All Lutherie articles – Page 74
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NewsChristie’s exhibits $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection in Shanghai and Hong Kong
'The Art of Music' sale features seven violins and one cello from a private European collection
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GalleryFrom the Archive: The ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius violin, Cremona, 1705-10
This illustration of the ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius was published in The Strad, November 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius dates from the period 1705-1710 and is representative of the best period of his work. The instrument has for the past 70 ...
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Premium ❘ FocusAnalysing a Mantegazza viola, 1796
The large proportions of this instrument give it a powerful sound that make it ideal for string quartets, says Sam Zygmuntowicz
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FocusTop tips for travelling musicians
Before you bookMake sure you check the airline’s policy on musical instruments before you fly. You might have used the airline previously or received a recommendation from a fellow musician, but the airline may have recently changed its policy. Steve Gelfand, director of touring and travel at ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Raffaele Trapani, Naples, 1815
This illustration of a Raffaele Trapani violin was published in The Strad, February 1961. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Raffaele Trapani worked in Naples during the first quarter of the last century and is reputed to have made a considerable number of violins and a ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Michel Angelo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1756
This illustration of a Michel Angelo Bergonzi violin was published in The Strad, October 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Michel Angelo Bergonzi, the son of Carlo Bergonzi, was born in 1722 and died about 1770. He was the pupil of his celebrated father with ...
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Focus'Violin making has much further yet to go' - Peter Prier
Paul Prier's tribute to his father, the late Peter Paul Prier, founder of the Violin Making School of America
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BlogsMaking a bow - from start to finish
French bow maker Roch Petitdemange is filmed by Baptiste Buob while making a violin bow at the Museum of Violin and Bow Making in Mirecourt.Watch Baptiste Buob's film of violin maker Dominique Nicosia making an instrument in Mirecourt - a revealing half-hour insight into the complicated and precise ...
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NewsUS Airways criticised for ‘passing the buck’ after losing eight violins
The instruments were finally recovered after five days and ‘hundreds of calls’, according to St Louis cello professor Ken Kulosa
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, Cremona, c.1732
This illustration of a violin by Guarneri del Gesù was published in The Strad, June 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, the most illustrious member of the Guarneri family, had but a brief working life, and unfortunately for posterity, not a ...
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GalleryHistorical instrument collection of Carlo Alberto Carutti
Carlo Alberto Carutti's collection of plucked and bowed stringed instruments is currently on display in The Music Rooms at the Museo Civico 'Ala Ponzone' in Cremona. The collection comprises around 50 plucked instruments and a number of violins, violas, kits, hurdy-gurdies and viola d'amore, a selection of which are pictured ...
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ArticleHow gut strings are made
A step-by-step guide to the process of making gut strings for bowed instruments.Warning - contains images of animal intestines.
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BlogsMaking a violin - from start to finish
Dominique Nicosia makes a violin at the Mirecourt Museum in France
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NewsTitanic violin to go on display in two US museums in 2016
The instrument, thought to have been played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley as the ship went down, sold for a record sum in 2013
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by A. and H. Amati, Cremona, 1629
This illustration of a violin by the Brothers Amati was published in The Strad, May 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:
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NewsInsurance worker convicted of stealing £300,000 viola from a London train
London Symphony Orchestra principal violist Edward Vanderspar had accidentally left his instrument on the train
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BlogsThe rediscovery of the ‘Ames’ Stradivarius
Last week it was announced that the 1734 ‘Ames’ Stradivarius violin had resurfaced after going missing 35 years ago. Violin maker and restorer Phillip Injeian, who authenticated the instrument (right), explains how the rediscovery came about
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ArticleRoman Totenberg performs Schumann on the 'Ames' Stradivarius
Violinist Roman Totenberg performs the first movement of Schumann's First Violin Sonata on the 'Ames' Stradivarius with pianist Artur Balsam in a recording from 1976.The 1734 ‘Ames’ Stradivarius, which was stolen from Totenberg in 1980, was recently recovered after 35 years.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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NewsStolen 'Ames' Stradivarius violin is recovered after 35 years
The 1734 'Ames' Stradivarius was taken from the office of violinist Roman Totenberg in 1980
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by Charles Frank Langonet, London 1920
This illustration of a cello by Charles Frank Langonet was published in The Strad, April 1961. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The Langonets have been violin makers since the beginning of the 18th century. The three generations of the branch of the family living in ...
