All lutherie articles
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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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Cremonese 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
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Article
Making Matters: Off-Beat Violins
Luthier Andrew Carruthers demonstrates the sound quality of his ’X’ and ‘O’ violins, tthe ‘Tabolin’ and the ‘Ripple cello’
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‘The best viola of mine’ - Count Cozio’s 1773 Guadagnini viola
Alberto Giordano and Barthelemy Garnier examine the business agreement between G.B Guadagnini and Count Cozio di Salabue that allowed the luthier to create a new style of viola, in this excerpt from the January 2022 issue
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Review
Book review: Questionario Renzo Bacchetta del 1936
Alberto Giordano reviews a survey of Italian luthiers from the 1930s, which gives an insight into the working methods and culture of the time
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Video
Mozart on a matched quartet: the Leonkoro Quartet play on award-winning instruments
The quartet of instruments made by Julia Jostes and Simon Eberl won a gold medal at the 2022 VSA Competition
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News
US National Music Museum begins reopening project
The institution, which has been closed for several years, will reopen in phases throughout 2023
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News
Results announced at 2022 Mittenwald violin making competition
The prestigious lutherie event in the south of Germany takes place every four years
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Violin and bow makers honoured at 2022 VSA Violin Making Competition
Almost 30 gold medals went to the violin, viola, cello and double bass makers at the awards dinner on 17 November
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Premium ❘ Feature
The world’s most expensive violin: the 1741 ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Terry Borman discusses the ribs, purfling and scroll of this unique instrument in our June 2018 issue
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Review
Book review: The Caldersmith Papers: Writings on Guitar and Violin Acoustics
Jim Woodhouse reviews a collection of papers by Australian luthier and researcher Graham Caldersmith, from the 1970s to 2000s
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News
Tartini tones: new research shows differences in old and new instruments
An Italian team has recorded the mysterious ‘third tone’, created when playing a two-note chord, as part of its research
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Video
My Space: Anna, Dixie and Roland Huthmaker
The trio of violin makers give a tour of their Atlanta workshop, as featured in the November 2022 issue
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News
Signed copy of Paganini’s violin to raise funds for music education in Brazilian favelas
A copy of Paganini’s ’del Gesù’ violin ‘Il Cannone’ made by Luiz Amorim will be auctioned by Tarisio later this month
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The Strad Podcast #61: Amanda Ewing and Anne Harris on luthier/player collaboration
The violin maker and violinist speak about the first violin to be commissioned between two African American women
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News
Letter from Ukraine: Lviv violin maker Orest Putsentela
The Ukrainian luthier gives an insight into his life and work, six months after the outbreak of war in his country
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Blogs
Newark School of Violin Making: The early days
The UK’s Newark School of Violin Making celebrates its 50th anniversary in September 2022. Luthier Adam Whone, one of its very first students, recalls the learning environment he discovered, aged 16, and the three years of tuition at the school
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Review
Book review: The Luthier’s Manual by J.C. Maugin
Andrew Dipper delves into a new translation of the 19th-century treatise by John Saucier, W. Brad Holley and Kate Rickenbacker
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News
Scottish violin maker Brian Rattray dies aged 83
The luthier ran a successful workshop in Colinton, on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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Obituary: Tom Blackburn (1944-2022)
The London-based luthier and restorer ran Blackburn Stringed Instruments for more than 50 years
