albertus bekker |
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violinmaker |
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76 seventh street linden, 2195 johannesburg south africa |
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phone: (0)829035832 e-mail: albertus@bekkerviolins.com |
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This article appeared in a magazine called Lééf. It is a bit “touchy feely”, but it still gives a good idea of what underpins my violinmaking. The article was written in Afrikaans (one of our local languages) but the translated text and pictures is available here as a PDF file (900kB). |
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articles |
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Here is a list of articles that might be of interest. Some are written by me, some are articles about my work that appeared in the press and some are written by other authors and reproduced here with permission. More articles will shortly be posted here. |
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One of the favourite discussion points in the viola making fraternity is: what would a Guarneri del Gesù viola look like? There is no known viola by him in existence, and it would be fascinating to see how he would have solved the peculiar design problems a viola presents. That is until now... |
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