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Italian and French Violin Makers, Volume I-IV
Monograph of the Antonio Stradivari Cello c.1690 ‘Barjansky’
Probably the most extensive and detailed study of a stringed instrument that has ever been published
Read the review, The Strad July 2021
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume
Contemporary Violin Makers
My Viola and I by Lionel Tertis
A Life In Music, by György Pauk
Over the course of more than 50 years, György Pauk became an internationally acclaimed concert violinist, appearing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and conductors, and making countless broadcasts and recordings.
Read the review, The Strad September 2021
An Introduction to the Old Italian Violins (simplified mandarin)
The book offers an overview of 300 years of violin history. Exploring the historical circumstances in Northern Italy, namely the city of Cremona, where the violin originated, it takes the reader from Andrea Amati's workshop to those of the most famous Cremonese violin makers such as Antonio Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesù and Carlo Bergonzi. From there violin making spread across other Italian and European cities.
Illustrated with more than 600 pictures of instruments, the book is a unique guide to the complex world of violin family instruments; it provides valuable advice on how to choose the best violin, and how to take care of it.
The English Double Bass
A unique leather-bound, limited-edition book exploring the fine double basses made in England - £465 plus P&P
The ultimate collector’s investment for anyone with an interest in fine double basses, The English Double Bass is the authoritative work on double basses made in England. Featuring 766 stunning colour photographs of 100 double basses by 40 of England’s great double bass makers, this 524-page book is a collector’s item. The authors have gathered a rare collection of double basses never seen before and presented them in a beautiful leather-bound case.
ISBN: 978-1-916-4053-0-1
Read the review in The Strad, May 2019
W.E. Hill & Sons Violin Makers 1880-1936, by John Basford and Tim Toft
W.E. Hill and Sons was Britain’s most important violin dealership in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and, during this period, became renowned throughout the world for its expertise in instrument identification and repair. This new book gives a clear photographic and documentary record of instrument making at W.E Hill and Sons, from its inception in the early 1880s to 1936, when the first phase of production ended and the last instrument from that first phase of production was recorded in the original sales ledger.
Read the review, The Strad, May 2020
I Segreti di Sgarabotto
LIMITED EDITION
‘I Segreti di Sgarabotto’
Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè, edited by Andrea Zanrè
Read the review, The Strad, February 2020
Bruch/Brahms/Schubert
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1690 Tuscan Stradivari
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The Violin Explained: Components, Mechanism, and Sound
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Cremona: An Account of the Italian Violin-Makers and Their Instruments (Classic Reprint)
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The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, 1626-1762 (Dover Books on Music)
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Antonio Stradivari, His Life and Work (Dover Books on Music)
Studies the life and art of the Italian violin craftsman, focusing on the skills and techniques which have made his products renowned throughout the world.
ISBN-10: 0486204251
ISBN-13: 978-0486204253
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‘A Violin By Antonio Stradivari 1724’ limited edition MONOGRAPH
July 2022
We examine a 1671 violin by Girolamo Amati II and the members of the Brodsky Quartet discuss their 50th anniversary. There’s a look at Bach’s Cello Suites, string playing’s ‘lost arts’, and the career of François-Nicolas Voirin comes under the spotlight. Plus Kenneth Sillito’s Sentimental Work.
