The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments recently acquired more than 20 stringed instruments and bows from the Andrew F. Petryn Collection. Here are five of the highlights: violins by Nicolò Amati, Matthias Klotz and Johann Klotz, an 18th-century English cello, and a c.1770 quinton by Nicolas Augustin Chappuy.
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Photos: Christopher Gardner/courtesy Yale School of Music
In the December 2024 issue we examine the history of the Linarol dynasty, one of the first violin making families in Venice. Here, Stefano Pio provides some context as to the 16th-century environment in with they worked, as well as a semantic discussion on the terms ‘viole’ and ‘lire’ ...
Bow makers Victor Bernard and Emmanuel Carlier were named ‘hors concours’ members, while Canadian luthier Fabienne Gauchet received a double gold for quartet - for the second time
Test your violin knowledge with some of the questions from the VSA convention’s Trivia Night on Monday 18 November
The British dendrochronology expert explains his latest research, revealing how wood from one source can appear in centuries-old instruments made thousands of miles apart
The unusual violin is currently on display at the ‘New Instrument Exhibit’, part of the Violin Society of America’s 2024 convention in Indianapolis
Possibly the first instrument ever made by Pressenda, it boasts a two-piece back of slightly burled quarter-cut maple
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