Under the title
“New life for 500-year-old wood – violin made from the wood of the Frauenkirche”
a radio report about me was broadcast on 23.04.16.
The model for the violin made of cathedral wood is based on a violin by Guarnereri del Gesù from 1741.
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Here you can see some of the materials used to build a violin. From left to right:
Molding board, top wood from spruce (cathedral wood)
This is a multi-part report on the construction of a violin from so-called “cathedral wood”, from the wooden beams of Munich’s Frauenkirche:
After changing strings or if you otherwise want to check the location of the bridge, you can follow the following principle:
