All Lutherie articles – Page 22
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Video
My 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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The 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
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Gallery
Winners announced at 2022 International Violin Bridge Competition
This year, all gold medal winning designs for violin, viola and cello were won by women
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Photo gallery: 300 years young – Stradivari’s decorated ‘Rode’ violin
The 1722 instrument will be performed in concert at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum on 20 October, to mark its 300th anniversary
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The Strad Calendar 2023: 1729 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello
One of only two cellos in the world that also bears the handiwork of Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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The Strad Podcast #61: Amanda Ewing and Anne Harris on luthier/player collaboration
The violin maker and violinist speak about the first violin to be commissioned between two African American women
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‘This might be the smallest workshop ever featured in The Strad’ - My Space: Ilja Grawert
A look at the luthier’s travelling workshop near the Australian Whitsunday Islands
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The Strad Calendar 2023: 1714 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin
Formerly owned by Isolde Menges, this instrument might also bear the hand of Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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Blogs
My whirlwind journey to owning a Guarneri ‘del Gesù’: David Garrett
When violinist David Garrett bought a Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, he fulfilled a lifelong dream, but the auction experience left much to be desired
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The Viennese double bass: The long pattern
In the 18th and 19th centuries, double basses made in Vienna had distinctive shapes and characteristics that gave them tremendous sound quality.
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The Strad Calendar 2023: 1728/29 Antonio Stradivari violin
The first ever Stradivari instrument to be played within an Australian orchestra
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Trade Secrets: A ‘plug and plate’ repair for a double bass neck
A detailed alternative method for a difficult neck and pegbox repair
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News
‘A rich, chocolatey, nutty tone’: Rick Stotijn’s basses
The double bassist outlines his range of instruments he uses to suit particular repertoire
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Trade Secrets: Making a cello and bass mould
A lightweight design for an adaptable method of working
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Making Matters: Artistic licence and the ‘true violin’
Is our understanding of violin history too heavily influenced by the old Italians?
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In Focus: A c.1900 violin by Raffo Cipriani
Ernst Fuchs looks at the Italian maker’s late-period instrument
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Analysis October 2022: ‘Russia has control over the Siberian bow hair and isn’t moving much out’
Everything from Covid-19 to the ongoing situation in Russia has created a perfect storm for suppliers of good violin bow hair
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News
A tribute to luthier Juliet Barker (1934 - 2022)
Barker was one of the first female luthiers in the UK and a successful violin making teacher, as her son Christopher Beament recalls
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How the violin trade has changed since the Queen’s accession
In this article from 2012, Philip Kass examines how everything from manufacturing to trade in the Far East have all changed during the Queen’s reign
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News
‘With this, I’ve fulfilled a lifelong dream’: violinist David Garrett on his 1736 Guarneri ’del Gesù’
Having bought the violin at auction in June, the German superstar has now also created the Guarneri ’del Gesù’ Club