The 1721 ‘Lady Blunt’, one of the best-preserved Stradivari violins in existence, was sold yesterday in a Tarisio online auction for £9.8m ($15.9m). The figure, which includes the buyer’s premium (the hammer price was £8,750,000), is over four times the previous auction record for a Stradivari violin. The buyer was an anonymous bidder who won […]
Many professional musicians develop shoulder problems, tight muscles in back, arms and neck, as a result of a poor setup; as well as any kind of intonation issues and buzzes, noises etc can be set-up related. I have been specially trained overseas for 4 years at Geigenbau Machold or what they are now called´Machold Rare […]
The Brown Jazzer Double Bass is now available. With a solid spruce top, a beautiful chestnut brown varnish, the famous “Ilja Grawert Deluxe setup” and Thomastik Spirocore light strings it is one of the best sounding and easiest playing basses around for only $ 2695.
“It is at the workbench where all the beautiful violins are made”
This is another successful restoration by Ilja Grawert Master Violin Maker I hope that the beautiful leather case will be restored in the future. The bow was not worth restoring.
Over the last 28 years I have been collecting a number of very nice French, English and German bows. They are valued between AU$2000 – 8000. If you are looking for a high quality bow please contact me on 1800 88 2468 or email me via my contact form.
I will be back from my trip north on Tuesday the 17th of May and my shop will be back to normal operation. See you soon Ilja
Adjusting the final thickness of a top plate requires finest skills with very sharp tools and deepest knowledge of the materials you are working with.
The ¨Blonde Jazzer” Double bass is a very beautiful double bass for the Jazz player. It is set-up with the ¨Deluxe Ilja Grawert set-up¨ with all the specs for Jazz music. The Bass has a ringing sound with fantastic sustain. I am aiming this Bass at two groups of people. The professional player who does […]
I had a lot of concerned calls from customers all over Australia wondering if my shop was affected by the recent floods . Thank you very much for thinking of me and my Violins, but I had no water coming near my shop, workshop and home so everything is fine. I got stressed though and […]
