All Regulars articles – Page 4
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: harmonics on the double bass
Théotime Voisin presents strategies for playing clear and clean natural harmonics on the double bass
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Carving each violin part with a CNC machine
Stuart Ross and Paul Boardman explore the possibilities of using a CNC machine to carve each part of a violin, discovering how some stages benefit while others still need a luthier’s hand
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Creating neck graft sockets – part two
The second of two articles shows the completion of this intricate and sometimes tricky process
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Strategies for coming back to your instrument
Returning to your instrument after a long break can be dispiriting, says cellist Davina Shum, but it’s important to take it by degrees, have faith in your ability and trust the process
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2025: Prospects for young bow makers, repairers and restorers
With bow making a fixture on the ‘red list’ of endangered crafts in the UK, what’s the outlook for new students looking to become bow makers, repairers and restorers? By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1659 violin by Nicolò Amati
Colin Adamson examines a mid-17th-century violin by the revered Cremonese maker
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Premium ❘ Feature'If you play without mistake I will make you a present' - From the Archive: August 1905
A reminiscence (possibly apocryphal) of the renowned Scottish fiddler Niel Gow (1727–1807), composer of more than 80 dance tunes
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2025: StringRise Box Instruments
A new cardboard instrument to help with early string teaching
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2025: TekPin Conservatory Model endpin
The company released a more affordable version of their endpin
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2025: BAM Bonbon cases
A burst of colour in the company’s Hightech range
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from France: Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
At the 2025 edition of the triennial Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, Charlotte Gardner was delighted to hear a dazzlingly high standard of music making
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Premium ❘ Focus‘People sense when you are genuinely passionate about something’ - Stephen Upshaw’s life lessons
The Solem Quartet violist on the life of a chamber musician and how to create your own professional path
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: knowing your chords
Encouraging students to know their chords and understand how they work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: constructing a quartet from one maple tree
Hans Jóhannsson reflects on the experience of making a quartet of instruments using maple sourced from a single tree
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák String Quartet no.12 ‘American’, second movement
Cellist of the Dover Quartet Camden Shaw illustrates the importance of sound exploration in this bittersweet movement that can be seen as a metaphor for life and its many tribulations
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Ayanna Witter-Johnson on Debussy’s Cello Sonata
Discovering the myriad colours and layers of Debussy’s Cello Sonata was an eye-opening experience for the British cellist, pianist, vocalist and composer
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Alan Beavitt’s Scoraig workshop
Take a tour of the maker’s Scottish shop
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1942 violin by Arturo Fracassi
Leonardo Cella examines the mid-century instrument by the Italian maker
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The future of lutherie after the Newark School’s course cancellations
News came in May that the Newark School of Violin Making is withdrawing its degree-level courses. Helen Michetschläger, who trained at the school, says what this might mean for the future of lutherie worldwide
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Creating neck graft sockets – part one
The first of two articles on this topic gives a full and thorough account of casting a scroll and pegbox
