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News Matouš Pěruška loaned Gofriller violin

Matouš Pěruška, violinist with Trio Bohémo, has acquired a violin by Matteo Gofriller, c.1710 (Venice) via long-term loan from Czech businessman Dr. Jan Telenský. Pěruška has been playing on the violin since 2021, initially on loan via Florian Leonhard...

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Priceless violin collection to go up for auction

Sale of the private collection of leading expert Norman Rosenberg, including a 1685 Stradivari. A collection of 70 instruments that made up the private collection of leading violin expert Norman Rosenberg will be sold by London auctioneers Ingles...

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A Pictorial Guide to the Tools of the Trade

A violin maker is an atavist—or, as you may know it, a throwback. Mostly ignoring the results of generations of tool and technological advancement, a violin maker is interested in an older tradition, and uses tools that were optimized hundreds of years...

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