Lutherie – Page 14
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: The curious nature of 'Off-Beat Violins'
Andrew Carruthers presents the results of his Covid-19 lockdown project, the ‘Off-Beat Violins’ – a synthesis of art, music and the forms of the natural world
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ArticleMaking Matters: Off-Beat Violins
Luthier Andrew Carruthers demonstrates the sound quality of his ’X’ and ‘O’ violins, the ‘Tabolin’ and the ‘Ripple cello’
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FocusMusical groundbreakers: female luthiers and their experiences in the lutherie industry
In the past few years, women from all walks of life have been reporting incidents of sexist behaviour in their workplaces. Is a violin workshop any different? Femke Colborne discusses the question with a range of female luthiers
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1689 Andrea Guarneri cello
Julian Hersh examines an instrument from one of the most important families of Italian violin makers
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Premium ❘ FeatureGirolamo Amati II violin 1671: Last but not least
Girolamo Amati II was the final violin maker of the illustrious Amati dynasty – and possibly the most overlooked. Barbara Meyer examines a 1671 violin from his early career and contrasts it with another instrument he made 48 years later
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Premium ❘ FeatureLutherie in Argentina: New world wonders
Lionnel Genovart profiles some of the best-known names in the country’s violin making history
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1933 Ansaldo Poggi violin
Roberto Regazzi examines an instrument by the Italian maker, whose fame and reputation have grown in recent years
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Focus‘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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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis March 2023: Keeping ledger information in public domain
A lot at a 2022 auction caused a stir among bow researchers and enthusiasts – particularly when it was donated to a public institution to save it from private hands
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Gallery‘It felt like a Ferrari - 0 to 100 in just a few seconds’: Yuriy Bekker on his Andrea Guarneri violin
The violinist shares his experience of recording Edward Hart’s Under an Indigo Sky on the 1688 ‘ex Degen’ Andrea Guarneri violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1720 cello by Michele Platner
Christopher Reuning looks at an instrument which could be confused with one by Tecchler, but is actually by the other great Roman cello maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: A new take on an old classic
To combat the tedium of the Covid-19 lockdowns, Andrea Schudtz embarked on a project to copy a decorated Andrea Amati violin – but with a modern twist
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VideoPeter Sheppard Skærved on the ‘Pierre Rode’ Stradivari
The violinist examines the form and decoration of the master luthier’s 1722 instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1679 violin by Hendrick Aerninck
Michel Samson presents the 17th-century Dutch instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1759 Antonio Bagatella viola
Jens Stenz explores a Baroque viola made by a self-taught maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Cleaning and repairing surfaces before closing an instrument top
An essential procedure for repair work on older instruments
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe art of Computer Numerical Control arching
Yann Poulain reveals his method for roughing out the arching of the front and back plates using the technology
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Premium ❘ FeatureMicro-CT scanning the 1727 ‘Benvenuti’ Stradivari violin
Rudolf Hopfner, director of the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments in Vienna, explains the process of scanning an instrument, and what the scans of the ‘Benvenuti’ tell us about its construction in this article from December 2016
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Premium ❘ FeaturePerfectly preserved: 1727 ‘Benvenuti’ Stradivari violin
Despite its rich performance history, the 1727 ‘Benvenuti’ Stradivari violin is in an excellent state of preservation. Andrea Zanrè tells its story in our December 2016 issue
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I’m happy to show them around’ - My Space: David Ayache
Visit a 13th-century workshop in the heart of Montpellier, France