Violinmaking

Whether a student instrument is hand crafted or mass produced in a factory makes all the difference in the world. […]

It starts with mature, old growth trees and then requires a long time of natural drying. With stringed instruments such

It takes several kinds of woods to make fine stringed musical instruments. But the back of the violin, made with

Spruce is a vital raw component of violins. A product of nature, there is great variability that skilled violinmakers understand

Legendary violins are made of Bosnian wood grown hundreds of years ago. But can modern luthiers replicate what Stradivari had

It’s a task easily taken for granted by stringed instrument enthusiasts, but violinmakers know there’s much at stake when merging

The sound holes on violins, violas and cellos aren’t there just to be gorgeous; they serve a vital function in

Every violin, viola and cello has a scroll whose only real function is to be beautiful and to showcase the

A violinmaker’s tools are specialized to violinmaking, often individualized to the maker and often handed down over generations. The craft

The varnish a violinmaker uses on fine violins, violas and cellos is usually proprietary, and has much to do with the