Master's Secrets

Create your dream instrument with my Violin Configurator!

Today I am writing to share with you all the latest project I have been working on for years. I developed an instrument Configurator which will bring your dream instrument closer to you. Followi...

MondoMusica 2020 – Day 3

Good morning from sunny Cremona!Today we have some special events planned for you, don’t miss any of it! Other than the usual breakfast talk and aperitivo together, you can come along visiting...

MondoMusica 2020 – Day 2

Dear Friends, welcome to the second day of MondoMusica 2020! Today I am taking you for a walk in the main streets of Cremona, and ?nally stopping in Piazza Duomo for breakfast. Then we will hav...

Preparing the Oil for the Oil Varnish

Today we will talk about the steps to prepare our oil varnish. To prepare it you can use di7erent types of oil, the most important detail is that the oil is not saturated: this means it’s stil...

Musicians: Problem Solving via Live streaming

Whilst going live on my YouTube Channel I thought about musicians, who are also locked like me in their homes and need help from a professional violinmaker to deal with the idea to solve probl...

Weekly live from home

Weekly Live from home is my weekly live streaming Q&A Since the lockdown started on March 11th I had the idea to go live on my youtube channel every Monday at 14:00 Italian time to answer ...

#AndràTuttoBeneFestival by Riccardo Pes

Customers are friends for the rest of our lives.The connections that we create with them will be relations we can always rely on. I met Riccardo Pes in 2013 for the 6rst time. At that time it ...

Q&A Live Streaming every Monday 14:00 European Time (Rome)

During these hard times you can get in touch live directly with me on my YouTube Channel „Edgar Russ Distinguished Violinmaker“. I am happy for all my customers who received their instruments ...

My Spirit Varnish Recipe

Spirit varnish is nothing else then varnish made with alcohol. There is a lot of secrecy around the perfect recipe, which is certainly very important, as long as you like it is the best.I woul...

How to store your Varnish

Today we will talk about the di0erence between Spirit and Oil varnish. As we said in this blog post, we have two di0erent types of varnish: Spirit Varnish evaporates with time. Just like you d...