The Kirschnek Violins - This company was established in 1880 in Erlangen/Bubenreuth, West Germany. It is still run by the family. The owners of Golden Music have had many lovely visits with this family, including a tea party in their heavily treed back yard of their house which...
Continue readingThe violin emerged in its present form in Italy, France and Germany in the mid 1500s. The richness and true knowledge base of the art of violin building is embedded in Europe and the makers trained in the schools in those countries. From traveling worldwide, Golden Music has befriended many...
Continue readingFrom Violinist.com Over the years it has seemed to me that there are, in the case of many players, three basic, uncomplicated things they can do to become seriously better players. Here they are: 1) Learn the even numbered positions. If I could have a dollar for every player...
Continue readingThe violin is a descendant from the Viol family of instruments. This includes any stringed instrument that is fretted and/or bowed. It predecessors include the medieval fiddle, rebec, and lira da braccio. We can assume by paintings from that era, that the three string violin was in existence by at least...
Continue readingThe Pochette was a pocket-size violin widely used in Europe by dance masters during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was a very small violin with three strings, in France, the Pochetto). Because of the slender shape, a dancing musician could slip it into his jacket while demonstrating a step...
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