Master's Secrets

The importance of fitting the bridge

  Hello and welcome back to my blog, where I tell you about my tips and tricks to get best sounding instruments. What if I tell you there is a crucial detail that is often overlooked by violin make...

How to choose the Perfect Bridge

Hello and welcome back to my blog, today we talk about choosing the right bridge for your instruments! I've made already a few videos about it and I always find it an interesting topic, here and he...

The Secret of Stradivari: Finally EXPOSED!

Hello and welcome back to my blog, today we will talk about the secret of Stradivari!  But… is there really a secret? When I started violin making about 40 years ago, there was this exhibition on S...

Is a CARBON FIBER bridge good for your Violin?

Hello and welcome back, this is Edgar from Cremona, Italy, and I am trying to make the best sounding violins in the world.  Some weeks ago I was at the music fair in Shanghai and there was a booth ...

Why using aged wood to make a violin?

Hello and welcome back to my blog! This is Edgar, from Cremona (Italy) and here I am working to make the best instruments with the best seasoned woods from the world! In the world of violin-making ...

The most important bowed instrument music fair in Europe

Today I will tell you about one of the biggest music fairs of violinmaking in Europe: Mondo Musica in Cremona. 

The essential detail of the Sound Post

Did it ever happen that you had difficulties to control the sound of your instrument while adjusting the sound post? And also that the sound post made exactly the opposite to what you where hoping?...

The ultimate violin tuning hack

Today I’ll teach you a tiny detail which will change your tuning life and, surprise surprise, is something you can change yourself without the help of anybody! 

See you @ Music China 2023

Dear Friends,  After almost 4 years I am happy to tell you that I will take part in Music China 2023! You will find me and my Instruments at Booth W2E11! If you wish some special instruments availa...

The Osmium Violin @ MondoMusica 2023

Dear Friends, Meet the Osmium Violin in Cremona during Cremona Musica Fair, aka Mondo Musica, between 22nd. and 24th of September. Come to Mondo Musica and have a look at the most precious modern V...