I didn't know there was a violin society! I really enjoyed watching this and seeing all those beautiful violins being sold and played. I'm a musician myself and I enjoy the way the violins and many other instruments produce beautiful sounds (even though I play clarinet but I want to do violin as a 2nd instrument!)
Is anyone producing instruments modelled on the Cremonese originals?, i.e. before they'd been re-necked, had the original flatter bridge and fingerboard changed, and designed to be gut-strung
@@sma1968 Stefan, that's interesting, because a violin barred to take the tension of steel strings must be quite different from one built with only gut in mind. Not as wide a gulf as the steel framed piano versus the wood framed, perhaps, but still a significant difference. They mention in the film luthiers out there basing instruments on gourds and what-not, but I know there are some are making "echt" golden-age copies for early music specialists and they weren't mentioned.
There are several players, all top level concert musicians. The woman to whom you are referring is one of the great violists of today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokuthula_Ngwenyama
