Tips not to get lost in the first weeks with your new Spalla

Interview with Toshihiko Amano - part 2

I am grateful to baroque violinist and teacher Toshihiko Amano and to my friend luthier Takumi Takakura, who hosted this interview in his workshop and provided the instrument for it. Their generous efforts gave me the welcome opportunity of a couple more weeks of rest, which I really needed after this summer events.

This drawing is dedicated to Toshihiko’s young student Kai, who accomplished playing Bach’s sixth suite in his first month playing Violoncello da Spalla.

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More on how to hold a Violoncello da Spalla:

How to make a practical leather strap

Make music on Violoncello da Spalla without a worry in the world!

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News from da Spalla world

Are you subscribed to the Fernandez violons’ newsletter? As they are playing their da Spalla in several concerts this fall, it’s undoubtedly worth having to get informed about them!

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Updates from our workshop

We are taking a very few days of rest at the seaside in Liguria. Next week Alessandro will be in the workshop again, I will take a few more days here with my mother.