The University of Edinburgh

Violin Making in Scotland 1750-1950 is a special exhibition of Scottish-made violins and cellos representing the cream of Scottish instrument making in the age of the enlightenment and subsequently. Included are fine violins made by Matthew Hardie of Edinburgh (The "Scottish Stradivari"), Joseph Ruddiman of Aberdeen, and others, showing the development of the "Scottish School" of lutherie. Demonstrations of violin making throughout the Festival period. Admission free The Scottish Violin Concerts exploring various facets of the Scottish violin will be given on August 12th, 20th, 26th and September 1st. A related Colloquium: The Violin in Scotland on August 26th will present recent research on topics related to violin family instruments in Scotland and related aspects of instrument making, repertoire and the social milieu of violin playing in Scotland. From 7 August - 2 September 2006 there is a programme of free Gallery Talks given each day at 14:00, some of which are on topics relating to this exhibition. Patrons: Mary Anne Alburger, Sally Beamish, Alastair Hardie, David Johnson, John Purser, Jonathan Tunnell, John Wallace

Organised by Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments in conjunction with the British Violin Making Association.

We are grateful to the following sponsors of the exhibition Violin Making in Scotland 1750-1950: Charles Beare :: Peter Biddulph :: Clement & Weise UK Ltd :: Florian Leonhard Fine Violins :: J.P. Guivier :: Phelps Violins :: Stringers of Edinburgh Ltd :: The Strad :: The Violin Shop, Glasgow.

The Exhibition is being held in conjunction with the publication of the book Violin Making in Scotland 1750-1950 by David Rattray.

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This page updated: 17.7.06; re-published 13.2.13