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Contributors
TOMÁS COTIK
(Technique, page 80) studied with Ana Chumachenco and Shmuel Ashkenasi among others. He has a masters from Freiburg University of Music in Germany and an artist diploma from the Glenn Gould School. He currently teaches at Portland State University, OR, US.
FRANCESCO PIASENTINI
(CT scanning the ‘Messiah’, page 34) graduated from the Cremona International Violin Making School in 2001 and worked for several years as a violin maker and restorer at the atelier of Giovanni Lazzaro in Padua. Since 2015 he has been working in his own studio in Ponte San Nicolò, Padua, Italy.
RENATE FINK
(Trade Secrets, page 64) is a maker and restorer of violas da gamba and instruments of the violin family. She trained at the London College of Furniture and now works in Osterwieck, Germany. She is also a short course tutor at West Dean College in Chichester, UK.
JENS STENZ
(In Focus, page 60) studied at the Welsh School of Violin Making. He subsequently worked in Copenhagen with Emil Hjorth & Sons before opening his own workshop in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1986. He collects instruments made in Denmark and has carried out research on the history of Danish violin makers.
KORINTHIA KLEIN
(Basic maintenance, page 48) is a luthier, musician and writer based in Milwaukee, WI, US, where she has run her own shop since 2008. She builds violins and violas, and works to keep student instruments functioning. Her latest book is entitled My Violin Needs Help! A Repair Diagnostics Guide for Players and Teachers.
BENJAMIN WHITCOMB
(George Neikrug, page 40) is professor of cello and music theory at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he has received awards for his teaching, research and service. He performs frequently throughout the country and abroad. A prolific author, he has published 10 books and 30 articles.