Latest ArticlesViolin Making Manual - Free Download! Step by Step Guide to Violin Making as taught by W H Mayson, Manchester, England, published in London and New York in 1909, with 31 illustrations. - read more | |
| What are your instruments really worth? Here is how to find out. Order the 2009 Edition of THE RED BOOK, Auction Price Guide of Authentic Stringed Instruments and Bows. It is the one book that every violin shop or instrument appraiser should own. - read more | |
Archetier spécialiste du baroque et classique Archetier : fabrication, restauration et entretien d'archets baroques, classiques ou modernes pour violon, alto, violoncelle , contrebasse et viole de gambe. - read more | |
QUIZ: Difference between violin and viola Find out what you know about the basic differences between a violin and a viola. - read more | |
N Amati Violin For Sale in October (Tarisio) Lot 657: Fine violin by Nicolò Amati, Cremona, c. 1648, ex-George Stoll Star lot in October New York auction, a fine Amati violin formerly owned by the Oscar-winning Hollywood music mogul George E. Stoll (1905–1985). - read more | |
Online String Instrment Lessons Does that appeal to you? Online Lessons? People who wish to learn a string instrument can do this now even if there is no teacher close by! - read more | |
Download Sheet Music for String Players It is now possible to download sheet music in pdf format - read more | |
| Bow Hair for vegans, vegetarians or customers who are concerned that bow hair is a by-product of the slaughterhouse industry. - read more | |
Violin Mastery - Interviews with famous Violinists This is an exceptional eBook, free to download. It consists of interviews with famous violinists of the early 1900s. - read more | |
| A violinist busks in the subway. How much is he appreciated? - read more | |
Violin Taken in Subway is Reunited Tom Chiu's Scarampella violin was stolen at a New York subway station. Thankfully reunited, he recounts his experience. - read more | |
Fingers That Keep the Most Treasured Violins Fit Andrea Mosconi in Cremona plays 300 year old violins (including Stradavari) in order to keep them fit. - read more | |
New Approaches to Instrument Design New and unconventional ways are taking hold in the world of violin design and construction. - read more | |
Alex Grant on violin conference The 2003 Violin Maker's Conference in Melbourne. - read more | |
Strings, standing waves and harmonics How do we make musical sounds? To make a sound , we need something that vibrates. If we want to make musical notes you usually need the vibration to have an almost constant frequency: that means stable pitch. We also want a frequency that can be easily controlled by the player. In electronic instruments this is done with electric circuits or with clocks and memories. In non-electronic instruments, the stable, controlled vibration is produced by a standing wave. - read more | |
Articulation and vibrato on the violin Different bowing gestures or articulations give the violin a range of different sounds. The differences are chiefly in the transient sounds at the beginning and end of the notes, and in the envelope: the way the sound varies over time. These are illustrated with sound files and oscillograms. - read more | |
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| Sergio Peresson (1913-1991) was an Italian-born violin maker who is considered one of the most phenomenal makers of the 20th century. Born in 1913 in Udine, Italy, Sergio made his first violin in 1943 before moving to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1947. There he primarily did repair work for the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra and had a modest production of new instruments. He moved to Philadelphia in 1963 and was employed by William Moennig and Son. - read more | |
Making a difference one violin at a time How Venezuela has turned classical music into a vehicle for personal growth and opportunity among low-income children and youth. - read more | |
Four Generations of Spidlens, the legendary Czech Violin Makers When it comes to violin makers, the Czechs, like the Italians, Germans, French and English, are among the handful of nations that can boast not simply a number of individual solitaire masters, but entire celebrated dynasties. - read more | |
Tokyo String Quartet meets acoustic physicists and violin makers (New York Times) RENOWNED acoustic physicists, master violin makers and the Tokyo String Quartet gathered here last week, ostensibly to seek agreement on how to go about making a great fiddle. To no one's surprise they failed utterly, but in so doing they produced magnificent music and some modest but intriguing scientific insights. - read more | |
Violin Making School of America (Article) Sitting side-by-side on wooden workbenches in a small, two-story shop in the heart of Utah's capital city, 22 of the nation's most promising violin builders are learning to make the instruments by hand as it's been done for centuries in Europe. - read more | |
Warming the surfaces before glueing I rarely have spoiled glue, and I keep it out on my bench for weeks at a time. There are two things I do consistently, though. One is that my outer and inner pots both have lids, and I always put them on while the pot is still hot, on the theory that by doing that I can prevent anything growing that can't live at that temperature. Anything that comes in later will have to come through a double wall. - read more | |
Hide Glue Basics (taken from Luscombe's forum) Glue pots hold around 4 ounces. Suggestion: Commence with 2 ounces of cold water, and put one teaspoon of dry glue into this. The glue should be completely dissolved in the cold water. Then the glue should be heated to approximately 70 C, or 165 F. When the glue is ready, there should be a thin skin on the glue - but beyond that the glue would quickly become too thick. Some put a couple of teaspoons of water into the glue at this point in time. - read more | |
| Remarkable craftsmanship is evident in the Italian violins of old. The devotion of the early Italian luthiers to this instrument is evident. One only has to listen or gaze upon a violin made during this era to see that it has earned the reputation of a "holy grail" of violins. In this article, a brief look at three master crafters from the Italian school of Cremona will be examined. - read more | |
Revolutionary accoustic research by a master European violin maker (excerpt) - read more | |
Violin school offers college alternative Two hours into a typical morning in the beginner's room at the Chicago School of Violin Making, several aproned students bend into pools of light at their work tables. They're filing, cutting, scraping or otherwise honing the near-white pieces of wood that will become for most of them their first violins. - read more | |
A modern luthier crafts her own tradition WHEN JURGEN WOLF RETIRED as principal cellist of the Dusseldorf Symphony in 2000, he reluctantly gave the orchestra back its prized cello-an original 1713 Gagliano-which had been his to use for ten years. Luckily, shortly before his retirement, during a visit to the United States, he had allowed violin maker Anne Cole to make a drawing and detailed measurements of the instrument. - read more | |
| For a half century, Carleen Hutchins has been incorporating science into the art of violin making, working to recreate the standard set by the Italian masters. - read more | |
Instrumentation and the art of violin making Keith and Ray Doerr, of Battle Creek, Mich., became involved in violin making some 55 years ago when their father, a skilled machinist, decided to make his first violin. - read more | |
French police recover 2 violins stolen from member of Los Angeles Philharmonic PARIS: French police recovered two rare violins worth a total of €190,000 (US$250,000) that were stolen from a Los Angeles Philharmonic musician in December, authorities said Sunday. - read more | |
Smith, Arthur Edward (1880 - 1978) Smith's reputation for an even sound and tonal quality reminiscent of the Cremonese masters attracted the custom not only of leading Australian players but of the world's great violinists and cellists; many, including Menuhin, Stern, Spivakowski, Ricci, Oistrakh and Balokovic, acquired A. E. Smith violins. - read more | |
$10 Million Violin for Tognetti The Australian Chamber Orchestra is thrilled that an anonymous Australian private benefactor has acquired one of the world’s rarest violins, valued at AUD$10,000,000, for the use of the ACO’s Artistic Director and Lead Violin, Richard Tognetti. - read more | |
| The Academy has expanded its programs and has an exciting vision for the future, aiming to leave a legacy that will develop and inspire the future generations of Australia's musicians. - read more | |
