ViolinoCat. 04

Violin Opus 04

Made to order

Orange-red varnish with a warm inner glow over spruce and maple; a violin of generous outline, finished by hand from the purfling to the final set-up.

Maker
Gregorio Martini
Family
Violins
Opus
04
Top
Spruce
Back & ribs
Maple
Tuning
G · D · A · E
Price
On request

UnicoOne of a kind · made to order

No two instruments from Gregorio’s bench are alike. Each is made to order around the musician who will play it: the size and model, the choice of wood, the arching and the colour of the varnish are decided together, so that it fits your hand, your repertoire and the sound you hear in your head. Violin · Opus 04 shows what that can become — yours will be made for you alone.

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DettagliIn detail

Seen closely

Handmade violin by Gregorio Martini, Opus 04 — back
01Back
Handmade violin by Gregorio Martini, Opus 04 — scroll
02Scroll

Fatto a manoMade by hand

How Violin · Opus 04 was made

Violin · Opus 04 was built entirely by Gregorio Martini, one piece at a time. The top is carved from spruce, the back and ribs from maple; both plates were arched and graduated by hand until they rang with the right tone.

The scroll was cut freehand, the varnish applied in thin layers and slowly cured, and the instrument was then set up, played and adjusted until its voice was balanced across all four strings.

  1. IThe wood
  2. IIThe plates
  3. IIIThe scroll
  4. IVThe varnish
  5. VThe voice
  6. The five stages of the craft

Violino · The soprano

About the violin

Handmade violins by Gregorio Martini — carved from seasoned spruce and maple, varnished and set up by hand for a voice that is brilliant, warm and responsive.

  • TuningG · D · A · E
  • Body≈ 35.5 cm
  • In the catalogue7
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Finale

Let us make an instrument that sounds like you.

Tell Gregorio about your playing, your repertoire and the voice you are searching for. Every commission begins with a conversation.