In baroque times musicians played „contemporary“ music on „contemporary“ instruments. For a better understanding of baroque violin making, I occupied myself with the historical perfomance practice.<\/p>\n
In the recent years there has been a lot of research on Cremona and its violin making in the 17th and 18th centuries. A lot of knowledge is shared nowadays. There are some excellent publications like\u00a0 \u00bbThe Working Methods of Guarneri del Ges\u00f9 and their Influence upon his stylistic Development\u00ab<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n To make my baroque instruments, I work in the Cremonese way to create instruments that could have been made in a Cremonese workshop of the late 17th century. The neck is nailed to the upper block, there is\u00a0 a veneered fingerbord and tailpiece, and gut strings.<\/p>\n