Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's Violin 

Hat a great opportunity to play on such an iconic instrument abd do it justice. Good girl. ♥️

That is an ULTRA tight bow.

That's modern to tighten the bow very much. Sound is getting much worse by this !

Maybe a tight bow bounces better for those bouncy bits of beauty

I thought I kept my bow a little on the tight side but goodness

W Ow

Original neck.

Hi Daouda, the piece at the end is called The Red violin caprices by Carlo Boccadoro :)

I wouldn't. Don't like Heifetz' playing.

Imagine David Oistrakh and Menuhin playing that violin. 🎻🎵

​@@jansnauwaert1785I'm interested in why you don't like Heifetz's playing.

Well, it is personal of course. One can't deny that there is something really "perfect" in the way he plays. I understand fully that he is considered one of the greatest ever. But I don't like him. Because I don't like his tone, his tendency to play every piece very (or overly) fast as if it was a speed competition (let breathe the music!). So, he doesn't "speak" to me.@@frankie6954

J'adore David Garrett...avec son le sien .... ❤

The bow used is different, the player is different, the recording apparatus is different… so many variables, beyond the strings, that it is quite normal that it sound different…

@@nickdick2 Thanks a lot for the explanation! Then it seems to me that the hype for a particular instrument is more of psychological than vocal reasons.

@@leodelonix155 in a certain measure yes, even if a "cartoon box" will never play like a Stradivari, no matter the strings, the bow and all the other parameters… I think that what makes a good instrument is the capability of giving a good sound (or better: a full range of sounds all good in different ways to the ear) and the easy for the player to get these sounds (a change it at will for the sake of the expression… ). At the end a good instrument is flexible and easy while a less good one is more "rigid" and hard to get what you want from it (i. e. sounds always the same)… this is what makes certain instruments "hype" for the great musicians, because they feel that with it they can really express "their own" sound with ease and so forth their musical ideas…

@@nickdick2 I see. As an audience, one might not experience what a musician would have the previledge to experience, which is critical here.

Where is the camber? There's no camber.... just a straight stick. I'm scared haha.

@@liamnevilleviolist1809 Exactly, I am sweating my self. Jesus.

I wonder if it is a transitional bow...Paganini often used a nonstandard variety of transitional bow himself.

@@jacemeldrum5052 It's a modern bow, I looked at the head and the frog. I've been studying bowmaking for two years now and have looked through countless books showing different designs and the time periods when they were used etc. Yes, Paganini liked innovation, definitely (I'm remembering the steel bow as made by Vuillaume!)

Some people just play like that. Gil Shaham and Viktoria Mullova are other examples of violinists who play with really high bow tension. It doesn't look pretty but you can't really argue with the results they're getting.

It looks as if it's missing the upper couple of holes. Maybe something is showing through, making them not visible or something

It the origanal bridge.

Yes; the bridge looks pretty high. My own was made high off the fingerboard, so I had my luthier, Rena Weisshaar, take a bit off the bridge, because when playing the high register the e-string can either wobble, or slice your finger! It makes finger placement more accurate. It depends on the angle of the fingerboard off the table. I have seen some old fiddles with gradually inclined shims under the fingerboard to give them a higher angle - because the original fingerboard was too flat. It's not attractive, but it's about playing.

A lot of the Guarneri violins are crude and with thick plates ,but unique and sound gets better as they get older.

Not to mention it would be useless unless a top luthier set it up properly after all these years. Nevertheless, a very fine instrument, nice scroll or not.

Legend has it that Guarneri's wife often made the scrolls.

It helps for some spiccatti.

And the expert speaks and all hail, we shall obey and listen

Sure, because the *expert* handling the violin doesn't know what hes doing. Get a life.

I would never lay my violin on the bridge like that. I surprised he did that!

In general...yes. It is genuinely lesson no1. when talking to new students about violin care. You know, one wrong step *especially if it's on the ground* or if it's left on the couch and you forget it's there, and the bridge is just going to go right through the front. *Speaking as a professional luthier though* , if it's placed gently on the E-string side then it's not the worst thing in the world to have a violin sitting like that for a short amount of time. The soundpost (if fitted correctly) relies on some pressure from the bridge as made by tightened A and E strings, so if placed on the table that way (which it *is* ) then it's alright. The only problem would be if the bridge shifted, but of course if it's handled carefully and the strings are strung to the performance pitch then the bridge is super likely *not* to move, and it would be checked by the curator and anyone involved in the violin's setup anyway after being lifted off the table. As long as they're not doing this every day, they're fine...

You have to listen to the album for the playing :)

@@francescadego Ciao Francesca