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During my very first year of the Violinmaking School in Cremona I went with my Master Riccardo Bergonzi to choose wood

Mina capured to it´s perfection the impact of this great del Gesú violin

dual use for loop and ball ends

Guarneri del Gesú 1740 "Ysaÿe" spinimages=12 edgar-online-violinmaking-academyThis is a gorgeous violin! Mina is making extraordinary instruments. This here is her last made copy of a famous Guarneri Del Ges known as the "Ysae" from 1740. The wood for this violin comes exactly from the same origins as the Great masters from the 17th. century used to take to make their great masterpieces they are known for. Top wood comes from the Val di Fiemme, splitted and seasoned by ourselves for almost 20 years; the one pice back, the ribs