Lutherie – Page 62
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VideoAntoine Tamestit talks about his 1672 Stradivarius viola
In this video for the LSO, Tamestit talks through the unusual features of the ‘Mahler’ Stradivarius, named in honour of the composer, not because he owned it at any time. The instrument, on loan to Tamestit from the Habisreutinger Foundation, is thought to be the first viola by Stradivari. Tamestit ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the 1730 'De Munck-Feuermann' Stradivarius cello
This photograph was published in the April 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article:
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FocusStradivari’s wood: investigating the chemical composition of the master's materials
For centuries, luthiers have suspected that the spruce and maple used by Antonio Stradivari had special qualities, and a recent series of experiments has sought to confirm or deny these suspicions. Here lead researcher Hwang-Ching Tai explains the methodology and findings
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GalleryFrom the Archive: Basso Di Camera by William Booth Snr, 1821
These photographs of a chamber bass were published in the March 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article:
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FocusBlind testing Strads and Guarneris misses a fundamental point
Researchers who seek to compare Old Italian instruments with modern ones under scientific conditions don’t appreciate that the potential of a Strad is intrinsically entwined with its player, writes Frank Almond
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Stradivarius, 1727
This illustration of a violin by Antonio Stradivari was published in The Strad, December 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: Stradivari’s particular achievement was to bring the violin as near to perfection as to make improvements apparently impossible, through single-minded perfectionism ...
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ArticleAn ensemble of Stradivarius instruments - and one Amati - in Mozart
Five Stradivari instruments (two violins, one viola, two cellos) and one Amati viola are performed together at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. The ensemble features members of the Stradivari Quartet alongside violist Simone Gramaglia and cellist David Pia in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364. The instruments ...
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ArticleFrom the Archive: the 'Adam' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, 1738
This illustration of a violin by Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, December 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: Guarneri 'del Gesù' drew together all the strands of Cremonese and Brescian makers, and with great force of character, created ...
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ArticleFrom the Archive: a cello by Joseph Rocca, Turin, 1838
This illustration of a cello by Joseph Rocca was published in The Strad, November 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: What is it about the month of November that brings out the sellers? Ever since November 1978 and the big Sotheby event that began ...
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ArticleFrom the Archive: a violin by Nathaniel Cross, 'Aldermanbury'
This illustration of a violin by Nathaniel Cross was published in The Strad, August 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: Born in 1689, when the only possible social mobility was downward, and humility and hard work were the only defence against the gutter and ...
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ArticleStudents forced to leave Newark School of Violin Making over revoked visas
Lincoln College, which manages the Newark School, has been stripped of its licence to issue international student visas following a poor Ofsted report in 2016
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ArticleRemembering Bernard Millant 1929–2017
The esteemed bow maker, dealer, author and expert died in April aged 87. Jean-François Raffin, who worked with Millant and co-authored the celebrated three-volume work L'Archet with him, remembers his friend and colleague
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ArticleFrom the Archive: the Antonio Stradivari, 'Lord Norton', violin 1737
This illustration of a violin by Antonio Stradivari was published in The Strad, July 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: The violin is named after Lord Norton, who purchased it from George Hart shortly after the sale of the Gillot collection at Christies in ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos acquires 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius violin
The violinist first encountered the instrument in 1994 and was reunited with it more than 20 years later through Florian Leonhard Fine Violins
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ArticleThe problem of substandard bow hair
Bow makers, suppliers and musicians are increasingly having to deal with thinning and brittle bow hair. How has this situation come about? Nancy Pellegrini reports
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ArticleFrom the Archive: a violin by Nicolo Gagliano of Naples, 1775
This illustration of a violin by Nicolo Gagliano of Naples was published in The Strad, June 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: Sotheby's mammoth sale on April 30 mustered 564 lots. The attendance strained the resources of the Conduit Street Gallery, with foreign visitors ...
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ArticleHow the sale of a rediscovered Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin is helping to promote female composers
Pianist Diana Ambache explains how she came to set up the Ambache Charitable Trust with proceeds from the sale of a 1735 Guarneri del Gesù violin, discovered in her late father's collection
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ArticleFrom the Archive: a violin by Carlo Bergonzi, 'ex Kreisler'
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Bergonzi was published in The Strad, January 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Hill's record of this Carlo Bergonzi violin places it first in the collection of Count Cozio di Salabue, the first great violin collector and ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by J.B. Vuillaume, 'ex-Kreisler', 1845
This illustration of an 1845 violin by J.B. Vuillaume was published in The Strad, January 1987
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Article$300,000 double bass cracked during British Airways flight
Double bassist Barry Chan has claimed that his 150-year-old instrument and case were badly damaged during the flight from Vienna to Hong Kong
