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August 2003 rare-string instrument intelligence

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What prompted you to build instruments and what role should instrument builders have in shaping the future of music? Carlene Hutchins

newmusicusa.org

The article features Carlene Hutchins and discusses what prompted her to build instruments and the role instrument builders should have in shaping the future of music. It includes her background, initial attempt at making a viola, and early experiences with violinmaking, including influences from a violinmaker in New York and Dr. Frederick Saunders.

£700,000 for a violin of note

thetimes.com

The Times reports that a Petri Stradivarius violin, made in 1700, is expected to auction at Bonhams in London for up to £700,000. The instrument is named after Henri Petri, a Dutch violinist who acquired it in Dresden in 1902, and its record price is £947,500 for the Kreutzer Stradivarius at Christie’s in 1998.

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