The Violin-maker’s Dilemma

The Violin-maker’s Dilemma

Joseph Curtin, adapted from an article in The Strad, June 2010 About a year ago, violist Yizhak Schottenleft his Francesco Linarol viola at my shop for a few days. Originally built as a lira da braccio, it’s one of those loosely built Old Italians whose symmetries are...
Carleen Hutchins Remembered

Carleen Hutchins Remembered

Joseph Curtin, adapted from an article for The Strad, November 2009 When I met Carleen Hutchins in the mid-eighties, she was already something of a legend, having co-founded the Catgut Acoustical Society, developed a system for tuning violin plates, invented a new...