All Lutherie articles – Page 25
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Premium ❘ Feature1726 ‘Saveuse’ Stradivari cello: Small is beautiful
The 1726 ‘Saveuse’ is one of the smallest cellos Antonio Stradivari ever produced. John Dilworth discovers the unique characteristics of this rare model
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Timbre and brilliance are not static, but dynamic’ - Making Matters: Sound ideas
Violinists and brothers Arne and Jens Rossbach share their experiments in sound and timbre
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1720 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin
’I fell in love with the typical warm Guarneri sound, and after some restoration it also acquired a shine in the treble register’ - Dene Olding
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Fitting a bridge to a violin belly
A detailed account of a process that revisits a fundamental skill for luthiers
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NewsFuture of pernambuco decided at CITES convention
The Brazilian wood will remain on Appendix II with modified wording, rather than being moved up to Appendix I
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe most important violin in the world? - The 1716 ‘Messiah’ Stradivari violin
Stradivari’s 1716 ‘Messiah’ violin has beguiled with its pristine condition for 300 years, despite having remained mute for most of that time. John Dilworth examines the mystique surrounding this enigmatic instrument that still refuses to give up its secrets
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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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BlogsDo instruments made by the same maker have a distinct sound character?
Violin maker Jacob von der Lippe explores this question, via a recording of works performed by various musicians on his instruments
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1756 baroque cello by Robert Duncan
David Rattray on the Scottish maker’s mid-18th-century baroque cello
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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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VideoFuture of pernambuco under discussion at CITES convention
The two-week conference on endangered species is currently under way in Panama City
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NewsViolin and bow makers honoured at 2022 VSA Violin Making Competition
Almost 30 gold medals went to the violin, viola, cello and double bass makers at the awards dinner on 17 November
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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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Premium ❘ Feature‘The great artistry of history’s most important bow maker’ - François Xavier Tourte
Paul Childs compares and contrasts two very late violin bows by François Xavier Tourte
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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 ❘ Feature‘I do pretty much everything in this one room’ - My Space: Steve Burnett
Take a trip into Steve Burnett’s Edinburgh workshop
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News‘Get in touch’: Newark School of Violin Making calls for alumni
Ahead of its 50th anniversary celebration next year, the school seeks alumni to get in touch with archival content
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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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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
