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August 2015

David Burgess Violin

by Fegley
Violin Making
August 28, 2015

Of course it is always a treat to get a fine old Italian fiddle in the shop to gawk at and obsess over, but it is a real treat when I get a modern masters violin in the workshop to do some repair work to....

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Old German Violin

by Fegley
Fegley, Violin Making
August 19, 2015

Violins are all the same, right? From the outside world I can see why all violins look the same! But when you are a maker or a player you appreciate the beauty that instruments have to offer! This instrument wasn’t worth a terrible amount, it was...

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Andrea Guarneri Viola

by Fegley
Fegley, Violin Making
August 13, 2015

My latest viola build is a copy of one of the most known members of the Guarneri family; Andrea Guarneri. Andrea along with several other great makers apprenticed directly with the great Nicolo Amati. Among those that apprenticed with Amati Guarneri held true to the Amati...

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G. B. Guadagnini Cello

by Fegley
Cello Making, Fegley
August 5, 2015

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini is one of my favorite makers! Guadagnini is regarded as the greatest maker of the second half of the 18th Century! Not one of the greatest, but thee greatest… His career expanded of 44 years and his original style produced some of...

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