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Krouchdaler, Hans (Krauchthaler)
Hans Krouchdaler (also spelled Krauchthaler) was a master luthier of historic violins and one of the most important representatives of the Alemannic tradition. He was born at some point before 1650 and probably completed his training under Joseph Meyer in Geroldshofstetten near Grafenhausen in the southern …
Carbon bow
Fingerboard
Frog
Spruce (“hazel spruce,” “moon wood”)
Pernambuco
Fine-tuners
Purfling
Ebony
Dietl, Gustav (luthier)
Détaché
Détaché describes the basic technique in playing string instruments in which every note is played with alternating bow strokes (down bow, up bow) without any particular articulation. The opposite is known as legato, the technique in which multiple notes are connected with a single bow stroke.
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Gut strings
Until well into the 20th century, gut strings were the primary kind of strings used in European string instruments, whereas nowadays they are most commonly used in performances of historical music. This development took place because steel strings and then eventually synthetic-core strings improved their musical …