Lutherie – Page 67
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the 'Reynolds' Maggini violin, 1610
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini was published in The Strad, May 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph:This violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of 1610 is in virtually mint condition . Authenticated violins by this Brescian maker are at best infrequent ...
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NewsTwo double basses stolen from North Carolina store in US
Thieves broke into the Bass Violin Shop in Greensboro in the early hours of yesterday morning
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FocusAsk the Experts: obtaining a five-string cello
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia c.1600
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini was published in The Strad, January 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:On the good authority of William E Hill and Sons, who certified the instrument on March 16 1955, the violin (with the exception of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Barak Norman, London 1704
This illustration of a violin by Barak Norman was published in The Strad, February 1979. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Barak Norman, who is among the best of the Old English School of viol and violin makers, was probably a pupil of Thomas Urquhart, a ...
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann regains access to ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius violin
The instrument has been purchased by the North Rhine-Westphalia government in Germany for use by the violinist
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violincello by William Forster II, London, c.1785
This illustration of a cello by William Forster was published in The Strad, April 1979. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:William Forster II, generally referred to as 'Old Forster' and sometimes as 'Royal Forster', was born at Brampton, Cumberland in 1739, and died in London ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Jacobus Horil, Rome, 1741
This illustration of a viola by Jacobus Horil was published in The Strad, December 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Jacobus Horil was a Viennese maker who worked from 1720 to around 1758. Like a number of makers working in Vienna he was probably of ...
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ArticleViolins made with spiders' silk played in duet
A violin made from a composite material including spiders’ silk has been developed at Imperial College London.Luca Alessandrini, a postgraduate from the Dyson School of Design Engineering, has made a prototype instrument from the material, which features three strands of golden silk, spun by an Australian Golden Orb ...
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NewsNew prototype violin made with spiders’ silk
The composite material, which uses the silk’s vibrating properties, has been developed at Imperial College London
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ArticleStrapping in a cello on an Air Canada flight
As you know, a cello is a very dangerous passenger - Goffriller's like to jump off the chair during flights and eat the passengers!'Cellist Amit Peled films his 1733 Goffriller cello, which once belonged to Pablo Casals, being strapped securely to the seat next to him on an ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Hieronymus Amati II, Cremona, 1705
This illustration of a viola by Hieronymus Amati II was published in The Strad, November 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: A superb example of the work of Hieronymus Amati, son of Nicolo, this instrument's label is dated Cremona 1705. According ...
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NewsArtemis Quartet musician's Carl Becker violin stolen on German train
Anthea Kreston's 1928 instrument was taken from the overhead rack
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NewsBritish Airways defends forcing musician to carry unprotected violin on lap
There were ‘an unusually high number of musicians booked on the flight’, says spokesperson
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Anselmo Bellosio, Venice, c.1780
This illustration of a violin by Anselmo Bellosio was published in The Strad, June 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: This typical example of the work of Anselmo Bellosio is unlabelled but dates from around 1780, the closing years of its maker's life. Anselmo ...
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NewsMusician 'kicked off' United Airlines flight for attempting to stow her violin safely
Yura Lee was travelling with her violin from Washington to Detroit and had negotiated with fellow passengers to stow the instrument under seats
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NewsViolinist forced to carry unprotected instrument on lap on British Airways flight
Cecilia Bernardini was asked by staff to remove the instrument from its case, which was then checked into the hold
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Craske viola c.1860
This illustration of a viola by Jacob Craske was published in The Strad, April 1976. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The recent record price of £1,300 obtained at Philips for a 15 5/8' viola by George Craske circa 1680 has tended to throw something of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona 1734, 'The Gillott'
This illustration of a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, November 1977. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:In due course the 1734 'del Gesù' passed via John Hart's to Joseph Gillott, renowned pen manufacturer, but whose fame is more likely ...
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FocusWas Maud Powell's famous Guadagnini violin actually a modern instrument?
Joseph Curtin examines the evidence – and the violin itself – to discover whether the American luthier George Gemünder was its actual maker
