This is a live stream from the Violin Makers project at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK, during its Strings Festival.
Luthiers Kai-Thomas Roth, William Castle, Marc Soubeyran and Tibor Szemmelveisz are collaborating on building two violins in seven days (2-8 March) - one is based on a 1668 Jacob Stainer model and the other on the 1742 ‘Alard’ Guarneri del Gesù’.
California-based electric violin maker John Jordan introduces us to some of his most exotic woods, ranging from the pricey Tasmanian tiger rose myrtle to the Swamp Kauri, which is dug up from bogs in New Zealand and is certified to be a minimum of 30000 years old. ...
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