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American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers
Biennial General Meeting, 2012 Program
Wednesday, May 9
6:00-9:00 Opening Reception: Iberville/Bienville Room
Sponsored by Heritage Insurance
Music provided by the Lyric String Quartet
*All lectures will be held in the East Ballroom unless denoted
otherwise.
Thursday, May 10
8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Royal Salon A, B, C
9:00-9:15 Welcome to New Orleans by Marvin Andrade, Hotel
Monteleone, open to all members and their guests
9:15-9:45 Chris Reuning: A Brief Tour of the AFVBM 2012
Collection
9:45-10:45 Jan Strick: Old Flemish Violinmaking from 1650 to
1750
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
Sponsored by Arcos Brasil
11:00-12:00 Panel: Federal Regulatory and Law Enforcement
Issues – The Lacey Act, Homeland Security Investigations’
Cultural Property Program, and U. S. Customs Laws.
Moderator: Carla Shapreau. Speakers: Gary Lougee (US Dept of
Agriculture - APHIS); S/A Michael Manning, Department of
Homeland Security
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:45 Isaac Salchow: Eugene Sartory: The Stylistic
Evolution of a Maker
2:45-3:45 Yung Chin: Nikolai Kittel
3:45-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:00 Jean-Jacques Rampal: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
5:00 Entente Meeting: East Ballroom
5:00-7:00 Cocktails: Riverview Room
Friday, May 11
8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room
9:00-10:30 Business Meeting
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 Business Meeting
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:15 Introduction of new members
2:15-3:15 Paul Childs: J.P.M. Persoit and His Work
3:15-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-4:30 Duane Rosengard: Count Cozio and Milanese Violin
Making
Saturday, May 12
8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room
9:00-10:00 Eric Blot: The Neapolitan School: An Unsolved
Puzzle
10:00-10:15 Coffee break
10:15-11:15 Jim Warren: Tourte's Bows: A Dealer's Perspective
11:15-12:00 Phil Kass: Violin Design and Construction in 17th
Century Piedmont
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Bruno Frohlich/Gary Sturm: The Integration of
Music and Science: Exploring Violin Technology
3:00-3:15 Coffee break
3:15-4:45 Carlo Chiesa: The Followers of the Amatis in
Cremona and Northern Italy
6:00-9:00 Cocktails and Banquet: Arnaud’s Restaurant
Sunday, May 13
10:00-11:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room
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Sponsored by Connolly Music Company and Thomastik-Infeld
11:00-1:00 String Clinic (Christopher Rohrecker, Connolly
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Music Company): East Ballroom
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1:00-5:00 Players Meet Makers: West Ballroom
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Speakers
Marvin F. Andrade
Born in Honduras, he has lived in New Orleans for over 33
years including, ten years in the French Quarter. He has been
with the Hotel Monteleone for over 6 years as a sales manager
and over 20 years in the hospitality industry. As an “almost
native New Orlenian” he has love for the city and all it has to
offer, from beignets to martinis! He know the best places to
go!
Eric Blot
Born in France. Eric Blot moved to Cremona in 1974 to attend the
School of Violin Making. After returning to Paris later to work
for several noted violin makers, in 1981 he established himself in
Perugia (Italy), restoring instruments. His passion for Italian
violin making, particularly of the 1800s and the early 1900s,
inspired him to undertake important research that resulted in the
publication of the four-volume Liuteria Italiana, and make
contributions to catalogues and other publications relative to
violin making. His research is currently dedicated to Neapolitan
violin making – and will soon be published as the fifth volume
of Liuteria Italiana. Eric Blot also releases certificates of
authenticity (on instruments of the 1800s and 1900s) that are
appreciated on an international level.
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Carlo Chiesa
Carlo Chiesa was born in Milano in 1962. He graduated from the
Scuola di Liuteria and studied philosophy and history at the
Catholic University in Milano. He makes violins, violas, cellos
and viols, and is particularly interested in the making and setup
of baroque instruments. Focusing on ancient instruments and
luthiers, his extensive historical research in northern Italy has
lead to the publication of various books and articles. He
sometimes gives lectures in international meetings for violin
makers.
Paul Childs
Paul Childs was born in 1947 in Oklahoma City. He has a
Masters Degree in Violin Performance from the Manhattan
School of Music. After performing in various New York
ensembles, Paul dealt in fine French bows, studying them and
researching their makers. He has published his findings
extensively and spoken at numerous conferences. In 2008 he
presented an exhibition on F.X. Tourte at the Royal Academy of
Music in London.
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Yung Chin
Yung Chin has been a member and past board member of
numerous AFVBM administrations. He was the founder and past
director of the Oberlin bow making workshop and has been the
International Chair of the IPCI since 2004.
Bruno Frohlich
Bruno Frohlich is trained in biological anthropology and forensic
sciences. He has conducted fieldwork in the Middle East, Asia,
Africa, and Europe, and is presently focusing on Mongolia. His
field of study includes the development of non-destructive and
non-invasive research methods. He experiments with CT
scanning technology by studying objects from Smithsonian
Institution's 145 million objects. This includes one of the world's
most comprehensive collections of music instruments. Born and
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Philip Kass
Philip J. Kass is a respected expert, appraiser, consultant, and
writer on fine classic stringed instruments and bows. Formerly a
long-time associate of William Moennig & Son, Ltd., he is
extensively published in magazines and encyclopedias and is a
frequent lecturer on the history and expertise of stringed
instruments and bows, most recently at the Guadagnini exhibition
in Parma, and at the 2011 VSA convention.
Michael Manning
Special Agent Michael Manning has been the lead criminal
investigator in numerous complex, criminal investigations
involving money laundering, trade fraud, human smuggling, child
pornography, and forced child labor. S/A Manning has taught
Cultural Property Investigations at the International Law
Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Gary Lougee
Mr. Lougee has been with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) for eight years. In 2008, he became the lead
Lacey Act program analyst for APHIS’ Plant Protection and
Quarantine division. He has addressed trade organizations,
environmental groups, foreign delegations, foreign government
officials and the UN FAO Trade and Timber Division. He created
and updates the Declaration Form, the website, and guidance
documentation.
Jean-Jacques Rampal
Born in 1954, Jean-Jacques Rampal began his apprenticeship in
Mirecourt in 1977 and went on to learn about estimation and
expertise with instruments with Charles Beare. In 1983, he went
to Paris to work with Etienne Vatelot, with whom he stayed for 15
years. In 1994 he was named Expert in Stringed Instruments for
the Court of Appeal in Paris. In 1998 he took over Étienne
Vatelot’s workshop. Jean-Jacques lectures on violin-making in
Europe, Canada, Korea and Japan. Recognized as an international
expert, he is called upon by many musicians and fellow violinmakers for his knowledge and to obtain certificates of
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Duane Rosengard
Duane Rosengard studied double bass at the Interlochen Arts
Academy and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has played in
orchestras in Veracruz, Buffalo, Rochester, and, since 1986, in the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
The results of his research in north Italian archives have been
published in The Strad and Strings, the journals of the Violin
Society of America and the International Society of Bassists, and
Liuteria, Musica e Cultura. His first book, Cremonese Double
Basses, was published in 1992. With Carlo Chiesa, he co-authored
The Stradivari Legacy and contributed to Giuseppe Guarneri del
Gesù. Other collaborative projects have included The Late
Cremonese Violin Makers with Dmitry Gindin, the English
language edition of Annibale Fagnola, Annibalotto Fagnola,
Stefano Vittorio Fasciolo, Riccardo Genoveso, and updated entries
for MGG and the Grove Dictionary. His book, Giovanni Battista
Guadagnini (1711-1786): The Life and Achievements of a Master
Maker of Violins, was published in 2000. In recent years, he has
been working with Charles Beare and others on a study of Venetian
stringed instrument makers.
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Chris Reuning
Christopher Reuning became an apprentice violinmaker at the age
of 12 at the House of Primavera in Philadelphia and continued his
studies with Alfredo Primavera and Virgilio Capellini in Cremona,
Italy. At 18, he founded Reuning & Son Violins with his parents in
Ithaca, NY, taking over ownership of the business five years later.
Chris credits his relationships with Dario D’Attili, the late Robert
Bein, and Charles Beare with guiding him with his study of violin
expertise. In 1994, Christopher relocated the business to Boston’s
South End where it remains today. Christopher has curated
exhibitions such as “Liutai in Brescia” in Brescia, Italy, 2007, and
in Cremona, Italy “Cremona 1730-1750” in 2008 and “Carlo
Bergonzi” in 2010. Christopher served as president of the AFVBM
and is a former partner of Tarisio auctions.
Isaac Salchow
Isaac Salchow was born in San Francisco, California in 1972. At the
age of 19 he moved to New York City to study bow making with his
grandfather William Salchow and work in his shop. From the
beginning of his career, he has looked to the great masters as a
source of inspiration for making as well as historical research.
Aside from making bows, Isaac does all of the expertise that carries
the family name. He has taken part in various international
exhibitions, most recently as exhibitor and speaker at the first ever
François Xavier Tourte exhibition, which was organized by Paul
Childs and hosted by the Royal Academy of Music in London. He
recently took over the family business.
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Carla Shapreau
Carla Shapreau has been a violin maker in the San Francisco Bay
Area since the 1970s. She serves on the boards of the AFVBM and
the VSA, and is on the faculty at U.C. Berkeley, where she teaches a
course on art and cultural property law and is engaged in musical
cultural property research. Carla is the co-author of Violin Fraud,
Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America
(OUP).
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Jan Strick
Jan Strick is luthier and Expert to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in
Brussels. Together with his colleague, bow maker Pierre Guillaume,
he has headed Maison Bernard for more than twenty years in the
Arts district of the Sablon, in the heart of Brussels. Trained in
France in the workshops of Michel Cune, Jean Bauer and Cognier
Terrier, Jan Strick has acquired a comprehensive knowledge of
European stringed instruments of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
He has particularly specialised in the provision of expertise and the
study of instruments of the Flemish school
Gary Sturm
Gary Sturm worked for thirty-four years to increase the scope of
the Smithsonian Institution collections of musical instruments,
with a special interest in the violin family. He joined the
Smithsonian in 1975.
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Now Curator Emeritus, Gary was Chair of the Division of Musical
Instruments, responsible for the preservation and study of 5000
instruments ranging from Tennessee fiddles to elegant French
harpsichords, and served as Executive Director of the
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. He created more than a
dozen Smithsonian exhibitions, and organized performance tours
across North America, Germany, and Japan.
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James Warren
President and chief expert James Warren is one of the founders
and past president of the Chicago School of Violin Making. He
currently sits on the board of directors of that school and of the
Violin Society of America. James has given lectures at the VSA,
the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, the National
Music Museum, and the Royal Academy of Music. He has also
sponsored, co-sponsored, or contributed in some way to research
on historic violin and bow makers that has been included in a
wide selection of noted modern publications.
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Notes and Observations
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Notes and Observations
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