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CONSTRUCTION & LEGACY
….. There is always a great important question flowing in the air:
Finally – is there any difference between an antique old instrument by … Ruggeri, Grancino or Mateo Goffriller and a modern young instrument built by Matthias Kayssler or another modern maker?
YES, THERE IS DEFINITELY!
1.
In the hundreds of years old antique Instruments
changed the consistence of the wood what increases the sound speed, so improving the sound quality BUT on the other side the material fatigued and the instrument is loosing some of its power gradually.
Bruch
“Ale Ávila with my violin Kochanski/Ávila”
2.
The worth of the instrument as an antique art Object
increased sometimes several hundred times, what is absolutely important for investments. For the musiscian this means that he will pay a multiple of its value as “musical instrument”.
And before I’ll mention one more important issue, let me give you a very short introduction, from where we get the knowledge of basic construction concepts for building our most important top level instrument:
“My/our instruments (I am including several makers here) are built on the basis of an exact method which is set out in ancient sources on instrument making (they in turn rely on the writings of Phytagoras and others) and they were very well known to the Italian Luthiers of the Baroque era.
On the other hand, and above all, this same method can be perfectly read and confirmed from the many great Italian instruments that fortunately still exist … if you know how to read them, of course, instead of simply copying them.
So definitely we are using an identical building concept as the Italian makers before 1800. Entering in the new century this knowledge has been gradually lost to be rediscovered about 20 years ago by several modern makers, particulary thanks to modern communication systems with the possibility to interchange important information and imagines easy and quickly.
So the last important difference between an old instrument by Ruggeri or Mateo Goffriller and a young instrument by Matthias Kayssler (for example) is mainly the very relevant makers artistic personality, independent if the instrument is old or young.
So if you feel suitable with a Mateo Goffriller, so you have to buy a Mateo Goffriller …there is no other way …and not a Matthias Kayssler or Badiarov. As simple as you hear it!
Many musiscians prefer young instruments to old ones. A good choice of the finest wood, we use for our instruments replaces the very old woods quality and may even surpass it. If you are not convinced about this, I give you the option to build your instrument with antique Italian wood from 17th or 18th century.
“A Luthiers history”
(36 minutes video)
