Directory of violin shops and violin makers- USA

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David Russell Young, Bowmaker - Longmont - http://drybows.com/

David Young has 22 years experience in professional bowmaking, with 3 years as a bowmaker in the Hans Weisshaar shop in Los Angeles from 1982-1985. He has repair and restoration experience with bows by nearly all the great old makers.
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Mijares Violins - Colorado Springs - http://mijaresviolins.com/

Our main purpose and objective at J. Mijares Violins is to provide you, the string player, with the highest quality professional services available in the southern Colorado area. We hope to create a cultural center for the string playing population and to become involved with local community music organizations.

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Reed Raphael Bernstein - Boulder - http://www.bernsteinviolins.com/

In 1978 my violin teacher correctly assessed that there was a need for competent, honest people in the bowed instrument business. My intention since then has been to offer the highest standard of excellence and honesty that I could as a maker, restorer, and dealer. - Read more

Rick Molzer - Aurora - http://www.cannoneviolins.com/

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StringMart - Longmont - http://www.stringmart.com/

Welcome to StringMart.com. Your one stop shopping place for all of your musical instrument parts like tailpiece, endpin, chinrest and peg required for Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. - Read more

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Strings, standing waves and harmonics
How do we make musical sounds? To make a sound , we need something that vibrates. If we want to make musical notes you usually need the vibration to have an almost constant frequency: that means stable pitch. We also want a frequency that can be easily controlled by the player. In electronic instruments this is done with electric circuits or with clocks and memories. In non-electronic instruments, the stable, controlled vibration is produced by a standing wave.

Articulation and vibrato on the violin
Different bowing gestures or articulations give the violin a range of different sounds. The differences are chiefly in the transient sounds at the beginning and end of the notes, and in the envelope: the way the sound varies over time. These are illustrated with sound files and oscillograms.

ASA Summer School 2009
The Australian String Academy - Our upcoming Summer School will be held at the Sydney Conservatorium in January 2009, in the heart of the Sydney Harbour. ASA has invited four stellar international string personalties - Zakhar Bron (Russia) for violin, Nobuko Imai (Switzerland) for viola, Hans Jensen (USA) for cello, and Joel Quarrington (Canada) for bass.

Sergio Peresson

Sergio Peresson
Sergio Peresson (1913-1991) was an Italian-born violin maker who is considered one of the most phenomenal makers of the 20th century. Born in 1913 in Udine, Italy, Sergio made his first violin in 1943 before moving to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1947. There he primarily did repair work for the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra and had a modest production of new instruments. He moved to Philadelphia in 1963 and was employed by William Moennig and Son.