1735 'Chardon' Del Gesu Guarneri Photos

[Dr. Mark]

Mr. Carlson shared this earlier:

[MANFIO]

2 hours ago, Dr. Mark said:

Mr. Carlson shared this earlier:

Love the varnish texture, unpolished. Love the unblended gouge marks in the f-hole wing!

[Húslař]

Absolute beauty! But try to succed with this in some novadays luthier competition  

[MANFIO]

3 hours ago, Húslař said:

Absolute beauty! But try to succed with this in some novadays luthier competition  

Yes, old masters had a freedom we no longer have. 

[Pluto Vermin]

32 minutes ago, MANFIO said:

Yes, old masters had a freedom we no longer have. 

Here's an interesting modern American violin.  I think the lighting is to highlight the effect

[MANFIO]

Yes, we make personal choices while we are making our instruments.  

[Pluto Vermin]

It puts me in mind of the JFK bust at Kennedy Center...

 

[Davide Sora]

13 minutes ago, MANFIO said:

Yes, we make personal choices while we are making our instruments.  

Well said, Manfio. Personal choices are those that can make the difference, giving meaning to manual work.

[MANFIO]

15 minutes ago, Davide Sora said:

Well said, Manfio. Personal choices are those that can make the difference, giving meaning to manual work.

Si, ma è meglio non esagerare.... What I want from the player when I show one of my violas is to see him playing, and not asking questions about the look of the instrument. I want him playing, and focusing on playing and assessing the viola's resources. 

[ernym]

21 hours ago, Húslař said:

Unfortunately not... I found this one today in one of the videos from Kevin Lee.

 I like the shape of that scroll and would like to see a side profile. I found this scroll searching the internet...

 

...and used that as inspiration for my Sultana scroll.

[Davide Sora]

On 6/8/2025 at 1:35 PM, Húslař said:

Guarneri del Gesu 1735 Chardon small violin head

 

May I ask where you found the picture of the Chardon head?

[Dr. Mark]

There are these Mandolin heads by Stradivari: 

[HoGo]

16 hours ago, Ganymede Piggot said:

Here's an interesting modern American violin.  I think the lighting is to highlight the effect

That lookl just like how I always imagined "polished turd" texture. No offense to the american guy who made it.

[Húslař]

17 hours ago, Davide Sora said:

May I ask where you found the picture of the Chardon head?

:-) Yes, in this video:

 

[Davide Sora]

31 minutes ago, Húslař said:

:-) Yes, in this video:

Thanks!

[francoisdenis]

Hi- Does somebody know the neck length and the stop length of this instrument?

It's unclear forme if it Is ia violino piccolo or a piccollo violino?

 

[Tets Kimura]

Hello Francois,

The body stop length is 123 mm according to "Cremona 1730 - 1750" book. The neck length isn't listed however.

[francoisdenis]

On 2/24/2026 at 11:40 PM, Tets Kimura said:

Hello Francois,

The body stop length is 123 mm according to "Cremona 1730 - 1750" book. The neck length isn't listed however.

Thank you-  I just need the neck length now- le piccolo string length was frequently the same of the body length so, with a body of 240 mm we  can expect a neck close 117 mm. For a tuning "Do Sol ré la"  octave of the viola tunning.