Intersting Blog about the making of

December 7, 2009 at 01:40 AM ·

I  see that the ribs are being made now.

Interesting mold.

thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/

December 7, 2009 at 01:55 AM ·

He makes nice-looking instruments and has been well spoken of by his more famous classmates from Newark.  Sounds like an interesting project.

December 7, 2009 at 03:09 AM ·

I  see that the ribs are being made now.

Interesting mold.  i think so , the is so carefully

now if youn need to buy cheap violins please concact me

December 23, 2009 at 05:36 PM ·

The Blog now has a new video on the outline and the rough arching of the plates.

 

The maker, Brian Lisus, talks about using the sound of the wood at this stage of gouging, to get a feel for how things will go during the making.  Interesting!

 

 

December 25, 2009 at 06:55 PM ·

I just started following this, and it is still in the early stages, as the outline and rough arching was the last video.

He also has at his site a link to one of his students presenting a cello to her granddaughter.

Go to his web-page and click on the right "Nicole's Cello".

http://www.violinafrica.co.za/

I think I will post this for others to see as it is a nice time of the year to be getting gifts.

 

Thanks.

 

 

January 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM ·

Thanks Ed for the post of Nicole's Cello.  I enjoyed that very much. 

I hope to one day be able to do the same for a relative of mine, and so I am learning about making myself right now. Some Day!

 

Here is a new entry with the Inlaying of the Purfling being done.

 

thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/2010/01/inlay-or-purfling-as-it-is-known-is.html

 

I hope you enjoy!

February 24, 2010 at 02:44 PM ·

The Arching and Thicknessing is now blogged.

http://thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/2010/02/arching-and-thicknessing.html

 

March 24, 2010 at 02:45 PM ·

There is a new post on Sound Holes and Bass Bars.

Enjoy!

April 23, 2010 at 05:39 PM ·

Thought I would post an update for everyone.

 

The Quartet of Peace, which will honour the 4 Nobel Prize winners from South Africa.

With project co-ordinator Valerie Pole has taken over the helm, and the Musicians and Concert Halls are lining up quite well, and the project will help www.musequality.org/ , which is a great charity to help spread the joy of music to all.

thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/

If you can attend one of these concerts, or help Musequality in any way, then please do so, and thank you in advance and in anticipation for all your help!

 

The members of The Quartet of Peace are:

First violin: David Juritz (leader of the London Mozart Players)

Second violin: Susanne Martens (previous concertmaster of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Rosamunde Quartet)

Viola: Gareth Lubbe (principal viola of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Germany)

Cello: Peter Martens (previous principal cellist of the Cape Town Philharmonic  Orchestra and member of the Amici String Quartet)

 

Venues are:

Here is a list of the concerts to date:

17th November - St. Thomas church, Leipzig, Germany

5th December - Kings Place, London

7th December - Ljubljana, Slovenia (European Union House concert)

11th December - Oslo, Peace Prize Awards concert. (Final program to be confirmed in August, 2010)

Then other planned concerts will be at the European Parliament in Brussels, The United Nations in Geneva and in Paris. These dates still to be confirmed, but the concerts will be during December 2010.

I have been enjoying this project, as one gets to see the maker of the quartet, Brian Lisus, from South Africa, and trained at the Newark School of Violin Making here in the U.K. make the instruments from scratch, and each instrument is named after one of the Nobel Prize winners.

"These two violins, viola, and cello are to be made in honour of four great men. Men who have withstood the harshness and winter of South Africa’s apartheid past, bringing new light and vision to a land parched by discrimination and misunderstanding.

Each instrument will bear a name in their honour. Hope for Nelson Mandela, Peace for Bishop Desmond Tutu, Reconciliation for FW De Klerk and Freedom for Dr Albert Luthuli. The culmination of the wood passing through my hands will be three special concerts to be held in Geneva, Paris and London."

I hope that everyone here will also enjoy following, and hopefully attending one of the concerts, of this amazing project.

April 28, 2010 at 10:56 AM ·

Just a quick note to inform everyone that the blog has been updated with Assembling the Violin.

Won't be long and we should have the final product.

July 22, 2010 at 03:35 AM ·

If you click on the blogs link, there is now a new post with the viola being played for the first time.

Exciting stuff to finally hear the instrument speak.

"These last couple of weeks have been rather exciting as I handed over the finished viola to Gareth Lubbe (viola player of the Quartet)."

 

Cheers