All Historical articles – Page 7
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Premium ❘ FeatureCT-Scanning the ‘Messiah’ Stradivari violin
In 2016 the ‘Messiah’ Stradivari was the subject of an extensive CT scanning project. Francesco Piasentini and Gregg Alf examine the resulting data, discovering repair work in the neck, and attempt to determine how it had originally been set
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: c.1610 Maggini viola
This large and beautiful-sounding viola features a one-piece spruce front with unusually wide grain
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Premium ❘ FeatureAn outstanding piece of work: exploring the 1865 ‘Sheremetev’ Vuillaume cello
The sheer quantity of J.B. Vuillaume’s instruments has led to a certain prejudice against them. But as John Dilworth explains, his finest creations, such as this 1865 ‘Sheremetev’ cello, rank almost as high as those of the Cremonese masters
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FocusRaphael Wallfisch on playing the ‘Sheremetev’ Vuillaume cello
‘It’s a very versatile instrument as well as a beautiful thing to look at,’ said the cellist in our June 2013 issue
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1859 Vuillaume violin
The violin is a very close copy of a ‘golden period’ Stradivari, possibly the 1715 ‘Alard’,
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe world’s most expensive violin: the 1741 ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Terry Borman discusses the ribs, purfling and scroll of this unique instrument in our June 2018 issue
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FocusAnne Akiko Meyers on playing the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
The US violinist, who has been loaned in perpetuity what is currently the world’s most expensive instrument, discusses its tone quality and projection
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Premium ❘ FeatureAntonio Stradivari ‘Harrison’ violin 1693: The start of something big
Andrew Dipper shows how the 1693 ‘Harrison’ violin signifies the start of a critical phase in the master luthier’s career
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1743 ‘Ngeringa’ Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of only 39 cellos known to have been made by Guadagnini
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Article‘It was like the earth moved beneath me’ - violinist Leonidas Kavakos on playing the ’Willemotte’ Stradivari
Kavakos describes his first encounter with the 1734 violin, made when Antonio Stradivari was 90 years old
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Premium ❘ Feature1734 Stradivari violin ‘Willemotte’: Late… but worth the wait
Made when Antonio Stradivari was 90 years old, the 1734 ‘Willemotte’ bears all his hallmarks including a deep, complex tone quality
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NewsEuropa Galante to play on matched string ensemble
The concert, taking place on 21 November, features eleven instruments all made by luthier Renato Scrollavezza
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NewsViolin maker Tetsuo Matsuda dies aged 77
Born in Japan, the luthier lived in Chicago, US, for four decades
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1784 Guadagnini violin
One of the last instruments made by the luthier, who died in 1786, the violin has a miraculously intact varnish and an excellent soprano sound with great projection
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FocusThe thief, his wife and the ‘Huberman’ Strad
The ‘Gibson, Huberman’ Stradivari now owned by Joshua Bell has a history worthy of a blockbuster thriller
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrançois Nicolas Voirin: The style and substance of a pivotal bow maker
Matt Wehling on Voirin’s artistic and technical advances, which were implemented by most all French makers and paved the way for makers such as Lamy, Sartory and E.A. Ouchard
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: c.1585 Gasparo da Salo double bass
The wood used for the front came from a 250-year-old tree, making parts of this beautiful instrument around 700 years old
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The scent of fraud hangs about him’ - The Brothers Abell: Secrets and Lies
Follow the lives of two brothers embroiled scandals, lies and violins
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VideoMy Space: Anna, Dixie and Roland Huthmaker
The trio of violin makers give a tour of their Atlanta workshop, as featured in the November 2022 issue
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1743 ‘Carrodus’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
’It is said, by the way, to have belonged to Paganini, and to have been gambled away by him’ - John Tiplady Carrodus
