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New head at the Violin Making School of America

2023-11-21T11:45:00Z

Sanghoon Lee becomes the VMSA’s new owner, director, and head instructor
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Reverse engineering: explaining a Cremonese mystery by making the insides of the arches first

2017-09-22T11:20:00Z

In his search for the secrets behind the classic arching technique of the Cremonese makers, Torbjörn Zethelius uncovered some revealing insights in this article from The Strad August 2006 issue. He will be returning to the topic in the November 2017 issue with observations from the intervening decade
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'Violin making has much further yet to go' - Peter Prier

2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Paul Prier's tribute to his father, the late Peter Paul Prier, founder of the Violin Making School of America

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New head at the Violin Making School of America

Reverse engineering: explaining a Cremonese mystery by making the insides of the arches first

'Violin making has much further yet to go' - Peter Prier