All Lutherie articles – Page 74
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GalleryThe Campanula, featuring 16 sympathetic strings
The Campanula, a 20-stringed instrument named after the bell flower, was given a rare outing at the Musical Instrument Museum in Berlin during November, performed by Berlin Philharmonic cellist Georg Faust. The concert of Bach and Mozart followed the first Campanula Festival, held in the small town of ...
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NewsSwiss youth orchestra denied access to Singapore Airlines flight with their instruments
Despite completing the outward journey to Hong Kong without incident, the LGT Young Soloists were told by airline staff that policy prohibits violins and violas as carry-on baggage
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin, 1736
This illustration of a Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin was published in The Strad, July 1915. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This instrument has the most beautiful tone. It measures 13 ¾ inches in length of body, upper bouts 6 9/16 inches across, lower bouts ...
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ArticleViolin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concert
A matchstick violin was heard for the first time in Poland in January 2014. The instrument was constructed by Polish bricklayer Jan GwiŠ¼dŠ¼ in 1937 from 16,000 burnt matchsticks, accumulated over a period of eight years.Initially generating some interest and going on display in the Eiffel Tower in ...
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ArticleHow to make a viola tennis racket
Leading British violist Graham Oppenheimer demonstrates the ultimate viola joke by turning his instrument into a tennis racket † complete with expanding foam and ultra tough glaze. Those of a nervous disposition should look away now!Oppenheimer contributes a Masterclass feature on the viola part of Dvorák's Piano Quintet ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Gennaro Gagliano violin
This illustration of a Gennaro Gagliano violin was published in The Strad, September 1915. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The names of Alexander, and his eldest son Niccolo, were familiar amongst our British fiddlers long before that of Gennaro came to the fore. Today, in ...
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ArticleViolin makers James Reynold Carlisle and Rembert Wurlitzer captured on film
By testing the neutral tone of the different woods, my maker began to create my voice'This short film from 1923 features American violin maker James Reynold Carlisle at work, aided by a young Rembert Wurlitzer, who was one of Carlisle's pupils.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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NewsUS Airways refuses to carry double bass, says Time for Three musician
Staff from the airline told bassist Ranaan Meyer he would not be permitted to fly home with his instrument
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NewsMastermind of $5m ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius violin theft receives seven-year prison sentence
Salah Salahadyn orchestrated the January 2014 stun gun attack on Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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NewsStradivarius violin is top lot at Beare’s first online auction
The c.1698 instrument went for £1.7m during the sale in Late October
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NewsResearch shows the influence of Stradivarius on violin development
Published in the online journal Plos One, the study was conducted by Daniel Chitwood
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Domenica Montagana violin, 1715
This illustration of a Domenica Montagana violin was published in The Strad, June 1912. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Of all the fiddles whose pictures have appeared in The Strad I can recall none to which that much abused word ‘unique’ can be more ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia
This illustration of a violin by G.B. Rogeri was published in The Strad, May 1931. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:G.B Rogeri was born in Bologna about 1650, and records show that he came to Cremona to learn fiddle-making from Niccolo Amati. The influence of ...
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NewsLufthansa airline loses cello, says musician
Lachezar Kostov was forced to perform several concerts on borrowed instruments before being reunited with his cello
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GalleryViolin cases: security and splendour
In Accessories 2014 we track the evolution of the violin case through some of the more impresisvely built and decorated examples
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen has his bow rehaired
Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competitions winner Ray Chen visits The Violin Studio in Brisbane to have his bow rehaired and tries out various instruments.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsLondon stringed instrument dealer J & A Beare launches its first exclusively online auction
The initial sale features 37 instruments, including a Stradivarius violin and two Guadagninis
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine talks about the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, 1742
I have always been a Guarneri girl myself. They can be as sweet as a Strad when they want to be, but they also have guts!'Rachel Barton Pine talks about the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, which is on loan to her.The instrument features in The Strad's ...
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ArticleFrom the Archive: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Leduc’ violin, 1745
This illustration of the Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Leduc’ violin was published in The Strad, March 1924. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Unlike several well-known Strad violins, the ‘Leduc’ seems to have no particular history, either romantic or otherwise attached to it. Be that as ...
