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An autobiographical letter from Astro Di Russo, cordaio in Napoli – part 1 It was in October 2006, that I found myself sitting in a living room in Naples, thinking I was there just to take notes during a technical interview on string making… instead, that was the beginning of my research. The old man sitting
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Carl Flesch witnesses an age of profound changes in string settings. Actually, he wrote right at the time of the first notable changes since the renaissance… Carl Flesch in 1920 was praising the long life of the new steel “e” strings: even more than one week! So comfortable and relaxing for a pro… Watch this video till
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Primary sources can be everywhere, even on an old little banjo arriving from eBay, directly from the 40s…
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