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‘His bow was snapped in two as the window-curtains caught fire’ - From the archive

2025-01-17T09:38:00

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In the dim and distant past, The Strad would raid other periodicals for violin-related stories. Two examples follow.

TOUCHING upon the subject of violins, in an interview with The Woman at Home. Dr. Joachim expressed himself as follows: “With respect to the celebrated violin makers of Cremona, I am of the opinion that the palm should be given to Antonio Stradivari, in whose instruments are combined the tone-producing qualities, which the other great makers have only been able to bring forth individually. Maggini and likewise Amati were renowned for the delicacy and sweetness they imparted to their instruments, but the union of liquidity and power is more especially noticeable in the violins manufactured by Giuseppe Guarneri (del Gesu) and Stradivari…

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