Lutherie – Page 15
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Premium ❘ Feature‘It gets excellent sunlight’ - My Space: Svend Christensen
A luthier in Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa
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NewsAmati five-string cello bought by New York museum
The c.1610 instrument is thought to be the only surviving five-string cello made in Cremona from that era
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Premium ❘ FeaturePurfling experiments: Secrets of the strips
Mike Dunham describes a purfling process proposed at the Oberlin workshop in 2022
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NewsHong Kong-based violin maker Anton Sie has died
The pioneering luthier was a keen researcher into violin acoustics and the subject of a 2017 biography
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FocusIn Focus: The ‘Wieniawski’ Stradivari violin of 1719
In this article from the May 2009 issue, Florian Leonhard takes a close look at a violin which ’encapsulates everything that made Antonio Stradivari such a legendary figure’. Photographs by Richard Valencia
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1840 violin by Georges Chanot I
Ric W. Heinl on the French maker’s mid-century instrument
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NewsFormer home of Antonio Stradivari reopens to the public
The house in Cremona’s Corso Garibaldi has been renovated to turn it into a cultural centre
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: 1737 G.F. Celoniato cello
Simon Morris takes a look at a cello by the Italian maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a fingerboard template with aluminium
An easy, effective and useful method to make your own version instead of using ready-made templates
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Premium ❘ FeatureCarlo Bisiach’s workshop - From the archive: July 1933
A visit to Carlo Bisiach’s workshop provides one reader with an insight into his violin making process, including his methods of seasoning wood
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NewsPlans unveiled for postponed Mirecourt lutherie competition
The inaugural event in the French violin making capital has been delayed since 2020
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: an 1893 Gustave Bernardel violin
Roland Baumgartner takes a look at a violin by the French maker
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GalleryIn Focus: A 1778 G.B. Guadagnini violin
Dorothy DeLay’s favourite instrument comes from Guadagnini’s Turin period, and shows the influence of his patron Count Cozio di Salabue, writes John Dilworth
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Premium ❘ Feature1709 ‘King Carlos IV’ Stradivari violin: A crown jewel
Florian Leonhard reveals the history behind the 1709 ‘King Carlos IV’ Stradivari violin
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FocusSmall Wonders: The elements of style
John Dilworth asks why the finest details really do mean so much
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NewsISB announces winners of 2023 Makers Competition
Double basses were judged on workmanship and tone in the competition held earlier this month
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Close to the mountains and lakes’ - My Space: Filippo Fasser
A Brescia-based workshop that also hosts concerts
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FocusSmall wonders: Pins
John Dilworth muses on how a lutherie imperfection has become a defining factor in instrument appraisal
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1926 violin by Jeromos Cigl
Zoltán Délczeg examines an instrument by the Hungarian maker
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Premium ❘ FeaturePlate archings and tone - part 2: a question of tone
Nigel Harris shows how close control of the arching shape of the plates can influence tone
