Field research by Mimmo Peruffo and Daniela Gaidano (2006-2010) among the last Abruzzo stringmakers of Salle, Musellaro and Bolognano to save the historical method.
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Aquila Corde Armoniche: a section dedicated to historical and scientific research on gut, silk and natural material strings.
Essays and articles on the history, technique and science of harmonic strings.
Explore →Catalogue of antique strings preserved in leading European museums.
Explore →Research on the Italian districts of gut harmonic string production.
Explore →Special projects in reconstruction and experimentation on historical strings.
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tav. n. 1005Mimmo Peruffo recounts the discovery and study of the surviving demifilée bass-string fragments on Raphael Mëst’s Baroque lute in Linköping, and the faithful copy donated to the Swedish library.
tav. n. 1004A short update note by Mimmo Peruffo on lute top gut strings: historical sources on Rome and Munich, breaking load, and a new generation of strings with a breaking index of 310-320 Hz · m.
Mimmo Peruffo’s 1997 Orfeo essay on gut-string manufacture from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century: the four technological ages, from loaded gut to wound basses, and the philological problem of modern strings in early repertoire.
tav. n. 1002Mimmo Peruffo's essay on the gut-stringmakers of Naples and Abruzzo, alongside Rome and Padua, between the 18th and 19th centuries: historical manufacturing technique, production centres, quality criteria and string gauges.
| 01 | Brussels | Brussels (Musical Instruments Museum) | details → |
| 02 | Innsbruck | Innsbruck (Ferdinandeum Museum) | details → |
| 03 | Nuremberg | Nuremberg (Germanisches Nationalmuseum) | details → |
| 04 | Oxford | Oxford (Ashmolean Museum) | details → |
| 05 | Kremsmünster | Kremsmünster (monastery near Linz, Austria) | details → |
| 06 | London | London (Victoria & Albert Museum) | details → |
| 07 | Vienna | Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum) | details → |
| 08 | Rome | Rome (National Museum of Musical Instruments) | details → |
“Rediscovering historical strings is not nostalgia for the past, but the key to understanding the sound that composers had in mind.”
