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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1707 ‘Boni-Hegar’ Stradivari cello
A cello from Stradivari’s ’golden period, it is now played by Andreas Brantelid
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Liberty luthier: Nicola Utili
Stefano Pio examines the life and career of the early 20th-century Italian luthier Nicola Utili, who combined his natural skills in instrument making with a penchant for innovation and acoustic research
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: The curious case of Knute Reindahl’s 1905 violin
An impressively carved violin from 1905 led HyeonJeong Kim on a journey to discover more about its maker and dedicatee
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1689 ‘Ragin’ Stradivari violin
An instrument from fairly early in Stradivari’s career, it still shows the influence of his mentor Nicolò Amati
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Andrew Carruthers’s Santa Rosa workshop
The maker presents his Californian shop
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Premium ❘ FeatureShaping the modern bow: Viotti and the Tourte bow
Debate has raged over the role of Giovanni Battista Viotti in the development of the Tourte-style bow. Markus Laine sifts through the evidence
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1694 ‘Ovcharov’ Stradivari violin
One of Stradivari’s Long Pattern instruments, the violin has a false label incorrectly dating it to 1705
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1948 violin by Zenon Wladimir Petesh
Bruce Braun Babbitt inspects the US maker’s mid-century instrument
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1705–10 ‘Maurer, van Veen, Elphinstone’ Stradivari violin
A fine example of Stradivari’s ‘golden period’, the instrument has a two-piece back of gloriously flamed maple
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Reinforcing a violin bridge with carbon rods
A method to improve the bridge’s durability and long-term reliability
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Blogs‘A well-oiled engine that’s ready to go’: what cello does Sterling Elliott play?
In an excerpt from our November 2026 cover article, Sterling Elliott discusses his treasured instrument, a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano cello named ‘Ginger’
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1727 ‘Iwasaki’ Stradivari cello
Named after Japanese cellist Ko Iwasaki, the instrument has recently been loaned to Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1720 ‘Karl Klingler’ Stradivari violin
With a fascinating two-piece back, this violin contains wood from the same tree as that used for the celebrated ‘Macdonald’ Stradivari viola
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: The curious case of the underslide
Mika Seifert uncovers evidence that the so-called ‘Hill slide’ might not have been created at the British-based violin firm at all, but may in fact have been an invention of W.A. Pfretzschner
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a custom cutter for a second-hole bushing
Adam Goltry introduces a specialised tool for bow makers to use when carrying out a tricky repair job
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Premium ❘ FeatureRatios and rulers: instrument geometry
How did the old Italian makers measure out their instrument patterns? David Beard reveals evidence showing that they made use of both ratios and the standard measurements used at the time
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1710 Stradivari violin
The ‘golden period’ violin is currently played by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Ludvig Gudim
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Manuel Ramírez’s San Salvador workshop
The luthier presents his El Salvador shop
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1830 violin by Giuseppe Dall’Aglio
Claudio Amighetti examines the 19th-century instrument
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Video‘The Final Bow’: documentary short exploring the fate of pernambuco
The film looks at efforts to conserve the tree, regarded as an iconic symbol of Brazil, and its use by bow makers worldwide
