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The Osmium Violin: the most precious violin ever created

The most precious violin ever created is here: discover the Osmium Violin

Let's meet @MusikMesse Nürnberg 2023

It has already been some years since I took part in a Music Trade show, so I decided to participate in the "Musik messe Nürnberg" from the 24th to ...

Sound Investment: invest in a master made instrument!

Hello everyone and welcome back! I am Edgar Russ from Cremona and I make high level instruments, handcrafted from the Italian capital of classical...

What are Precision Pegs?

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! If you are into violin making I suggest you take a look at my violinmaking academy that I filmed in su...

Customer care is fundamental!

Hello everyone! Today I wanted to show you how I take care of my instruments and customers! As an Italian violinmaker who handcrafts special instr...

Why do we use spruce for the top of our violins?

Hello and welcome back! Today we will talk about why we use spruce for the top of our instruments! As usual, if you want to know more I suggest yo...

What can we learn from the GREAT masters?

Hello my friends and welcome back to a new blog post! Today we will continue the talk about the model (below you can find the video and HERE the bl...

Which fitting is the best to use?

Hello and welcome back to my blog! My work, as you will know, consists in working on and building new instruments. There is one question, during ...

Different Models and Moulds

Hello my friends, Today we will talk about violin models (such as Guarneri, Stradivari, Montagnana) and why violinmakers seem to always work on th...

MondoMusica 2022 in my Workshop

During these days we work very intense to finish great Instruments: Master instruments, Future Master, Linea Macchi and Scala Perfetta will be read...

Edgar Online Violinmaking Academy

Violinmaking for everybody, everywhere Today I would like to introduce you my last mega project.The launch of my Edgar Online Violinmaking Ac...

Cremona, Italy, within a click!

Dear,I am writing this blog post to let you know that you can discover my instruments, hear them played and visit my workshop directly from.. ...