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Archives for March 2019

312: Cello based on Francesco Ruggieri 1694

21st March 2019

I met the original of this cello in 2015, when I and three colleagues made a collaborative copy of it for the Royal Northern College in Manchester. The RNCM owns this lovely instrument, and we were lucky to have it to hand while we were working. It's since joined my repertoire of cello models. This one is a commission from a Norwegian cellist; her husband already owns one of my violins so I feel quite privileged to be asked to make another instrument to join it. We spent some time discussing … [Read more...]

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