琴师联营会社的托托先生解释说,“你在不间断的思考手头正在制作的小提琴,因此你无法同时做更多副。”
Mr Toto of the makers' consortium explains that "you are constantly thinking about the violin you are making, so you couldn't keep several going at the same time."
“这块化石和小提琴琴颈的样子相仿,其象征意义不凡:制作小提琴,”他说,“这是古化石行业。”
"This fossil echoes the scroll on a fiddle's neck, but it also has symbolic significance: violin-making," he says, "it is a fossil profession."
许多小提琴制作师自己制作清漆,小心翼翼地保有自己的秘方。
Varnish is the stuff of legends. Many violin-makers make their own and guard the recipe jealously.
世上现存的第一把小提琴,是安德里亚·阿马蒂于1564年在意大利克雷莫纳制作的。
The first surviving violin was made in Cremona, Italy, by Andrea Amati in 1564.
图二:现代小提琴制作者的工作台1。
小提琴演奏大师RuggieroRicci承认,对大部分听众来说,一把Strad琴和一把现代制作的好琴没有什么区别。
To most ears there is little difference between a Strad and a good modern maker, admits Ruggiero Ricci, a master violinist.
他们可以在几个国家有名的小提琴制作学校学习这门手艺。
They can learn their trade at renowned violin-making schools in a number of countries.
每年秋天在克雷莫纳城的小提琴制作节为大家奉上盛大的音乐大餐。弦乐器制作比赛每三年举办一次。
A violin-making festival in the city offers a feast of music each autumn and a competition for making stringed instruments is held every three years.
1700到1720年间是斯特拉迪瓦里制作小提琴的“黄金时代”,他设计的造型更扁,有利于突出音色。
In his "golden age" of violin-making, between 1700 and 1720, Stradivari developed a flatter design that helped to project the sound.
这把提琴制造于1696年,斯特拉迪瓦里父子制作的400把小提琴当中知名并存在的一把琴。
The violin, made in 1696, is one of about 400 made by Stradivarius that are still known to exist.
一旦完成了小提琴的结构制作,下面的任务就是上色了。一把小提琴往往要涂上数层清漆,颜色从黄色到棕色再到鲜艳的深红。
Once built, it is covered in many layers of varnish, in a colour palette ranging from yellow through all shades of brown to a deep, vibrant red.
突然有一天,一把待售的1772瓜达尼尼小提琴惊现眼前,事出巧合,制作这把琴的琴师乔万尼‧瓜达尼尼与史特拉瓦里竟为校友。
One day, I was offered a 1772 violin made by Giovanni Guadagnini, an alumnus of Stradivari, which was for sale.
凭借蜚声世界的140余个工作室,克雷莫纳再次成为全球小提琴制作中心。
Now boasting over 140 specialised workshops, Cremona has once again become the world capital of violin making.
另外出自克雷莫纳小提琴国际制作学校学生之手的五件乐器也将同时在制作室内展出。
A display of five instruments made by students at Cremona's International School of Violin Making will also be showcased around the perimeter of the room.
另外出自克雷莫纳小提琴国际制作学校学生之手的五件乐器也将同时在制作室内展出。
A display of five instruments made by students at Cremona's International School of Violin Making will also be showcased around the perimeter of the room.
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