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	David T. Van Zandt, Violin Maker in Seattle, Washington, USA
		You can find out how I got into violin making, read an interview published in the Violin Society of America Newsletter about why I construct baroque violins and early Stradivari violin models and an interview with Erin Shrader of STRINGS Magazine.
		Violin Resources Menu for links to general information about violins, bows and their makers.
		I make new violins, violas and cellos in Seattle, Washington and construct instruments suitable for contemporary performance practice as well those intended for historically informed period performance practice.
	www.vanzandtviolins.com (218 words)

	Maine Folklife Center
		Violins came to America and were often used in the earlier years as accompaniment for church music.
		The Violin Maker’s association in the State of Maine was established in 1916 for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the art of violin making and was said to have been the first of its kind formed in America.
		A violin maker does not use a lot of wood, the wood in a violin is 10-15 inches long and an inch thick and you’re using that much wood every month.
	www.umaine.edu /folklife/instrument_makers.htm (1865 words)

	Newswise
		A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues used tree ring records to accurately date the wood used in a famous violin purported to be made by Stradivarius and showed that the wood was hewn during the violin maker's lifetime.
		The violin in question bears the name Messiah and is believed to be one of the instruments made by the famous violin maker Antonio Stradivarius.
		The controversy over the violin's origin escalated as a British violin maker and tree ring researcher dated the instrument to the 1680s, while a German tree ring expert put the date in the late 1730s -- too late to be an authentic Stradivarius.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/?id=VIOLIN.UAR (522 words)

	Violin Online - Choosing a Violin
		Key factors in choosing a violin are to use a reputable dealer, music store or violin maker to purchase or rent the violin, and to have a violinist play the violin to help determine if it has a good tone.
		Violins are available in many sizes, and a knowledgeable violin maker, music dealer or violin teacher will be able to help you find the right size for you or your child.
		As a general sizing guideline, when you hold the violin (placing the chin rest under your left jaw), you should be able to extend your left arm under the violin and be able to curve the tips of your left fingers around the end of the scroll, including a slight bend in your left elbow.
	www.violinonline.com /chooseviolin.htm (485 words)

	DailyStocks Open Directory Page
		Fabrizio Portanti - Maker of violins, violas and cellos.
		Ternovec, Marco - Maker of renaissance and baroque viola da gamba, lirone, lira da braccio, and violone.
		Violin Makers Masa Inokuchi and Miki Inokuchi - Makers of modern and Baroque violins, violas, cellos and contra-basses.
	www.dailystocks.com /odp.cgi?passurl=/Arts/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Bowed_Strings/Makers (876 words)

	Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The set of bridges, used to hold the strings up from the body of the violin, was made up entirely from pieces by the famous French maker Aubert: the majority the ‘deluxe’ model, made of best aged wood and treated with the workshop’s unique treatment.
		Like all stringed instrument accessories the bridge is a vital part of the set-up of a violin and the high price reflected the increasing scarcity of good, aged wood available to makers and restorers.
		Other sets of bridges, along with some lots of aged wood used for repairing stringed instruments, went for considerably over their estimates although none reached the heights of the set by Aubert, whose new bridges can have up to a two-year wait and whose old examples are particularly hard to find.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2544&newssectionID=1 (335 words)

	Violin maker, Viola maker, Cello maker - Geoffrey Ovington
		Violin maker, Viola maker, Cello maker - Geoffrey Ovington
		Other European orchestras in which Ovington violins, violas and cellos are played include the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the opera orchestra of La Scala, the South German Radio Philharmonic, the Linz Bruckner Orchestra, the Malmo Symphony, Bergen Symphony and the chamber orchestras Deutsche Kammerphilharmomie and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
		A commissioned Ovington violin begin at $10,000, violas $13,000, and cellos at $20,000.
	www.ovingtonviolins.com (260 words)

	Early American Violin Making
		Self-taught American violin makers were not limited by their skill, rather they were limited by the instrument concepts that directed their artistry.
		Violins made in Massachusetts are distinctively American because the profession was established by self-taught individuals using original models, local woods, and unique construction details.
		By contrast, violin makers who established the trade in New York were trained European violin makers who simply re-established their workshops after immigration to the US.
	www.easthamptonviolin.com /easthamptonviolin/early.html (869 words)

	Violin- Famous Violin Makers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Andrea Amati, born in 1511, was one of the earliest violin makers.
		Amati always made violins in matched pairs, the most famous of which was a pair of instruments made during the 1560's and 1570's for the court of Charles IV of France.
		Very few of his violins remain, but there are some that can be viewed in museums accross the world.
	www-atdp.berkeley.edu /2030/jmoriuchi/violin-famousviolinmakers.html (506 words)

	Violin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello, and double bass, aka string bass.
		A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, a term originating from the instrument's use in folk music, but sometimes used regardless of the music played on it.
		Most likely the first makers of violins borrowed from three types of current instruments: the rebec, in use since the 10th century (itself derived from the Arabic rebab), the Renaissance fiddle, and the lira da braccio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Violin (6369 words)

	Eric Benning_Master Violin Maker
		It was there that Eric learned the refinements to his craft that have elevated his work among some of the great makers today.
		A motto given to Eric by Carl epitomizes their outlook on making and restoration; “Don’t be careful, be sure!” Many makers take the approach of varying degrees of freedom with their work that results in a great variation from one instrument to another.
		Violins are usually made on either a Strad or Guarneri pattern.
	www.violinman.com /web/ebenning/index.htm (487 words)

	Violin maker pulls the right strings
		The craft of violin making is shrouded in myth and mystique, as can be evidenced in the movie The Red Violin, but Zheng Quan is determined to debunk them.
		"Violins made in China used to be seen in other countries as just toys," says the director of the Violin Craft Research Institute attached to the Central Conservatory of Music and an NPC deputy.
		A Shanghai native, Zheng was playing violin with a small performing troupe in Anhui Province during the late 1970s.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-03/11/content_423924.htm (407 words)

	Young Kim Violin Maker - My Aim (Site not responding. Last check: )
		an engine driving the violin must be big enough to cast the sound far enough to be heard afar with sufficient presence, not necessarily under the ears.
		Maker's acoustical principles and experience play a major role in construction of violin --- arching, thickness, and model.
		There are violins that sound good at first and deteriorate over time due to poor construction as a result of either ignorance or dishonesty.
	www.violinshaper.com /aim.htm (376 words)

	Violin maker - Geoffrey Ovington
		Violins from his bench have found homes in venues as diverse as the Austrian Radio Orchestra to the Bennington String Quartet.
		An Ovington violin was awarded a Silver Medal at the International Competition of the Violin Society of America at Oakland in 1994.
		In addition to commissioned instruments, violins bearing the label "G. Ovington e suoi alumni" can be purchased at a price which is realistic for the conservatory student.
	www.ovingtonviolins.com /Violins.htm (169 words)

	Violin Maker Oregon
		Violin Makers - Viola Maker - Cello Maker - Corvallis Salem Eugene...
		Violin maker Jonathan S. Franke, offers for sale fine modern handmade violins, violas, and cellos.
		John Hill is a southern Oregon based Violin Maker located about five miles from Ashland, OR.
	www.hober.com /violin-maker-oregon.html (152 words)

	Ernesto Portillo Jr. : Violin-maker enamored with his craft \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Amesquita is part of a small wave of young violin makers who have taken up the art form in recent years.
		He is enamored with the back-and-forth movement of a wood file, the smell of a freshly lacquered violin and the perfect pitch of notes coaxed from a bow gliding across the four strings.
		Blum is violin maker George Blum, a violinist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Amesquita's soon-to-be former partner.
	www.azstarnet.com /metro/152008.php (627 words)

	Violin Maker Dmitry Badiarov - Welcome
		Making of a set of early baroque violins for the performances of late 16th - first half of the 17th century music is now completed.
		At an age of 12 I apprenticed to instrument maker Vladimir Oiberman, and at 21 I continued my apprenticeship at the shop of Vladimir Yakimenko in St.Petersburg where I run a violin making and restauration studio for several years until I moved to Brussels (Belgium).
		While studying at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels (Sigiswald Kuijken - baroque violin), I attended a short course with Luca Primon at the Scuola Civica di Liuteria in Milan.
	www.violadabraccio.com (675 words)

	Violins, electric violins and violin accessories from top violin makers
		Our violins are made by Opus, one of the world’s most respected violin makers.
		Teachers and students across the country have found Opus violins easy to play with a richness of sound that is hard to find at such an affordable price.
		If you cannot find what you are looking for, or have a question about our violins, electric violins or violin accessories, please contact us.
	www.conradstrings.com /violins.asp (159 words)

	Violin Maker
		From a fragmented biography of the famously eccentric Canadian pianist, Girard has moved to The Red Violin (opening Friday), which follows a hand-crafted instrument through three centuries and across five countries, leaving both inspiration and destruction in its wake.
		Gould, Girard points out, was as a Canadian "obsessed with the immensity of the country, the notion of the unreachable north." So too the red violin remains sought after but unattainable for much of the new film, and those who, briefly, do possess it find it does not bring what they expected.
		Set at an auction house where the world’s priciest instruments are being sold to the highest bidder, the story might seem more logically set in New York or London, both of which were considered, but Girard says the story only clicked when he moved the action to Montréal.
	citypaper.net /articles/061799/ae.movie.violin.shtml (399 words)

	Hanna Krause violin maker
		The violin developed in the early part of the 16th century in northern Italy and by the second half of the century it had basically become the instrument we know today as far as measurements, form, number of strings and tuning are concerned.
		Many old violins still played today started out as baroque violins and were only modernized in the 19th or 20th century.
		The violin was played held against the chest or on the shoulder with or without chin contact.
	www.violin.co.nz /baroque.shtml (748 words)

	Violin matters - violin maker's view (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The conclusions based on the recent study have led him to the hypothesis that all six suites for the Violoncello solo were composed for the violoncello piccolo of the smallest size, and were intended for the person who performed the Sonatas and Partitas for the Violino solo, most likely for J.S.Bach himself.
		Every violin maker who is creating violins is able to perform violin restoration.
		Some Stradivarius violins (his instruments are known by the Latin form of his name, or as "Strads" for short) are now played by top performers in leading concert halls, and priced in the millions of dollars.
	www.kulviolins.com /blog/index.php?entry=entry060508-022848 (752 words)

	Approach - Anthony Lane Violin Maker - Fine Violins, Violas & Cellos
		The science of acoustics offers the violin maker a remarkable new lens with which to evaluate process and outcome.
		Nevertheless, the application of acoustics to my work doesn't supersede hundreds of years of tradition and twenty-five years of experience in the craft; a great violin cannot be made by numbers alone.
		To do this the violin must be well-built: healthy, not too thin, and free of the use of caustics to imitate the look of aged wood.
	www.laneviolins.com /approach.html (390 words)

	Raymond Schryer, Award Winning Violin Maker
		Raymond's Strad violin is copied from the outline of the celebrated 1716 Salabue Stradivari also know as the Messiah.
		Raymond's Guarneri model violin is influenced by the 1734 Rode.
		The expressive power of Guarneri violins is a result of several characteristics from the design and positioning of the C bouts and f holes to the thicker graduations.
	www.violincello.com /violin.spml (129 words)

	Master Violin Maker Gliga and his Best Sounding Maestro Violins
		There is a subtle relationship between a master violin, the tree that provided the wood used to make it, the climatic and atmospheric conditions that existed during the tree's lifetime, as well as the soil's chemical composition where the tree grew.
		The master violin makers recognize these trees by their perfect rectitude, their fine thin crust, and lack of any resin run-offs.
		The master violin maker knows that narrow annual rings would not only strengthen the violin but would increase the wood's density, which will make a big difference in the violin's tone and brilliance and create a superior tonal quality.
	www.violinslover.com /gligaviolins.php (503 words)

	Excite France - Makers > Violin > Bowed Strings > Stringed > Instruments > Music > Arts (Répertoire)
		As a leading British Violin, Viola, Small Viola, Cello and Ladies Cello maker, William Castle’s instruments are played by discerning professionals and amateurs from the UK, Europe and USA.
		Miami dealer of certified original violins from the 18th and 19th century.
		Membership requirements, events and resources for the violin maker are included.
	www.excite.fr /directory/Arts/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Bowed_Strings/Violin/Violin_Makers (322 words)

	VIOLIN MAKER, HAND (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constructs bowed musical instruments, such as violins, cellos, and violas, using handtools: Selects wood according to type, grain, and seasoning.
		Relocates bridge and sounding post, or shaves wood from bottom of instrument to improve tone.
		May rebuild and restore bowed instruments and be designated Violin Restorer (musical inst.).
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/VI/VIOLIN+MAKER,+HAND.html (238 words)

	Touched By An Angel Episode 312: "The Violin Lesson" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Apprenticed to Jordan Du Bois, a violin maker, Monica must ensure he finishes a violin he started 30 years earlier on the Christmas Day his son was born.
		Discovering the unfinished violin he had started those years ago, Monica learns that Tess had revealed herself to the violin maker back then.
		Miraculously, the ruined violin is restored, and the violin maker takes it with him to the hospice.
	www.touched.com /episodeguide/seasonthree/312.html (360 words)

	William Bartruff, Violin Maker - The History of the Violin
		The origins of the violin are uncertain and open to debate, but it is generally agreed the instrument we know today in western music as the violin had its origin in the Arabic rabab.
		His greatest contribution was not in violin making per se, but seems to be instead in his development of a smaller version of the cello that is now the standard.
		In May of 2006, a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, known as "The Hammer", was sold by Christie's auction house for the record sum of $3,544,000.
	www.bartruff.com /history.php (1789 words)

	Michael Klein - Violin Maker
		Bowed instruments drive the rhythm and sing the melody for much of the world's classical music, and the best of these instruments are made one at a time, by hand.
		Michael Klein, a "maker" in the Rogue Valley and his wife Janice, live in the mountains near Grants Pass, Oregon.
		The ground and varnish are both cooked and refined in the workshop and are developed after several years of experimenting and modifying old recipes.
	www.kauffmanwood.com /gallery/klein (309 words)

	Meeting the Maker
		Its maker is Whitney Osterud, who, at age 33, has already established a reputation for his amazingly discerning ears.
		Osterud is the in-house violin maker and restorer at the violin shop of David Bromberg, a collector and historian of American violins (and a renown blues guitarist).
		He is Chicago-based soloist Rachel Barton Pine's personal violin adjuster — she flies him out to work on her instrument before recording sessions and concerts.
	www.violinist.com /blog/caeli/20066/5385 (1786 words)

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