This new collection of articles from The Strad’s long-running In Focus section brings together violins, violas, cellos and double basses by some of the greatest instrument makers in history. Instruments by famous luthiers such as Nicolò Amati and G.B. Guadagnini are featured alongside the work of less well-known names such as Domenico Degani and Joseph Marquès. Each article showcases the full-length front and back of each instrument along with close-ups and angled shots, as well as some comments on its form and construction, and a brief biography of the maker. In Focus 3 belongs on every violin maker’s shelf alongside the two previous collections.
Featured luthiers
Hendrick Aerninck
Charles Francis Albert
Agustí Altimira
Girolamo Amati II
Nicolò Amati
Gaetano Antoniazzi
Cesare Candi
Carlo Carletti
Enrico Catenar
Georges Chanot I
Raffo Cipriani
George Craske
Sebastian Dalinger
Michele Deconet
Domenico Degani
Thomas Dodd
Michael Dötsch
Robert Duncan
Annibalotto Fagnola
William Ferguson
Joseph Fischer
John Friedrich
Alessandro Gagliano
Gennaro Gagliano
Gand & Bernardel
Antonio Gragnani
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
Johann Christian Hoffmann
Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi
Antonio Maria Lavazza
Anatoly Leman
Erik Lindholm
Nicolas Lupot
Camillo Mandelli
Enrico Marchetti
Luigi Marconcini
Joseph Marquès
Arthur James Maskrey
Samuel Nemessányi
Barak Norman
Joseph Panormo
Vincenzo Postiglione
Christian Reichelt
Sesto Rocchi
Giovanni Battista Rogeri
Luigi Rovatti
Santo Serafin
Igino Sderci
János Spiegel
Johann Georg Stauffer
Carlo Antonio Testore
Niels Larsen Winther
Published in a light softback version.
