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Friends Of Holy Trinity Church, Meldreth
Registered Charity No. 289736
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Violins: history, manufacture and repair
talk by Chris Beament
7:30 pm, Friday 22nd February
Chris Beament gave an enthusiastic talk accompanied by many excellent slides.
His mother Juliet Barker studied for 2 years at the Mittenwald "school"
of violin making, the home of the Klotz family dating from mid-17th century.
She set up making violins in Cambridge in 1956. The skill required is amazing
as much of what is seen is hand crafted with little room for error. Chris explained
that most of the old and famous Baroque style violins were converted to the
Modern style by strengthening the neck fixing arrangement to the body to allow
higher string tensions and enabling violins to be heard above brass instruments.
Chris touched on the subject of repair techniques and has offered to give another
talk in the future on this highly specialised subject.
Juliet Barker |
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Baroque and Modern Violin |
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Violin parts |
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Then the front is glued on |
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Fingerboard cramped on |
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Even without glue it holds |
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Applying the fourth and final coat |
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