Lutherie – Page 10
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1819 David Stirrat violin
David Rattray examines an instrument by the Edinburgh maker
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Premium ❘ ArticleAuction Report June 2023: The Rosenberg Collection
The collection of London-based dealer Norman Rosenberg provided a boost in interest and activity at London’s spring sales, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1660 Jacob Stainer viola
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer takes a closer look at a viola from one of the most important makers of the violin family
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Repairing a broken bow head
A less invasive and more reversible version of a well-known repair method
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Premium ❘ FocusBow maker James Tubbs - From the archive: June 1913
Towry Piper gives an account of the life and work of London bow maker James Tubbs (below), still going strong at the age of 78
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: a 1902 Enrico Rocca violin
Alberto Giordano examines a violin from maker with an interesting past
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Violin playing is important in Cypriot culture’ - My Space: Michalis Pantelides
The Cypriot violin maker takes us round his well-appointed workshop in the capital, Nicosia
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Premium ❘ FeaturePlate archings and tone: Room to breathe
Nigel Harris presents evidence, theoretical and experimental, regarding the ‘breathing action’ of the plates
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1718 Daniel Parker violin
John Dilworth takes a closer look at a violin by the English maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1894 violin by Gaetano Antoniazzi
Sean Bishop looks at a violin by one of modern Italian lutherie’s pioneers
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Instrument resonance
The tonal qualities of great instruments continue to prove profoundly enigmatic when we seek to unlock their secrets, as Martin Horvat explains
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Restoring the octagon of a violin bow
A repair method that avoids having to rebuild the whole octagon from scratch
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1669 Richard Meares bass viol
Shem Mackey takes a look at a Meares bass viol with distinctive carved head
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Premium ❘ FeatureLuthiers sans Frontières: Beyond the limits
Peter Somerford speaks to representatives of Luthiers sans Frontières
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1701 David Tecchler cello
Julian Hersh examines a cello by the most renowned maker of the Roman school
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Oslo: ‘Master to Master’ symposium
Musicians, luthiers and experts converged on Oslo’s National Museum in February for ‘Master to Master’, Christian Lloyd reports
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn focus: A violin by Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ c.1710
Gennady Filimonov explores Giuseppe Guarneri’s c.1710 violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Choosing the right wood
Bridge maker Milo Stamm gives his thoughts on wood selection and preparation
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Premium ❘ Feature‘A constant exchange of knowledge’ - My Space: Julia Jostes & Simon Eberl
Take a peek into the couple’s Lübeck workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe man of property: Who was Baron Johann Knoop?
Clifford Hall tells the story of the German collector Baron Johann Knoop
