Hello Jehpin My violin arrived in perfect condition, very fast delivery thank you. The bridge height was a little high for me because I have big fingers that can touch the other strings, I simply removed it and trimmed it about 1.5 mm (if you remember I have a precision machine shop) it has a [...]
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This is a design of the next generation of violins with more than 4 strings. I am very happy and encouraged by many of my customers who have contributed to make this design possible. I have combined all the ideas and tested them on a few models at the workshop with my Vecchio maker. This [...]
Here’s what a good combination of good choice of tonewood and good conservative varnishing can do to produce a better than good masterpiece. There’s a nice touch to it with the addition of the ebony C-ring at the nose. This violin is made after Pietro Guarneri of Mantua by Guarneri. By the Opera workshop. I [...]
We think we have finally made a breakthrough in our varnishing technique at the Opera workshop. We knew we were having some trouble breaking out of our Opera Guarneri Cannone type of varnishing, which became our highly successful model and becoming the top seller for many of our resellers. This year in 2009, we concentrated [...]
