Violin - Edgar Russ, Stradivari (Top form 1748) 2024

Almost a decade ago a good friend of mine in Austria purchased an old building in the countryside to prevent the building of being torn down.He bought land close by on the other side of the hill and moved the entire building. During this operation they decided to exchange the wood of the roof. And guess what, the main roof beam had carved in the year of the construction of that building: 1748When Werner, my friend gave me a few parts of that beam, made of wide-grained austrian spruce, I knew immediately that it deserved to become something special.

I used this particular well seasoned piece of spruce, with its distinctive wide grain, to build a superb stradivarian shaped violin. The result is an instrument that combines history, modern artistry, timeless cremonese tradition creating a sound as rich and unique as its origin.