All Regulars articles – Page 46
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making an invisible neck graft
A procedure that takes a little longer than the standard method, but results in an almost undetectable fitting
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Jurgen Preyer
The Netherlands-based luthier built the workshop in my garden, soon after moving in
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: The imitation game
In 1927 a cache of documents came to light, purportedly from the Stradivari workshop – and fooled some of the leading experts of the day. Carlo Chiesa explains how the case turned out to be an elaborate forgery
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: A lesson in performing short pieces by Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
The cellist gives advice on how to present Fauré’s Élégie, Elgar’s Salut d’amour, and Saint-Saëns’s ‘The Swan’ with colour, contrast and expression
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FocusOpinion: Dare to be different
When selecting repertoire for that crucial audition it’s an advantage to avoid predictable choices, writes Julian Lloyd Webber, who suggests alternatives for cellists
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FocusSentimental Work: Jeffrey Solow
Brahms’s First Symphony was the piece that inspired the American cellist to dedicate his career to music, and prompts a reminiscence of his teacher Piatigorsky
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Be natural and share your love for music’: Gary Karr’s Life Lessons
The celebrated American solo bassist discusses the importance of expression and communication in music making
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FocusBack to business: Postcard from Sun Valley
Following 2020’s Summer Season of broadcasts, this year’s Sun Valley Music Festival returned to free live performances, much to the delight of its thousands of fans, writes Laurence Vittes
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Premium ❘ ArticleNovember 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the November 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor November 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: November 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis November 2021: Open for business
America’s concert halls have flung open their doors to welcome back audiences – who are still showing reluctance to return. What can orchestras do to alleviate their concerns? By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: November 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2021: Leatherwood ecoRosin
A plant-based, biodegradable and low-to-medium-traction rosin
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2021: Violin Varnish Italy cochineal rosinate oil varnish
A new rosin-based oil varnish that uses a natural extract from cochineal
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2021: Swiss Wood Solutions Sonowood Black
A modified beechwood that gives ebony a run for its money
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1926 violin by John Friedrich
Bruce Babbitt details an instrument by the German-American maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a custom cutter for a Parisian-eye ring
A necessary piece of equipment to tackle an uncommon problem in bow repair
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Giancarlo Arcieri
The Miami-based luthier was based in New York until three years ago
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Fifth harmonies
If 5ths are driving you nuts, it may be to do with your violin nut. Itzel Ávila explains how luthiers can help by customising the piece at the top of the fingerboard to the player’s hand
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Richard O’Neill on Brahms’ String Quartet no.3 op.67
The Takács Quartet violist looks at the first and third movements of this well-loved B flat major work, where his instrument is thrown into a rare spotlight
