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Huguette Clark, a few hundred million dollars, a Cezanne painting and several Stradivaris. Eccentric? 17 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
By Andy Fein, violin maker at Fein Violins Huguette Clark passed away in 2011 at the age of 104. She spent the last twenty years of her life living in a hospital room at Beth Israel hospital in New Y...
Fein Violins Customer Comments and Reviews 7 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Here's our running blog with comments and reviews from our customers: Andy Fein, Violin & Bow Maker, Fein Violins I'm just so happy to have a violin that's COMFORTABLE for me now as well as sounding...
FAQs About Violins 5 Aug 2013 | 03:55 am
Written by Andy Fein and Ben Schuneman We get tons of questions every single day from friends and customers about violins. Some are humorous to those of us who are around these instruments every day ...
Equal and Just Temperament -- They Have Nothing to Do with How Well You Behave 19 Jul 2013 | 01:27 am
Written by Matt Lammers We've all been there: you've practiced your quartet part well. You know the notes and can play them. You head into rehearsal confident that the opening chords will slot beauti...
The Piedmont Region and its violin makers 14 Jun 2013 | 12:56 am
Here in America, we tend to think that we have the monopoly on the idea of 'the great melting pot.' When the rest of the world began their exodus to 'the new world,' New York became an amalgamation of...
Why a Frog? Why Are There Frogs on Bows? 13 May 2013 | 11:21 pm
Written by Matt Lammers It's one of those curiosities that disappeared with age and experience, one of those elephants in the room you asked about as a beginner, and your teacher shrugged it off with...
Fein Violins Customer Comments 25 Apr 2013 | 01:40 am
Here's our running blog with comments from our customers: Andy & Amy, Thank you for everything. the violin is wonderful and so is your service. My son loves it and so does his instructor. She request...
Why Scrolls? 14 Apr 2013 | 11:36 pm
By Violin Maker Andy Fein, Fein Violins, Ltd. Scroll of a Gasparo da Salo viola, Brescia circa 1609 In my role as a violin maker and shop owner, I often hear string players searching for an instrume...
Why f Holes? 9 Apr 2013 | 01:15 am
f holes, The 'Harrison' Stradivarius circa 1693 By Andy Fein, Violin Maker & Owner, Fein Violins, Ltd. It's pretty hard to miss the very distinctive feature of the violin family's sound holes. The f...
The BEST Student Violins, Violas and Cellos 17 Mar 2013 | 07:10 pm
Written by Andy Fein, Violin Maker, Fein Violins, Ltd. I bet you thought you'd click on this blog post, find out that brand name YamaSuzEastKnilAmatPfretz was the best, and away you would go in ten s...
