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Talking with 10 Makers and Testing Their Violins and Bows
What an honor it is, to try the beautifully crafted, brand-new violins and bows featured this week at the Contemporary American Violin Makers Exhibition and Sale by Metzler Violin Shop in Glendale, Calif.
I went on Tuesday ("violin night") when violinist Moni Simeonov gave a thoughtful demonstration eight bows and 25 violins. (A full video of his demonstration will be available in about two weeks, and I will post it on Violinist.com.) He was truly pulling the sound from each instrument and had a consistent approach to playing each one. There was also a "viola and cello night" Wednesday, featuring demonstations by Drew Forde and Robert deMaine.
I was impressed to learn that nine of the violin makers and one bow maker had come from as far as Mexico and Canada to see their instruments played, and since I got to meet them, I thought that you should, too! So I interviewed each one of them briefly, then returned Wednesday morning to do a short test of test of each their instruments. I have stitched it all together in the following video, so you can see each maker, then hear me take a quick spin on each instrument. I hope you enjoy the result!
The makers and instruments featured in this video include (in order of appearance):
- Zacharie Rodrigue: two 2025 bows - one "Ostrya Virginiana" wood and the other pernambuco (each $4,500)
- Eduardo Castaño Nogueras: 2023 violin ($10,000)
- Shahram & Shaeid Rezvani: 2021 violin ($17,000)
- Stephen Sherman: 2026 violin ($20,000)
- Andrew Carruthers: 2025 violin ($25,000)
- Theodore Skreko: 2025 violin ($30,000)
- Michael Fischer: 2022 violin ($33,000)
- George Yu: 2024 violin ($35,000)
- Sofia Vettori: 2025 violin ($40,000)
Click on each name to go to their website. Here is the program for this exhibit, with a lot of information about the instruments and makers. Click here to contact Metzler Violin Shop about any of these instruments. And again, be sure to check back in a few weeks for the full demonstration by Moni Simeonov!
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