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Violin Varnish

£45.00

Notes and articles from the workshop of Koen Padding. Edited by Helen Michetschläger.

Available from our third-party merchants

Antonius Stradivarius Volumes I-VIII (Edited by Jost Thöne)

£3,950.00

This eight volume Library Edition is limited to 2.000 copies. Complete with slipcase and DVD.

“Taken together, these eight volumes are a massive achievement, a substantial reset of the standards and quality of documentation, and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the work of the greatest violin maker who ever lived. This is above all a brave project, given the value and importance of these instruments and their often sensitive histories and attributions.”

John Dilworth, The Strad March 2017

Antonius Stradivarius Volumes I-VIII (Edited by Jost Thöne) – De Luxe Edition

£17,457.00

This beautiful De Luxe Edition is an investment of a lifetime. Limited to 100 copies, it is leather-bound with gilt edges; the volumes are individually numbered and registered.

“Taken together, these eight volumes are a massive achievement, a substantial reset of the standards and quality of documentation, and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the work of the greatest violin maker who ever lived. This is above all a brave project, given the value and importance of these instruments and their often sensitive histories and attributions.”

John Dilworth, The Strad March 2017

Cows Eating Grass

£7.50

Cows Eating Grass follows on from Faces in the Spaces.

Down an Escalator Backwards

£7.50

Down an Escalator Backwards follows on from Cows Eating Grass

Faces in the Spaces

£7.50

Faces in the Spaces follows on from Faces in the Spaces.

Grade 5 Theory – the Easy Way!

£7.50

Grade 5 Theory – the Easy Way!

Grade 6 Theory – a Practical Approach

£12.50

Grade 6 Theory – a Practical Approach

Grade 7 Theory – a Practical Approach

£12.50

Grade 7 Theory – a Practical Approach

Grade 8 Theory – a Practical Approach

£12.50

Grade 8 Theory – a Practical Approach

I Segreti di Sgarabotto

£275.00

LIMITED EDITION
‘I Segreti di Sgarabotto’
Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè, edited by Andrea Zanrè

Read the review, The Strad, February 2020

Italian and French Violin Makers, Volume I-IV

Price range: £1,275.00 through £2,245.00

A unique collection of instruments crafted by the legendary lutherie masters of the last four centuries from Italy and France.

The Library Edition is limited to 2.000 copies, the leather-bound De Luxe Edition to 100 copies; each volume is individually numbered and registered.

Luigi Boccherini – Musica Amorosa by Babette Kaiserkern

£40.00

The life and works of composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini are explored in this comprehensive new biography. He was highly regarded throughout Europe during his lifetime and the author of around 500 compositions, including symphonies, chamber music and vocal works as well as sonatas and concertos for the cello.

Written by Babette Kaiserkern; Foreword by Steven Isserlis; Translated by Rhona Brose.

Monograph of the Antonio Stradivari Cello c.1690 ‘Barjansky’

Price range: £790.00 through £1,490.00

Probably the most extensive and detailed study of a stringed instrument that has ever been published

 

Read the review, The Strad July 2021

THE GIROLAMO AMATI VIOLA IN THE GALLERIA ESTENSE

£120.00

TREASURES OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING – I

Violin and Bow Makers, Volume 1

£40.00

Featuring forty full-colour pages of instruments and bows from significant violin- and bow-makers from across Europe.

W.E. Hill & Sons Violin Makers 1880-1936, by John Basford and Tim Toft

Price range: £95.00 through £275.00

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

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