Lupot, 1816
This illustration of an 1816 violin by Nicolas Lupot was published in The Strad, January 1986. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This violin, which was begun in 1815, was completed in 1816 and awarded as a premier prix in 1818. The recipient was ...
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NewsViolin dealers Gand & Bernardel sales code finally revealed
The Parisian firm’s ledgers have remained encrypted for up to 170 years
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FocusOld vs new: finding the right bow for your stringed instrument
The role of the bow in bringing out a string player's sound is often neglected, even though musicians can spend years looking for the perfect one. Charlotte Smith talks to players and dealers about how they go about finding the perfect instrument-bow combination
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Benjamin Banks, Salisbury, 1790
This illustration of the 1790 violin by Benjamin Banks was published in The Strad, October 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Benjamin Banks is one of the major figures of British violin making. This particularly interesting and well-preserved example of his work, dated ...
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ArticleBach duet on 1734 Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesù violins
Chicago Symphony Orchestra assistant concertmaster David Taylor and his former student Clarissa Bevilacqua perform on two violins made in 1734 - the Antonio Stradivari 'Lam, ex Scotland' and the Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù 'Prince Doria' - housed at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. The performance ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Stradivarius, 1689
This illustration of a 1689 violin by Antonio Stradivari was published in The Strad, August 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This month's cover features a 1689 Stradivari violin recently discovered in Switzerland. The instrument is stylistically typical of the period between 1685 ...
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ArticleLuthier Hans Benning remembers violinist Jascha Heifetz
One day he came into my shop, randomly picked up a bow and played about ten notes on it. 'It's mine,' he said. 'But Mr Heifetz,' I said, 'that's a cello bow!'' 'He was a deep thinking man. He would tell me, 'Hans, it's very lonely at ...
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ArticleStrad Style: not your average violin making documentary
A new documentary charting the struggle by amateur luthier Danny Houck to make a copy of the 1743 'Il Cannone' Guarneri del Gesù has won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary and the Audience Award at the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.Made by violinist and ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a tenor viola by Andrea Guarneri, 1664
This illustration of a 1664 viola by Andrea Guarneri was published in The Strad, June 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This magnificent tenor viola, 482 mm, by Andrea Guarneri of Cremona was sold in the 1940s by the Counts Canal family of ...
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NewsCroall, McEwen' Stradivarius violin, worth £2m, to be auctioned
Previous violinists who have performed on the instrument include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Gilman and Suyeon Kim
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NewsDutch luthier Frederick Lindeman has died aged 84
The maker and restorer specialised in re-conversion of modernised stringed instruments to their original Baroque state
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ArticleRuisi Quartet perform Vuillaume’s ‘Evangelists’ Quartet of instruments
The Ruisi Quartet performs Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume’s celebrated ‘Evangelists’ Quartet of instruments.Constructed from matching wood in 1863 and based on Stradivari models, the instruments have remained together as a group, held in private European collections since about 1970, and sold through Ingles and Hayday to an Asian collector in ...
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FocusAsk the Experts: how effective are stringed instrument 'playing-in' devices?
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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Focus'The value of tradition lies in repurposing the meaningful parts,' says luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz
The maker talks to Chloe Cutts about the impact of his Strad 3D project and his own journey as a luthier and researcher
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NewsResearch suggests chemical wood treatment may account for the 'Stradivarius sound'
The findings by scientists at the National Taiwan University have been published in the PNAS journal
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News17-year-old Joshua Brown receives Pietro Guarneri violin on long-term loan
The Music Institute of Chicago student has received the 1679 instrument through the Stradivari Society thanks to a generous patron
