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Jack Rushing
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 Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: Paganini's Violin |
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I have often wondered is there a story behind the ivory or bone nut on
Paganini's violin? Was it there during his entire career, did he have it put on,
or was it installed at some later date, and by whom? I don't remember ever
seeing a picture of any other famous violin with one like it. Any Comments
or guesses welcomed. |
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Andres Sender
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Jack Rushing
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Gosh Andres, It has been so long since I posted a similar query, I had
completely forgotten about it. Thanks for the link.
One thing for sure. Somebody out there knows, if he is not dead already. |
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Andres Sender
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To add one more bit of possible evidence. The one other nut which might possibly be from Del Gesu's hand, that of a 1735 violino piccolo in original condition, appears to be ebony.
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Jack Rushing
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| Andres Sender wrote: | | To add one more bit of possible evidence. The one other nut which might possibly be from Del Gesu's hand, that of a 1735 violino piccolo in original condition, appears to be ebony. |
Very interesting. Probably for decorative purposes only. And with a violin, an
experiment maybe to see if it would also improve the tone. Apparently it did
not, or he would have done the rest of them this way |
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Andres Sender
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Well, although there is not enough evidence to draw firm conclusions, I would say that so far it looks like ivory came in during the last half--perhaps the last quarter--of the 18th century. Every instrument with an ivory nut in my tiny sample has been modified, or to some degree modernized (something was done to that A. Guarneri viola), or in one instance made in the late 18th c. I see no basis for thinking that Del Gesu used ivory.
A few more data points for baroque practice:
-Girolamo Amati violino piccolo of 1613 in nearly original condition with a black nut at the NMM.
-Stradivari viola of 1690 in Florence in nearly original condition with a black nut.
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