Stradivarius Ole Bull 1687, A "REAL" look at One of The Finest Decorated Inlaid Violins in the World

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A "REAL" Look at the 1687 Ole Bull Stradivarius Violin. One of the finest Stradivaris in the world.
Taken on an old Hi8 hand held camcorder, yet possibly the only real look around the instrument available anywhere. (I'll have to go back to the Smithsonian and do this video right the next time.)
Sorry there is no audio of the Ole Bull or other master instruments being played. The re-circulation fan was right above the camera and it turned out horrible beyond belief.
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@happythoughts700 3 года назад

You are a saint for sharing this wealth of knowledge. I don't understand why you don't have 100000s of followers yet. But I am somewhat egotistically glad to have found a hidden gem.

@BrianNC81 4 года назад

Thank your for taking the time to show us this magnificent instrument. Your contributions and passion for the violin are second to none. 🎻

@thomaz8990 4 года назад

Thank you very very much for this opportunity sir, its my first time seeing this astonishing work of art this close, with so much detail, its really breathtaking, again thank you.

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

I'm so glad that it is appreciated. Thanks!

@carloshpadron 4 года назад

I've enjoyed this documentary. Glad you were able to take such great detailed information on such a great specimen!

@brittanylevinson741 3 года назад

What a priceless experience you’ve had in life. Wishing you all the happiness and fond memories for life.

@kevinleeluthier 3 года назад

Thank you so much. I wish the very best for you also.

@chrisebbesen5798 Год назад

Thank you for such beautiful close ups. I might not ever get to hold a Stradivarius much less play one,nor would I necessarily want to have that resposibility. I am most greatful for your.toil in bringing these photographs to me. Thank you!

@sergioacevedo2254 4 года назад

I really appreciate your passion for the violin, thank you.

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

Thank you. I actually have to hold back my passion quite a bit, or I think that I may come across as crazy. :)

@camiloacosta 4 года назад

@@kevinleeluthier Please!!! never hold back any of your wonderful secrets!!! It is a light in today´s social madness....

@williambrewer6346 4 года назад

Wow what a great instrument. Thanks for taking time to video this true work of art in detail!

@andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

anTonio STradivari was of ITaLy he didnt speak english

@andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

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@andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

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@ghlscitel6714 2 года назад

Edgar Russ, The Austrian-Cremonese luthier master made a copy recently which is now in Singapore.

@mauriciorosas8170 Год назад

Thank you! First time a find a violin maker commenting on the benefits of the shinning varnish to get the sense of the true form and depth of the bellies and backs...I like my photos with sunlight. :-D

@rdaws73 3 года назад

Pretty amazing that over 1000 of these have survived at all.

@PaperGrape Год назад

Really, what generosity. Thank you so much!

@johnalexander301 4 года назад

It would be interesting to learn about the history of the instrument and to hear it being played. The construction is beautiful of course. Thank you for your good work Maestro.

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

I did record it, but my camera was sitting right under the circulation fan in the museum and the recording is awful. I do plan on going back and doing it right next time.

@terry1965 Год назад

Thank you much always love your knowledge

@cindyrissal3628 2 года назад

I had no idea Stradivari did engraving like that. This is the first I've seen like this...

@camiloacosta 4 года назад

Wonderful!!! thak you so much for all your videos.... they are all inspiring!!!

@cjc4765 4 года назад

A great violin maker shares your name Camillo Camilli from Mantua and he followed the Pietro Guarnieri models. Wonderful luthier and his prices are through the roof. Look him up Camillo Camilli a contemporary of Stradivari and Guarneri ( 18th century)

@camiloacosta 4 года назад

@@cjc4765 Yes I herad about Camillus Camilli !!! Than you!!

@cjc4765 4 года назад

@@camiloacosta I also have a very, very Italian name. Camilo is a wonderful name also I like the name Callisto. I wanted to name my first son Callisto but in the USA, they wouldn't know the name unless you were in an Italian neighborhood. Thank God I grew up in Little Italy with my name.

@camiloacosta 4 года назад

@@cjc4765 Ciao Callisto!!!! auguri!!

@cjc4765 4 года назад

@@camiloacosta My name is Carmine.. I prefer Callisto. I use to sell an olive oil called Callisto Francesconi from Lucca Italy years and years ago and I always loved that name. Ciao e sti buono!!

@cjc4765 4 года назад

I had no clue that you had tried out all these instruments! That’s a once in a lifetime. I think I saw this violin at the Metropolitan museum in NYC Do you recall it being there Kevin? Great video!!

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

I have been to Met many times, and attended the Guarneri commemoration there, yet I have not been there when this violin was there. I do love it.

@cjc4765 4 года назад

kevinleeluthier Would you compare this violin with one of the best Guarnieris? Or would you consider this work better carved than let’s say the Il Cannone? I’m not saying sound wise but as a work of art. I don’t think Del Jesu could have made this instrument. What’s your thoughts? Also will you still be doing one vid on the development of the violin and how far back will you go? Will it be from lutes and viols to violins? Or Maggini, Gasparo, Andrea Amati? Thanks again. Loved this vid. Wonderful!

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

@@cjc4765 This instrument is much better "carved" than Il Cannone, and while I consider Guarneri to be the greater artist, he did not have the patience, or especially "time" for an instrument like this. If you are not aware, (most are not) Joseph's wife Katarina did most of the carving on Il Cannone, and it was the first scroll that she ever carved, with almost no input from Joseph. The Ole Bull's response is extremely "free" yet I admit that I prefer playing and listening to many Joseph Guarner's over this violin. I don't believe that the regraduation did this violin any favors. In fact, I much prefer "The Greffuhle" violin right behind this one in the video, which is much more original (but the airport lost my luggage and most of my videos and photos on my way home). I plan on "doing it all" in my upcoming videos. Yet, until I have more resources, I have to take everything one step at a time.

@cjc4765 4 года назад

@@kevinleeluthier I understand. Goodkind loved the "Ries" I would guess the later one ( I think there were 2 or maybe even 3 called Ries) and we did discuss Ole Bull because it is embellished. He preferred the Ries over the Lady Blunt and over the Alard and so on.It's just a matter of opinion I guess. 2 camps. J. Bell says the Gibson is the finest violin he ever played. Heifitz loved his Del Gesu from 1742 with the amazing "Kittel" bow You did tell me about Katarina, something I never knew. Very interesting being that carving a scroll is no easy task. Makes me wonder what kind of financial state Joseph was in, if it was as bad as the Hills presumed it to be. AND I know you don't appreciate that part of the Hills book ( you explained it to me awhile ago). By the way, the Met has a wonderful inlaid violin by Nicolo. I'm sure you saw that one. This is Great stuff, really interesting. I can't wait for your next vid. Just awesome information here. Thanks again!

@merpatimerahjambu1586 2 года назад

Great very nice bro

@dyliu6126 4 года назад

Amazing!

@gallardoo.o9086 3 года назад

I want to say “thank you” for showing us this masterpiece. But Can you talk about other violins like Greffulhe??

@kevinleeluthier 3 года назад

It is my goal to cover many more master instruments that I have visited, and that I will visit in the future. But just one comment for now: it is my opinion that the Greffuhle is a better sounding and playing instrument. It is also more original, especially on the inside. :)

@life2good2be1 Год назад

Just a thought. I think the reason for the sound of the Stradivarius violin is good, which is that I noticed that all violins have a high chest in the middle of the bottom of the fingerboard .

@kevinleeluthier Год назад

Especially the earlier "sweeter" sounding Stradivaris. Some connoisseurs have described the arching of his bellies similar to the top of a loaf of bread. Antonio's later instruments (most after 1704) tended to be arched a bit flatter for louder concert voices, though there are exceptions to both of these generalities. Thanks for your comment!

@life2good2be1 Год назад

@@kevinleeluthier Thank you. You gave me information that I did not know, and I am very grateful to you. I hope you will make one with a high chest as an experiment.

@sea0fgreen33 4 года назад

I think If I had the opportunity, to check out a Stradivarius, I'd be too afraid to touch it lol.

@kevinleeluthier 4 года назад

I think everyone is, the first time. Then it's just a wonderful experience the more you do.

@cindyrissal3628 2 года назад

Not me, man. I'd grab that thing & play like mad! How often would you get a chance like that?!

@michaelcaplin8969 3 года назад

Hey! On your webpage, you mention a series of instruments, held in various collections that never see the open market. Off course some of these instruments are known, but do you know something about those that aren't common knowlege? You mentioned violins that were thought lost, and original early violins with the original case and bow. Do you have any more info about any of these instruments? I know a luthier in Norway who has a friend who worked with Sam Zygmuntowicz in NY, and he described a hidden world of master repairers who sat hidden away, who only worked on the finest instruments that was off the market, and who fixed relatively significant damage so invisibly, that no master luthier could see that it had ever been repaired or had ever had any reason to be repaired, thus making the instruments be sold as mint, original condition in auction (was he referencing The Messiah or the Lady Blunt maybe?). It would be very interesting to hear more about this.

@kevinleeluthier 3 года назад

I have to decline further comment about these types of instruments (there are only a few) until the owner(s) are willing to grant permission. On the one hand, it is a shame, on the other hand, I can't blame them.

@kyproset 2 года назад

So sad Ole Bull had to re-graduate his violins. I wonder how they sounded in the original and how now.

@kevinleeluthier 2 года назад

I realize this is controversial, yet some of the master's instruments were actually "improved" by re-graduating and "re-balancing" the belly and the back, especially after putting in the new heavier bass bars, longer necks, higher tension strings, etc., while, of course, many were hurt severely. It really is a case by case basis. Though thinning the plates too much, is always bad and Ole Bull did go too far on quite a few occasions in order to experiment or have a little more freedom and volume "right now," with not as much concern for the future of the instruments as we have now. Having played a few "original" master instruments, they are generally speaking: softer spoken, sweeter sounding, and have a characteristic that I can only describe as "wonderfully pleasant," yet with a lot less boom, boom, boom. Thank you so much for your comment.

@jrgenholteng1529 11 месяцев назад

Ole bull er i slekta mi....

@camillachristinenorveganus161 3 года назад

Thank You

@piotrmarkiewicz2005 Год назад

Is it known (or speculated) when he engraved the ribs, before or after bending? I imagine that grooves where cut before then "inlay paste" applied after bending.

@kevinleeluthier Год назад

I have heard famous authorities argue over this point in the past, and I believe it's because I have seen different techniques used by Stradivari on his different inlaid instruments. Sometimes he used different techniques on the same instrument in different areas. On the Ole Bull, other than the neck graft and some minor repairs, it is very consistent and I believe that you are correct.

@piotrmarkiewicz2005 Год назад

@@kevinleeluthier... enjoy your videos very much. Thank you

@thalespreato5643 2 года назад

where did you find this old video?

@masterchief586 3 года назад

The Master was a carpenter and master iPlayer before he was a violin maker.

@karzankarem3198 2 года назад

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@user-op6vy3gg2b 2 года назад

It's like a tatooed skin. Interesting but not everyone want to do.

@ranjeetbanerjee3561 3 года назад

Really Kevin Hates Up to you A Luther can explains about Stradivari violin But only one artist can explain as well as clarify how & why Stradivari violin. So closely you judge it. I have seen something like this in your violin and dreaming if I could have one of these.

@andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

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