Sean Bishop of Bishop Instruments & Bows in London talks us through some 19th-century Naples violin makers, some following Gagliano models and other with more individual touches.
n.b. the video is flipped horizontally - Sean Bishop assures us his instruments are strung the usual way round
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Robin Stowell appraises Guido Olivieri’s monograph on the great players of the mid-Italian city during the Enlightenment era
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