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How it’s made - Violoncello da Spalla fingerboard
150th episode!!
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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
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March 2024

Images from Villa Contarini
Baroque landscape and a bit of iconography, from Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy!
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Was it in a world upside-down that the cello was played “da spalla”?
Our visit to Villa Contarini
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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…
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February 2024

An Afternoon in Aquila Corde Armoniche
Working on synthetic strings for Violoncello da Spalla!
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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?
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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…
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January 2024

Which strings shall I try on my Violoncello da Spalla? (part 1)
Hallo, Daniela here, with a written newsletter for this week. If you liked the podcast version and the possibility to listen to this newsletter, using…
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“Bete Aber auch dabei” recording with Violoncello da Spalla
A brief story on how we came to record that video almost two years ago. We are extremely grateful to organist Stephan Kofler, who enthusiastically…
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Revival of viola pomposa in Italian opera in the beginning of the 20th century.
Research does not always get you where you’d hoped for!
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December 2023

We end 2023 launching our podcast!
Raise your glasses for a gorgeous 2024!
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