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Stradivarius: Unsurpassed Artisan or Just Lucky? (By Sarah Kim)

There are about seven hundred Stradivarius violins still intact from the 17th century, and they are among the most sought-after instruments in the world (3). Most, if not all, of the greatest violinists of modern times believe that there is something in the Cremonese violins that provides superior tonal quality to all other violins. Skilled [...]

USD199 for a Top Flamed Violin #284. Has Rich Tone.

Sandy P. from USA Hi Jehpin! Well, my BEAUTIFUL violin arrived this afternoon! Jehpin, it is JUST EXQUISITE. I am SO pleased with it. I played it for about an hour after I unpacked it and got the bridge into place. It is the sweetest violin — it is even prettier in person. And right [...]

Baroque Snakewood Violin Bows

Hi Jehpin: I have received the bows and they look very nice. They play well. However, they are 2 1/4 inches shorter than my regular carbon graphite bow. Did you send me the correct size? They almost look as if they should be for a 3/4 or 1/2 violin. Can you let me know please. [...]

European Forest Pro Violin #458 (Alpine 87)

Delivered to a friend in USA. Jehpin, The violin came earlier this week and I’ve finally had time to play it — the verdict is that I am very pleased with it. I initially thought that I would keep it either way because you went through so much to make this happen….so I was prepared [...]

ANTIQUE Strad style Violin geige 534 rich POWERFUL tone

Peter from Australia Absolutely fantastic violin, i would love2have another1of this. thank u Jehpin

Professional Violin geige (5 Star)#573

Delivered to my internet friend from Germany Hallo Jehpin, Just got the 5 star violin, I am very pleased with the instrument. it sonds better than my Mittenwalder “Neuner und Hornsteiner” I have to get some other strings for it. I think the sound will even improve with new strings and with time playing the [...]

Which is your best violin?

Q: I find it hard to tell which are your best violins. I get the impression that the Performa are best, but at the same time the PDF file does not compare them to your other fiddles. For example, which is better, Composer or Performa? I know it often depends on the music you want [...]

Custom Violin: 7/8 Violin for M. Wilson (Australia)

Click for larger image. Client’s Feedback Hi Jehpin, Hope you are well. Just wanted to say thankyou for the violin. It arrived very quickly last week, and I’ve been getting some really nice comments from members of my string ensemble. I put Obligato strings on it as I thought the Evah Pirazzis might be too [...]

EMS Country Links

Below you can find Electronic Addresses, according to the countries of the EMS services being in the Internet network. It makes much easy to check the rightness of the information about delivery of your express items. UK http://www.royalmail.com/portal/pw/track?catId=7500082 USA http://www.usps.com Argentina http://www2.correoargentino.com.ar/tyt/seguimiento2.html Australia http://ice.auspost.com.au/ Austria http://www.post.at/english/content/produkte/ems/tracking.shtml Belgium http://etracker.emstaxipost.be/index.asp?lang=fr Brazil http://200.252.60.3/sro/internacional/default.cfm Cambodia http://www.mptc.gov.kh/Postweb/on-line_tracking.htm Canada https://obc.canadapost.ca/emo/basicPin.do?language=en China [...]

Making the Baroque style neck joint on the violin

Making the Baroque style neck joint on the violin (and some other things of importance) The essential differences between the modern and Baroque way of making the neck joint are that in the Baroque style 1) the neck joint is made before cutting out the back and belly plates 2) instead of cutting a slot [...]