All Stradivari articles – Page 3
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News
Stradivari’s c.1679 ‘Hellier’ violin to be sold at auction
The inlaid instrument will go under the hammer at Christie’s London on 7 July 2022
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Gallery
Photo gallery: Guy Johnston granted use of ‘Segelman’ Stradivari cello
Take a close-up look at a cello made during 1692, when Stradivari was 48 years old
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News
‘Openness, clarity and nasality’: why Stradivari violins provide a preferred sound
An experiment coordinated by the Italian National Research Council has compared the sound of different violins and identified the combination of sound qualities that makes the sound of a Stradivari violin more pleasant
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Gallery
Photo gallery: 1714 Stradivari ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ violin
Take a look at the Stradivari violin formerly owned by Toscha Seidel, due to be auctioned by Tarisio on 9 June
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Review
Book review: The Fulton Collection: A Guided Tour
John Dilworth reads through a guided tour of one of the finest stringed instrument collections of modern times
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News
Foundation launched to renovate Antonio Stradivari’s house
Founded by violinist Fabrizio von Arx, the Casa Stradivari Foundation aims to reopen the house and workshop by November 2022
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Focus
Three copies of Stradivari’s ‘Titian’ violin
In this extract from the January 2022 issue, Jesús Alejandro Torres introduces a study in which three copies of Stradivari’s ‘Titian’ violin were made from wood of different densities
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Focus
The Strad Calendar 2022: Antonio Stradivari violin c.1716 ‘Paul Godwin’
One notable feature of the Stradivari is the angled grain when looking at the side of the scroll
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Marketing
In Focus 2: The Strad’s latest instrument anthology
Containing 53 instruments examined by 30 of The Strad’s most trusted writers
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Focus
Four players and their Strads
Violinists Maxim Vengerov, Leonidas Kavakos, Janine Jansen and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber share what it’s like to play their Stradivari instruments
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Focus
‘Spanish Court’ Stradivari viola copy by Diego del Valle
A chance to check out the decorated viola that is the subject of The Strad Podcast Episode #11
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Focus
CT scanning and the ‘Betts’ Stradivari
John Waddle shows how CT scanning technology is used to examine the structure and wood density of the ‘Betts’ Stradivari
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Premium ❘ Feature
The ‘Betts’ Stradivari: The progress of progress
A century after The Strad published its first article on the Stradivari ‘Betts’ violin, maker John Waddle asks what the magazine’s descriptions of the instrument reveal about lutherie expertise, and explains his latest high-tech analyses of the instrument. Taken from the May 2010 issue
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Review
Book review: Gone: a Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung
Catherine Nelson reviews Min Kym’s memoir about the calamitous theft of her 1696 Stradivari from outside a London cafe
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News
New study reveals the wood treatments used by Stradivari, Amati and Guarneri
The report reveals how the luthiers changed the molecular structure of the spruce used for instrument tops
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Video
Janine Jansen: ‘Falling for Stradivari’ cinema trailer
The new documentary will profile the virtuoso violinist’s relationship with 12 Stradivari violins as she prepares to record on them for her new album
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Blogs
Desmond Cecil: my search for the perfect violin
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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Focus
Made when Stradivari was 90 years old, the ‘Willemotte’ is a fitting subject for our times
The 1734 ‘Willemotte’ bears all of Antonio Stradivari’s hallmarks including a deep, complex tone quality. Sam Zygmuntowicz examines the violin
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Video
The Strad Calendar 2021: Antonio Stradivari 1707 ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ violin
The ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ is a powerful instrument, made from a beautiful single piece of deeply figured maple
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Video
Cremonese makers launch video showcase
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on Italian lutherie, a group of violin makers in Cremona have put together a video showcasing their working methods. The aim is to demonstrate the vibrancy and industriousness of today’s luthiers, as Antonio Stradivari wanders the streets of modern-day Cremona, viewing ...