Lutherie – Page 22
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Premium ❘ FeatureAntonio Stradivari ‘Harrison’ violin 1693: The start of something big
Andrew Dipper shows how the 1693 ‘Harrison’ violin signifies the start of a critical phase in the master luthier’s career
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Portions of the book will hardly appear satisfactory’: From the archive: December 1902
The Hills’ book Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work is now seen as a seminal landmark in Stradivari scholarship. The Strad ’s reviewer didn’t view it quite that way.
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ReviewBook 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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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1743 ‘Ngeringa’ Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of only 39 cellos known to have been made by Guadagnini
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GalleryPhoto gallery: The tiniest violin studio you’ll see today!
A Swiss sculptor has created a model of a tiny violin workshop!
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Premium ❘ Feature1734 Stradivari violin ‘Willemotte’: Late… but worth the wait
Made when Antonio Stradivari was 90 years old, the 1734 ‘Willemotte’ bears all his hallmarks including a deep, complex tone quality
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NewsEuropa Galante to play on matched string ensemble
The concert, taking place on 21 November, features eleven instruments all made by luthier Renato Scrollavezza
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BlogsLooking after your instrument: all about open seams and where to find them
What causes open seams? How do you find them? Stacey Styles from the Women in Lutherie community investigates
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News‘Kux, Castelbarco’ Stradivari viola sells for £2.5m
The c.1720 instrument was sold at auction by Tarisio in London on 31 October 2022
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BlogsLooking after your instrument: a guide for beginners (and their parents)
Instrument care is often neglected during lesson time for beginners. Here, Iris Zhulla from the Women in Lutherie community shares some tips to aid beginners and their parents
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NewsViolin maker Tetsuo Matsuda dies aged 77
Born in Japan, the luthier lived in Chicago, US, for four decades
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1750 violin by Santo Serafin
Jonathan Marolle investigates the mid-18th-century Italian instrument
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NewsTartini 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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BlogsLooking after your instrument: a guide on caring for your bow
Instilling good, daily habits is the key to your bow’s health, writes Suzy Schmitt from the Women in Lutherie community
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NewsTwoSet Violin loaned two Golden Age Stradivari violins
The duo will debut the instruments with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in concert and via free livestream on 16 November
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1784 Guadagnini violin
One of the last instruments made by the luthier, who died in 1786, the violin has a miraculously intact varnish and an excellent soprano sound with great projection
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BlogsLooking after your instrument: Fingerboards demystified
How to maintain a healthy fingerboard, including what to look out for, from Sally Mullikin of the Women in Lutherie community
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News‘An Appendix I listing would silence the voice of musicians’ - Brazil’s pernambuco foundation publishes open letter
The National Pau-Brasil Foundation strikes out against the CITES Appendix I proposal and illustrates its alternatives to ensure pernambuco’s conservation
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BlogsThe Strad’s Halloween Hall of Horrors
10 gut-wrenching photos of cruelty to cellos, brutality to basses, violence to viols and more…
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FocusJoshua Bell on playing the 'Huberman' Stradivari violin
'It has a rich sound, powerful without being shrill or strident'
