Lutherie – Page 8
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2023: Climate change and tonewood
The past summer has seen catastrophic heatwaves strike almost all of Europe. What effect have they had on the forests of spruce and maple that tonewood dealers depend on?
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: an 1870 Ludovico Rastelli violin
Alberto Giordano takes a look at a violin by the Italian maker
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The firm was founded 120 years ago’ - My Space: Florian Bartsch
Take a tour of this Essen-based workshop
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Be the person to teach them how to learn’ - Training an apprentice
Sarah Kluge explains her method of training an apprentice from scratch, including an essential list of dos and don’ts
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: a 1935 Gaetano Pollastri violin
Alberto Giordano explores this an instrument by the brother of violin maker Augusto Pollastri
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Building a five-string cello
David Folland gives some practical tips, based on his recent experience of building a five-string cello
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Premium ❘ FeatureZosimo Bergonzi: Family fortunes
Zosimo Bergonzi, son of Carlo, was for a time the only luthier active in Cremona . Michel Samson tracks his career through his known works
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Premium ❘ Feature21 reasons why your instrument might be buzzing
Finding why an instrument buzzes while playing is a task that bedevils luthiers. Dmitry Tarakanov presents a checklist for the most likely causes
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making an ebony crown
An intricate method for a sometimes vital part of the repair process
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1925 violin by Ferdinando Garimberti
Rainer Michael Cocron looks at a violin by one of the modern Milanese school’s most prominent makers
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2023: Technology and access to fine instruments
Having survived the pandemic, the city of Cremona is embracing new technology in its efforts to bring its violin making heritage to the world
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: an 1812 viola by Giuseppe Marconcini
Jonathan Marolle takes a look at a viola from one of the ‘Ferrera school’ makers
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Players have knocked on my door in a panic’ - My Space: David Segal
The luthier gives an overview of his busy Manhattan workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Adding primer before varnish
Before varnishing their instruments, most luthiers add a layer of primer. Vlado Tilev looks at the types available, and their effect on sound quality
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: a 1759 viola by Petter Hellstedt
Stefan Lindholm examines an instrument by the Swedish maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: A platform for gluing a broken button
A method that takes the guesswork and uncertainty out of this challenging repair job
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Premium ❘ FeatureDown to the ground: Stradivari’s preparation layers
Giacomo Fiocco presents the results of a study using innovative spectroscopic techniques to examine two of the master’s finest instruments
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1947 violin by Frantisek Zivec
Matthieu Besseling on the Bohemian maker’s mid-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: c.1845-50 violin by Georges Chanot
Roland Baumgartner examines an instrument by one of the most important 19th-century French makers
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the archive: a 1618 Henry Jaye viol
The work of British violin maker Henry Jaye is testament to the unsung tradition of viol making in 17th-century London. John Dilworth examines a strikingly varnished Jaye instrument from 1618
