NEWS
Concerts with Uilderks' instruments, among other things
11.05.2010, 8 PM Main Church (Hauptkirche) St. Katharinen
Katharinenkirchhof 1 20457 Hamburg
Program:
Mozart Clarinet quintet, KV 581
Brahms Clarinet quintet, Op. 115
Sharon Kam (Clarinet)
Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé (Violine)
Volker Jacobsen (Viola)
Gustav Rivinius (Violoncello)
Mathias Johansen Cello
DO 04.03.2010 20:00
"Cello Total" with Yoko Yamada A.Schnittke-Gesellschaft, Hamburg
Max -Brauer-Allee 24
Alfred Schnittke
(1934-1998)
Cellosonate nr.1 (1978)
Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)
Cellokonzert in e-moll op. 85 (1918/19)
20.01.2010
The newest CD Celloproject Eckart Runge, Cello and Jacques Ammon, piano
The Celloproject goes east.....
Russian soul by Nikolai Kapustin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
You can order the fantastic CD here
9.11.2009
Diplomexamination Viola mit Yulia Smirnova
u.a.Brahmssonate
Kammermusiksaal 20.00 Uhr
8.11.2009
Mathias Johansen
Elgar Celloconzert Laeiszhalle, Hamburg
11.00 Uhr
1.11.2009
Artemis Quartet play Beethoven Kolloseum in Lübeck
19.30
14.06.2009 9.15 - 10°° Uhr
Artemis Quartett Schwetzinger Festspielen 2004
Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett f-moll op. 95
György Ligeti: Streichquartett Nr. 1 „Métamorphoses nocturnes“
The UK´s Doric String Quartet has been awarded the Nordmetall Prize for best ensemble at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern worth €10.000.
5.12.2008: Die neue Cellotango CD Celloproject Eckart Runge und Jacques Ammon, eine Tango CD voller Emotionen.
Eine erstklassige Einspielung, der Geheimtipp für Kenner. Hier gibt es sie schon!
19.11.2008: neue Tonica Saite von Pirastro 
In unserem Geigenbau Blog mehr darüber. Und bei uns sensationell der Preis: für einen Satz nur 18,47 Euro! einschl. Mwst.zzgl.Versandkosten
08.11.2008 17.30 Schwerin Schloßkonzerte Ahnengalerie anl. des 70. Jahrestages der Reichsprogromnacht) "Zeitzeugen hören - Brücken bauen" Rosenbusch-Quartett & Thomas Gärtner Schlagzeug: A.von Zemlinsky Streichquartett Nr. 1 A-Dur P.Haas Streichquartett op.7 "von den Affenbergen"
31.10.2008 20°° Uhr Theater Combinale Lübeck Amaryllis Quartett mit Jens-Peter Mainz, Cello Frid: Quartett "Fugues" Schubert Streichquartett Es-Dur D87 und Streichquintett C-Dur D956
16.10.2008 20°° Uhr Kammermusiksaal der Musikhochschule Lübeck mit Studierenden der Klasse Prof. Barbara Westphal
Wir drücken den Teilnehmern, die auf ihren Uilderks-Instrumenten den diesjährigem ARD-Wettbewerb im Bereich Streichquartett und Viola bestreiten, die Daumen.
In meinem Blog (Geigenbau-Blog) gibt es interessante Neuigkeiten. Produkte, Tipps aus der Geigenbau Werkstatt. Neueste Themen: Stege für Geigen, Cellodiebstahl,Provisionen im Geigenbau,GPS Signal zum Auffinden von gestohlenden Instrumenten und vieles mehr vom Geigenbau.
Neu: es gibt jetzt den ersten Geigenbau-Blog. Interessante Meinungen, Neuigkeiten aus dem Geigenbau und der Streicherszene sowie Produktneuigkeiten. Ihre Meinungen sind im Blog gefragt.
John Myerscough hat mit seinem Doric String Quartet den 1.Preis vom 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2008 gewonnen und den 2.Preis im internationalen Streichquartett-Wettbewerb Premio Paolo Borciani 2008 und das Amaryllis Quartett gewinnt auf diesem Wettbewerb einen Sonderpreis
Artemis-Quartett in ARTE am 24.06.2008 08:00 - 08:45 und in Hessen 3 am 06.07.2008 07:45 - 08:30 mit Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett f-Moll op. 95; György Ligeti: Streichquartett Nr. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Die neue CD des Amaryllis-Quartetts Fantasia Tropica
mit Streichquartetten von Géza Frid mehr dazu in unserem Shop und auf dieser Seite
Sonntag 18.5. 2008 Lübeck
Amaryllis-Quartett
19.30 Uhr Großer Saal Musikhochschule
Veranstaltung Verein Freunde der Kammermusik VFK
Béla Bartók: Streichquartett Nr. 5 (komp. 1934)
Johannes Brahms: Streichquartett a-Moll, op. 51/2
M u s i k h o c h s c h u l e L ü b e c k
Mo 21.4.08 | 21 Uhr | Kammermusiksaal
Mu s i k f ü r V i o l a
im Rahmen der Diplomprüfung
Jan Grüning Viola, Klasse Prof. Barbra Westphal
Christian Ruvolo Klavier
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Sonate für Viola und Klavier
Impetuoso – Poco agitato | Vivace | Adagio – Allegro
Krzysztof Penderecki (*1933)
Cadenza per viola sola (1984)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Le Grand Tango (arr. für Viola und Klavier)
Tempo di Tango | Meno mosso | Piu mosso
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July 28. 2010 10:52:45
Pegs
Your pegs dont turn well, get stuck and you can only turn them in quarter tones? That can really get a musician out of tune. But you dont necessarily have to go to the violin maker in this case. If the pegs fit well and the peg holes are cut perfectly round, you should be able to take care of your pegs yourself. Please work with one peg after the other. After you have released one, string it again, repeatedly. That way the bridge keeps its tension and you avoid that the sound post falls over, in the worst case scenario. After tightening each string check every time to see that the bridge continues to stand upright.
This is the tool used when working with pegs (the peg shaper is a professional tool in violin making):
We display here the peg shaper to show you how one can fit or refit pegs in violin making.
The first task is to thoroughly rub in and around the peg from all sides with old curd soap:
Make sure that you have a thick layer of curd soap all around the peg!
Now the treated peg will be turned around several times in the peg hole to see that it really fits well. You can already see the accuracy of the fit while turning the soapy peg in the peg hole. If the peg really doesn't turn properly but wobbles instead, then you should bring the instrument to the violin maker. We will show you what he does with the peg in this case later.
After repeated turning with light pressure, the peg should look like this:
One can clearly see that the peg box lines up everywhere with the thread. That way fine tuning afterwards is assured.
Once again rub curd soap around the peg as described above, but this time turn the peg repeatedly in the peg hole with more pressure than before. Repeat this procedure until the peg turns very smoothly and easily.
To make sure that the peg doesn't slip, white chalk is now used. This is similar to the soaping procedure, only less chalk as soap is used. The peg should continue to turn smoothly, but firmly enough to keep the peg from slipping.
Finally, following the chalk treatment, the peg is turned repeatedly in the peg hole. Should the pet still turn too easily, repeat the procedure.
Once you have treated all your pegs in this way, you will be thrilled with the results.
But what does one do in violin making when the peg does not fit and looks like this after having been soaped up:
Clear to see: This peg does not sit properly and has to be refit. To be sure that the peg hole is round, it is carefully rethread with a so-called peg reamer:
The next task consists of recutting the peg with a peg shaper. The peg shaper shown in the photo can be adjusted to any cone and peg diameter by means of a moveable carriage and allows for the finest reduction of wood shavings.
We dont think too highly of the special soaps one can buy for pegs. We have seen thickly covered black peg holes too often due to these, a condition that leads to pegs which turn poorly.
And when you find that your pegs don't turn properly and that the surface area doesn't look as seen above, then its time to visit your violin maker, it will be worth the effort!
Dont forget to check the bridges position. Due to the tightening of the strings, the bridge gets pulled in the direction of the fingerboard. Place your violin on a table (please place a soft cloth underneath) and put your thumbs on either side of the upper edge of the bridge. Now you can carefully press the bridge back and forth with your thumbs, back to the correct position. A rule of thumb here is that the side facing the tailpiece should be at a right angle to the bellys surface area. Being that the side of the bridge facing the fingerboard is slightly curved, it appears as if it is inclined a bit toward the tailpiece.
