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150th episode!!

Apr 20 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

An account of a two-day 1685 party, featuring a ladies orchestra (including a Violoncello da Spalla) in multiple theater performances.

L’orologio del Piacere, 1685, in Piazzola sul Brenta

Apr 11 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

Images from Villa Contarini

Baroque landscape and a bit of iconography, from Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy!

Mar 30 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

Was it in a world upside-down that the cello was played “da spalla”?

Our visit to Villa Contarini

Mar 20 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

What’s up in the next weeks?

Hallo dear readers, we had an intense week of work and the next one is already planned with a fair quantity of chaos, so we need to take a short break…

Mar 10 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

An Afternoon in Aquila Corde Armoniche

Working on synthetic strings for Violoncello da Spalla!

Feb 29 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

Which strings shall I try on my Violoncello da Spalla? (part 3)

Where to start in our search for the perfect Violoncello da Spalla set of strings?

Feb 20 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

Development of gut strings between 1848 and 1952 (strings, part 2)

I’m receiving more and more questions about gut strings, so I thought I should share this video with a talk that I gave two years ago for the Women in…

Feb 10 •

Daniela Gaidano & A. Visintini

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