We all can read about the violon makers of the past but when it is Edgar who tells such great stories with elaborate details , it brins them to life. Cool vidéo !
I enjoy these story telling videos - there is a lot of history (and fantasy) around the great masters that can be found in books but much more accessible with your channel. Thanks! Would also love to hear about Testore, Storioni, Bergonzi…
Thank you for great educational video, Edgar, well done and delivered. Super-interesting. Yes, more video like this about Cremonese makers, including your own story!
My girlfriend’s family’s last name was the same lineage Amatucci, allegedly changed to Amati. Better for Sales? . A good friend of mine inherited his teachers teachers instruments which many of were nearly fully cut and just needed to have the neck and scroll, as well as the face matched to a back, glued on, and finished. After maybe a little regraduation. Which lends credence to your point about Amati’s unfinished instruments being inherited by Guarneri Del Jesu. It’s amazing that you have a little bit of a similar situation, and although I never got to apprentice with Ihor Shablovsky, who is Violins were sold as an abbreviation of his last name, hence, Shabli. I have a new five string made by Eric Aceto, which uses some wood that was grown in the same forests that Stradivarius later violins were made from. Historical fact is that his Stradivari was so wealthy that people would say, I wish I had as much money as Antonio Stradivari, not the duke or baron or king, as his fame and fortune surpassed most of the nobility of that era in his heyday. I also heard of saying, and please correct me if I’m wrong. On a street in Cremona, Italy, there were three violin shops. The first one, of Amati, had a sign that said “the best violins in the whole world”. The second one was that of Antonio Stradivari, which had a sign advertising “the best violins in all of Italy”. And the third shop, that of Guarneri del Jesu, had a sign that stated “the best violins on this street”.. thank you for sharing. I hope we can sometime connect because I’d love to have the opportunity play on some of your gorgeous instruments. So much of what you said reinforces what I’ve heard, and I really enjoyed this video. Bravo, sir! Ciao Bello!
One of the reasons why Stradivarius violins are also the most popular is that he was more consistent in his build. He used blocks inside the instrument where there are different techniques which involve type of webbing. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that Edgar. All the very best.
If you’d ever like to talk about my girlfriends family with her, and I, let me know. I can say that before I ever learned that about her family name, which was kept hidden for many years, I noticed that she had an incredible ear for music. A genetic trait that existed before those relatives change their name to Amati, so it’s amazing how certain dispositions and talents are also part of our DNA and coding I would be thrilled to be a part of your research.
Lovely interesting two old masters' history explained in a super objective manner with your personal flair! Could you also make a video on the 19th/20th century Italian masters like Rocca and Pressenda?
Great video especially because you are able to analyse details of their work which tell a story of there own. Very perceptive. I have been very interested in the story that may be true that the acoustical physics of string instruments were passed down from Leonardo DaVinci to the Medici Family. Any thoughts in that aspect of violin making I am sure many of us would find interesting. Thanks Edgar.
Excellent. Thank you. Personally, I am also interested in the differences in build, the differences in problem solving and in design. How different angles and shapes affect tone and who came up with innovations and ideas that were copied, and successes and failures in innovation etc etc. I think a few video's of those kind of things would be very interesting.
I enjoy learning about the history of the early violin makers. I'd be very interested in hearing more about Gasparo da Salo, as one of the best violins I've heard on RUclips was made by him. I'm also interested in all the modifications that take place when "modernising" a vintage violin. I know some significant changes are made to the neck and finger board. How do you feel about such modifications?
THANK YOU, VERY INTERESTING, I SHOULD WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING I COULD ABOUT THESE FAMOUS VIOLIN LUTIERS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TOIL TO MAKE THESE. MOST APPRECIATIVE. CHRIS E. USA PS I THINK IVE FOUND MY STRING SETS. EVA PIRAZZI, AND THOMASTIC INFELD RED. COULD YOU DISCUSS THE USE USE OF WILLOW IN STRdivaris instruments? Very curious. Thank you, bye
I enjoy all your videos, and it's very interesting to see and hear the history behind the Cremonese violin makers. It would be nice to hear about Nicola Amati and all the apprentices that he sent out into the world to make fiddles.
I only know a hand full of violin makers, know a little about the time periods and there were major developments in designs from structure, materials used, strings. If someone told me something incorrect or was asked for details of times or developments, I would be an unreliable source. I heard they messed around with the necks on old violins because of bad design is one of the things I may have heard, someone could tell me something about sound post, bridges, or base bars and I would not know if it were true or false.
I would love to learn about the luthier perspective in the method of building the different instruments and their construction. What is differentiating Amati, Stradivari and Guarnieri... Also... There is no much talk about the transition from the classics to modern luthiers... Who took the torch from the italians after they passed away? Was it french luthiers or german luthiers?
Nice explanation of the history in video. Could you help me with this name of violin maker "aslit" Only these letters I got. Pls help me with the full name if u could
we must have to vote ! who prefer Guarneri....who prefer Stradivari (For our beautiful copies, style is in correllation with particulatity of sounds...its very true close of 1,5K$ and over ....)
My uneducated question is are the violins made by the masters of 300 years ago really better than the highest quality ones made today . I find it hard to believe that it is not possible to build them of equal quality today. Have there been any scientific tests? or blind tests done by professionals? This is a serious question, as I have always been curious.
When I was young, I never once got a straight answer as to what the differences were between Stradivari and Guarnari violins. I'd get pseudointellectual nonsense such as "one is like a fine wine," and other such pretentious silliness. In my later years I asked a crusty old luthier who said tersely, "Guarnari's have a fat arse and smaller F holes."
We all can read about the violon makers of the past but when it is Edgar who tells such great stories with elaborate details , it brins them to life. Cool vidéo !
I enjoy these story telling videos - there is a lot of history (and fantasy) around the great masters that can be found in books but much more accessible with your channel. Thanks!
Would also love to hear about Testore, Storioni, Bergonzi…
Bring 'em on, Edgar. I look forward to your videos.
very nice video, Edgar thanks a lot
Without a doubt Edgar more videos on the great violin makers. Plus possibly details of their different styles of making.
This was a great video! I think a lot of us would live to hear more about other makers and their history!
Thank you. I really enjoyed this.
This is really enlightening. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome!
All the best
Grande video come sempre da parte di Edgar ❤
Another wonderful video Edgar! Thank you! And yes please make more informative and entertaining about the lives of makers! Thank you so much. Q
Thanks for your efforts! Always appreciate your instructive videos. Would be interesting to hear about other makers. Warm regards from Puerto Rico!!!
Great vid! Yes please :)
Thank you for great educational video, Edgar, well done and delivered. Super-interesting. Yes, more video like this about Cremonese makers, including your own story!
Hello Edgar, thank you very much for your video! It was very interesting! . I would like to see more videos about Violinmakers. ❤
Thank you Edgar! This was very interesting.
Very interesting format! Please more of that….
I think we would all love to see more such videos about specific makers. I enjoyed it !
This was wonderful! More. Please!
Excellent and so very interesting to hear about the history of these great makers. More please!😊
Hi, maestro!
I am very interested of such kind of videos, where you telling us about the history of the great violin makers. Thank you
Yes, please, fantastico video. Again, it is very informative, thanks..
Great video Edgar, and i like the scenery, we had drinks in that piazza after we visited you. Love the background story.
My girlfriend’s family’s last name was the same lineage Amatucci, allegedly changed to Amati. Better for Sales? . A good friend of mine inherited his teachers teachers instruments which many of were nearly fully cut and just needed to have the neck and scroll, as well as the face matched to a back, glued on, and finished. After maybe a little regraduation. Which lends credence to your point about Amati’s unfinished instruments being inherited by Guarneri Del Jesu. It’s amazing that you have a little bit of a similar situation, and although I never got to apprentice with Ihor Shablovsky, who is Violins were sold as an abbreviation of his last name, hence, Shabli. I have a new five string made by Eric Aceto, which uses some wood that was grown in the same forests that Stradivarius later violins were made from. Historical fact is that his Stradivari was so wealthy that people would say, I wish I had as much money as Antonio Stradivari, not the duke or baron or king, as his fame and fortune surpassed most of the nobility of that era in his heyday. I also heard of saying, and please correct me if I’m wrong. On a street in Cremona, Italy, there were three violin shops. The first one, of Amati, had a sign that said “the best violins in the whole world”. The second one was that of Antonio Stradivari, which had a sign advertising “the best violins in all of Italy”. And the third shop, that of Guarneri del Jesu, had a sign that stated “the best violins on this street”.. thank you for sharing. I hope we can sometime connect because I’d love to have the opportunity play on some of your gorgeous instruments. So much of what you said reinforces what I’ve heard, and I really enjoyed this video. Bravo, sir! Ciao Bello!
One of the reasons why Stradivarius violins are also the most popular is that he was more consistent in his build. He used blocks inside the instrument where there are different techniques which involve type of webbing. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that Edgar. All the very best.
If you’d ever like to talk about my girlfriends family with her, and I, let me know. I can say that before I ever learned that about her family name, which was kept hidden for many years, I noticed that she had an incredible ear for music. A genetic trait that existed before those relatives change their name to Amati, so it’s amazing how certain dispositions and talents are also part of our DNA and coding I would be thrilled to be a part of your research.
Lastly, keep up the good work.
Lovely interesting two old masters' history explained in a super objective manner with your personal flair!
Could you also make a video on the 19th/20th century Italian masters like Rocca and Pressenda?
Great video especially because you are able to analyse details of their work which tell a story of there own. Very perceptive.
I have been very interested in the story that may be true that the acoustical physics of string instruments were passed down from Leonardo DaVinci to the Medici Family. Any thoughts in that aspect of violin making I am sure many of us would find interesting. Thanks Edgar.
Love your vids !!!
Thanks 😊
Very interesting. From N Z.
Excellent. Thank you. Personally, I am also interested in the differences in build, the differences in problem solving and in design. How different angles and shapes affect tone and who came up with innovations and ideas that were copied, and successes and failures in innovation etc etc. I think a few video's of those kind of things would be very interesting.
I enjoy learning about the history of the early violin makers. I'd be very interested in hearing more about Gasparo da Salo, as one of the best violins I've heard on RUclips was made by him. I'm also interested in all the modifications that take place when "modernising" a vintage violin. I know some significant changes are made to the neck and finger board. How do you feel about such modifications?
Great video - thank you. Yes please - make a video about Carlo Bergonzi :)
THANK YOU, VERY INTERESTING, I SHOULD WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING I COULD ABOUT THESE FAMOUS VIOLIN LUTIERS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TOIL TO MAKE THESE. MOST APPRECIATIVE. CHRIS E. USA PS I THINK IVE FOUND MY STRING SETS. EVA PIRAZZI, AND THOMASTIC INFELD RED. COULD YOU DISCUSS THE USE USE OF WILLOW IN STRdivaris instruments? Very curious. Thank you, bye
I enjoy all your videos, and it's very interesting to see and hear the history behind the Cremonese violin makers. It would be nice to hear about Nicola Amati and all the apprentices that he sent out into the world to make fiddles.
What would be most interesting to hear from a violin maker what you see in those violins and what is so great about it.
Great video!
Could you please tell us something about Bergonzi too?
Yes make more videos about Stradivarius ❤and Gauneri 🍕🇮🇹. Can you make a video about Paganini did he used to play on a Strad violin first?
Edgar, can you tell us all the differences between the Stradivarius and Guarneri violins?
Whats the name of the movie that has anthony quinn? Id like to watch it.
I think it is:
The red violin
Enjoy!
@@EdgarRuss I actually already own it. Borrowed a copy from the library, then bought a copy.
I only know a hand full of violin makers, know a little about the time periods and there were major developments in designs from structure, materials used, strings. If someone told me something incorrect or was asked for details of times or developments, I would be an unreliable source. I heard they messed around with the necks on old violins because of bad design is one of the things I may have heard, someone could tell me something about sound post, bridges, or base bars and I would not know if it were true or false.
Thank you!
Thanks man!
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Is Edgar from Nederlands or Italia ?
I would love to learn about the luthier perspective in the method of building the different instruments and their construction. What is differentiating Amati, Stradivari and Guarnieri... Also... There is no much talk about the transition from the classics to modern luthiers... Who took the torch from the italians after they passed away? Was it french luthiers or german luthiers?
Nice explanation of the history in video. Could you help me with this name of violin maker "aslit" Only these letters I got. Pls help me with the full name if u could
we must have to vote ! who prefer Guarneri....who prefer Stradivari (For our beautiful copies, style is in correllation with particulatity of sounds...its very true close of 1,5K$ and over ....)
I like Strad better. Although I must say Guaneri violin is very nice too. My favorite composer is Paganini!
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My uneducated question is are the violins made by the masters of 300 years ago really better than the highest quality ones made today . I find it hard to believe that it is not possible to build them of equal quality today. Have there been any scientific tests? or blind tests done by professionals? This is a serious question, as I have always been curious.
When I was young, I never once got a straight answer as to what the differences were between Stradivari and Guarnari violins. I'd get pseudointellectual nonsense such as "one is like a fine wine," and other such pretentious silliness. In my later years I asked a crusty old luthier who said tersely, "Guarnari's have a fat arse and smaller F holes."
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Yes yes yes yes yes please