Play this video now to hear the sound of an Andrea Guarneri violin and learn a little known stringing secret you might want to learn in case you are either: 1. Playing modern violin with gut strings or 2. Playing baroque violin and it is strung in the late 17th- 18th century style. Originally this Guarneri came to my workshop with a Strad style bridge that may work with thick 18th century style strings and sound well in churches. But that might be not very pleasant in a modern concert hall. So I

Many Baroque violinists would like to play a very inspiring violin. Maybe something like this Andrea Guarneri, made in Cremona about 350 years ago. But in the past 30 years, I've noticed that we've got a problem. Even very good Baroque violinists sometimes find it difficult to save up a few hundred thousand euros, even by the time they are about to retire—let alone when they need a violin that can help open exciting, beautiful career opportunities that you and your loved ones would be proud of.

Trying a violin from the 1600’s made by Andrea Guarneri, grandfather of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu, the legendary luthier who made the violin I perform on. Sweet, harmonious resonance - the apple certainly doesn’t fall far from the tree! | Kerson Leong

Guarneri String Quartet Beethoven (vaimusic.com)