Set up and Sound Adjustment for Cellos workshop with Robin Aitchison
Place:
BELE.Basque School of Violin Making.
Bele. Conservatorio de Musica – Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga.
Plaza Ibarrekolanda 1, 48015 Bilbao. Spain.
Lecturer: Robin Aitchison. www.aitchisoncellos.com
Robin Aitchison studied Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University and later decided to follow his childhood ambition to become a luthier. He trained at the Newark School of Violin Making, after which he worked at the Royal Academy of Music in London on their collection of fine Italian instruments.
Since 2000, Robin and his wife Sarah Mnatzaganian have run a specialist cello business in the cathedral city of Ely, UK and have published a wide range of articles about every aspect of the cello. Since 2002, Robin has been an annual participant at the VSA Oberlin Violin making workshop. In 2023, Robin led the VSA Oberlin group workshop project, a close copy of the ’Farina’ Montagnana cello, to be featured in the November edition of the Strad Magazine.
Teacher: Sergio Callejo www.scguitarras.com Date: May 13, 2023 Duration: 5 hours. From 9:00 to 14:00 Number of participants: 15 Course price: €50 Language: Spanish Place: BELE. Basque Lutheria School of Bilbao. Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga Professional Music Conservatory Ibarrekolanda Plaza 1, 48015 Bilbao. spain Program: Instruments: guitar, electric guitar and electric bass. How the guitar […]
Place:
BELE.Basque School of Violin Making. CPM – Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga- MKP.
Plaza Ibarrekolanda 1, 48015 Bilbao. Spain.Date
Lecturer: Sergio Chanquia. www. sach-archetier.com
Date: from 17th to 19th of February 2023. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Workshop about Identification and Restoration of historical instruments with Paul Goling.
Cancelled until further notice due to COVID-19 Place: BELE.Basque School of Violin Making. CPM – Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga- MKP. Plaza Ibarrekolanda 1, 48015 Bilbao. Spain. Lecturer: Gábor Draskóczy. draskoczy-violin.com Date: from 24th to 26th April 2020. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Duration: 21 hours Timetable: Friday and Saturday 9:00-13:00/ 14:00-18:00 and Sunday 10:00-15:00. Languaje: English Materials needed: Violin varnished […]
Lecturer: Silvio Levaggi. /www.levaggi-tartari.com Schedule: Work will be done on instruments brought by the participants Discussion on all the subjects related to the functional aspects, through the specific cases of each professional and each instrument provided. These functional aspects could cover: Arching Thicknesses Bass bar Neck Fingerboard Nut Set up: Bridge Soundpost Strings Tailpiece Date: […]
Methods for understanding and reproducing classical cremonese woodwork. Focused on outline, purfling and edgework of Stradivari violins. Philip Ihle.
Schedule:
1. Taking off the hairs; cleaning the stick, frog and button.
2. Checking the camber and straightness of the stick: straightening and realingning.
3. Lapping with wrapped silver, plain silver and leather. Correcting the weight and and controlling gravity center.
4. Refit and repositioning of the eyelet in the frog and its relation with the screw.
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MINERAL GROUND FOR CONTEMPORARY MAKERS. Michele Dobner
Methodology and application techniques of mineral ground (primary varnish coat) relative to oil-resin varnishes intended for classical bows instruments
Place:
BELE.Basque School of Violin Making.
Bele. Conservatorio de Musica – Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga
Plaza Ibarrekolanda 1, 48015 Bilbao. Spain.
Date: 16th- 18th February 2018. Friday through Sunday
Lecturer: Michele Dobner
Duration: 21 hours
Timetable: Friday and Saturday 9:00-13:00/ 14:00-19:00 and Sunday 10:00-15:00.
“A new tool for violin making”. Workshop about carving soundboard and backs following the method used by Peter Westerlund.
