Wednesday, July 19, 2017
VIOLIN NONSENSE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS A GHISALBERTI
To flute, or not to flute? That is the question.
'The soundholes are beautifully drawn, but almost Stainer-like in model. The curling lower wings are deftly fluted with a straight gouge cut from the wing tip to the central nick. They are quite noticeably undercut, which seems to have been Bergonzi's habit. The more common Bergonzi soundhole shape is exaggeratedly Stradivarian, with broad, flat wings, a tendency to dominate the front, and sweeping close to the edges' - John Dilworth in the March 2007 issue of The Strad
'The soundholes are beautifully drawn, but almost Stainer-like in model. The curling lower wings are deftly fluted with a straight gouge cut from the wing tip to the central nick. They are quite noticeably undercut, which seems to have been Bergonzi's habit. The more common Bergonzi soundhole shape is exaggeratedly Stradivarian, with broad, flat wings, a tendency to dominate the front, and sweeping close to the edges' - John Dilworth in the March 2007 issue of The Strad
Stradivari fluted, or didn't flute, but didn't undercut, but maybe did, depending on which other worker... Bergonzi, who knows... Stainer? Take your pick.
I know! it's a Ghisalberti, Del Gesu's master!
How hard is it to later flute an old unfluted violin?
Rather like installing or removing a label.
Maybe it's the legendary duckrabbit!
One thing's for sure: It's damn hard to flute much, or to flute later, an already narrow lower wing, and in any event why would a rational Baroque luthier bother to do such an asinine thing?...Think about it. Thus, if you see one, maybe it's a little bit of a red flag, so to speak.
How hard is it to later flute an old unfluted violin?
Rather like installing or removing a label.
Maybe it's the legendary duckrabbit!
One thing's for sure: It's damn hard to flute much, or to flute later, an already narrow lower wing, and in any event why would a rational Baroque luthier bother to do such an asinine thing?...Think about it. Thus, if you see one, maybe it's a little bit of a red flag, so to speak.
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