All Regulars articles – Page 8
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Products August 2024: NuBow bamboo violin bow
A new bamboo bow offers a sustainable, wooden alternative to pernambuco
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Products August 2024: Thomastik Dynamo viola strings
Thomastik adds a viola set to their recently released range
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Products August 2024: Gewa Luthier II violin case
The new case in the company’s Luthier range
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‘Waves of cicadas terrorising open-air concerts’ - Letters to the editor: August 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2024 issue
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August 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the August 2024 issue
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Sentimental Work: Adrian Chandler on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Vivaldi’s op.8 set of violin concertos – including the Four Seasons – was an early inspiration for the British Baroque violinist and founder of the orchestra La Serenissima
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In Focus: A 1969 viola by Gio Batta Morassi
Yuri Pochekin examines his own mentor’s viola
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Trade Secrets: Bow tip replacement – part one
Jenelle Steele explains a detailed method to remove an old tip and fit a new one, before shaping
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Making Matters: applying the ground coat to a violin
Making and applying the ground coat is a crucial stage of the varnishing process. James Ropp reveals his own method for a preparation containing no oil
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Technique: Violist Clifton Harrison on bowing arm movement
Clifton Harrison examines continuity and intention in the right arm
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Opinion: Mass discardment of cheap bows
Cellist Andrew Janss was shocked to discover the phenomenon of the cheap, single-use bow: one that costs more to rehair than replace. He calls for a change in manufacturers’ attitudes to such waste
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My Space: Daniela Gaidano’s Meltina workshop
The Italian luthier presents her forest-surrounded shop
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Masterclass: Schubert Fantasy for violin and piano – part one
Violinist Alena Baeva stresses the importance of slow and attentive practice when embarking on the opening sections of this monumental work, in the first of a two-part article
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Postcard from Windsor: Windsor Festival International String Competition
Charlotte Gardner reports from the first in-person Windsor Festival International String Competition to take place since 2019, and discovers that the talented competitors still have everything to play for
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Analysis July 2024: The dangers of ticket reselling
With the music festival season already under way, how can venues and festival organisers help protect customers from the scourge of online secondary ticketing sites?
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‘An old country man playing on a fiddle’ - From the archive: July 1894
In ‘Fiddlers on Canvas’, The Strad surveys paintings at the London art exhibitions of interest to string players. The young lady ‘lost in reverie’ grows up to be Agatha Christie
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July 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the July 2024 issue
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‘We musicians are so spoilt’ - Letters to the editor: July 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: July 2024 issue
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Products July 2024: Bogaro & Clemente humidity control device
The device can both increase and decrease humidity in the instrument case