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In the News Articles | Lectures & Writings | Events | Adventures | Links Articles Preparing the Ground by Gregg Alf The Strad, November, 2006 Modern Makers-The Prolific And Imaginative Maker: Gregg Alf Journal of the American Viola Society, Vol 22 Num 1, May, 2006 Master Chef Strings, January, 2006 Acoustic Engineering: String Theory Meets Practice as Violinmakers Rethink Their Craft Science, ...

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Stradivarius - Ann Arbor Pair Copies Vintage Violins By Ami Walsh The Detroit News, February 18, 1991 ANN ARBOR Violin makers Gregg Alf and Joseph Curtin remember the house on Violco San Marco in Cremona, Italy where they first met. They remember riding bicycles down the cobblestone streets where a long list of legendary masters, most notable Antonio Stradivarius once lived. But mostly they reme...

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Violin Craftsmen Make World-class Carbon Copies By Adrien B. Chandler The Detroit News, December 31, 1995 Gregg Alf cradles a piece of unfinished lumber in his hands, examining it for flaws and grain quality. He says only one in a hundred pieces of select maple and spruce wood will qualify to reproduce the sound and feel of a 250-year-old Stradivarius violin. Alf, 38, and his partner Joseph Curtin...

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The Violin's Genius and...

Articles Printable Version The Violin's Genius and Mystery Nation's top maker discusses the science of his craft by Bill Dietrich Seattle Times science reporter The Seattle Times, March 12, 1995 In an age of constant computer upgrades, annual car restylings and gimmick gadgets, the violin is an invention that has persisted almost unchanged for more than 300 years. Assembled from up to 108 individu...

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How Bowing a String Creates...

Lectures and Writings How Bowing a String CreatesThe Vibrations We Hear as Sound By Gregg T. Alf Friction between the hair of the bow and string is a primary factor. This friction is created not, as is often supposed, by barbs or scales on the hair - the hair is actually quite smooth - but by rosin. Tiny particles of rosin cling to the hair due to an ion exchange between them. Rosin has the proper...

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