Bow Restoration Workshop

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.

Identification and Restoration of historical instruments

Workshop about Identification and Restoration of historical instruments with Paul Goling.

Varnish antiquing with Gábor Draskóczy

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 […]

Functional aspects on cello making

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.

Methods for understanding and reproducing classical cremonese woodwork. Focused on outline, purfling and edgework of Stradivari violins. Philip Ihle.

Workshop on bows with Frédéric Becker

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.

Mineral ground for contemporary makers

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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”

“A new tool for violin making”. Workshop about carving soundboard and backs following the method used by Peter Westerlund.

Set up and Sound Adjustment workshop with Andrea Ortona

Past 6th to 12th of March we did the Set up and Sound Adjustment workshop with Andrea Ortona. Andrea nowadays works at J&A Beares as a restorer and also works in his Oxford workshop making violins.

During the week the BELE students learnt about, materials, shapes, vibrating modes and sound.

Violin set up and sound adjustment workshop. Andrea Ortona.

Andrea-Ortona-and-Laurent-Quenelle, Bele

Violin set up and sound adjustment workshop. Andrea Ortona.
Place:
BELE.Basque School of Violin Making.
Bele. Conservatorio de Musica – Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga
Plaza Ibarrekolanda 1, 48015 Bilbao. Spain.
Date:
10th- 12th March, 2017. Friday through Sunday
Lecturer: Andrea Ortona