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This Italian created a violin with strings made of spider silk
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom thelocal.it: An Italian student’s violin using spider silk was the winning entry in an award for innovation in London, celebrating the work of international students in the English capital. Luca Alessandrini, a post … Continue reading
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Tagged innovation, Italian student, Italy, London, spider silk, violin
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Violin made from Winston Churchill’s cigar box to be auctioned
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom www.classicfm.com: A violin made from the famous Prime Minister’s cigar box is expected to fetch between £500 and £1000 at auction this month.The instrument was made in 1956 by the self-taught violin-maker William … Continue reading
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Tagged cigar box, violin, William Robinson, Winston Churchill
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Violin making in Denmark, part 1: 1700–1840
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom The Cozio Carteggio Newsletter: The history of the earliest Danish violin makers, who continued their craft despite the Napoleonic wars, shortages of wood and Denmark’s bankruptcy By Jens Stenz In the history of … Continue reading
More string players of today should listen to singers past and present
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom The Strad: The great string players of the past embodied the ‘singing’ style that signifies their relationship with vocalists of the time. Why can’t today’s stars capture the same atmosphere, asks Tully Potter. … Continue reading
Rare violin used to record ‘Star Wars’ soundtrack stolen
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom ABC 7 New San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The search is on for a rare violin that was stolen out of a car in San Francisco last week. The violin is worthy … Continue reading
New record set for world’s most expensive violin bow
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom The Violin Channel: Beares Auctions, London has announced a new world record for the most expensive violin bow ever sold in history at auction. The silver and ebony mounted violin bow, made by … Continue reading
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Tagged Beares Auctions, bow, Francois Xavier Tourte, London, most expensive, violin
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Portland ‘Master’ violin maker to be honored with tribute album
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom MPBN News / Maine Public Broadcasting: Local Jonathan Cooper is one of only about a hundred violin makers in the U.S. who are considered “masters.” He’s known not only for the sound of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, fiddle, fiddler, fiddles, Jonathan Cooper, Maine, maker, violin, violins
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Award-Winning Violinist Finishes Father’s Piece That Nazis Broke Up
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom The World Post: RAANANA, Israel (AP) — In 1933, the promising young Jewish-German violinist Ernest Drucker left the stage midway through a Brahms concerto in Cologne at the behest of Nazi officials, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms concerto, Cologne, Ernest Drucker, German, Jewish, Nazi, Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, violin, violinist
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Violinist unearths mystery behind her 345-year-old violin
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom Tuscon.com/Arizona Daily Star: Chee-Yun plunked down a small fortune for her 1669 Francesco Ruggieri violin, an instrument whose provenance was a mystery. The seller offered no list of violinists who had played it. … Continue reading
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Air Canada Makes Public Declaration of No Violas in the Cabin
Join the forum discussion on this postFrom the Violin Channel: Air Canada has today published a detailed explanation of its musical instrument transportation policy – declaring violins and cellos are permitted to be taken within the cabin, but violas must … Continue reading
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