Here It Remains Today

American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers Biennial General Meeting, 2012 Program

Wednesday, May 9 6:00-9:00 Opening Reception: Iberville/Bienville Room Sponsored by Heritage Insurance Music provided by the Lyric String Quartet

*All lectures will be held in the East Ballroom unless denoted otherwise.

Thursday, May 10 8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Royal Salon A, B, C 9:00-9:15 Welcome to New Orleans by Marvin Andrade, Hotel Monteleone, open to all members and their guests 9:15-9:45 Chris Reuning: A Brief Tour of the AFVBM 2012 Collection 9:45-10:45 Jan Strick: Old Flemish Violinmaking from 1650 to 1750 10:45-11:00 Coffee break Sponsored by Arcos Brasil 11:00-12:00 Panel: Federal Regulatory and Law Enforcement Issues – The Lacey Act, Homeland Security Investigations’ Cultural Property Program, and U. S. Customs Laws. Moderator: Carla Shapreau. Speakers: Gary Lougee (US Dept of Agriculture - APHIS); S/A Michael Manning, Department of Homeland Security 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-2:45 Isaac Salchow: Eugene Sartory: The Stylistic Evolution of a Maker 2:45-3:45 Yung Chin: Nikolai Kittel 3:45-4:00 Coffee Break 4:00-5:00 Jean-Jacques Rampal: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume 5:00 Entente Meeting: East Ballroom 5:00-7:00 Cocktails: Riverview Room

Friday, May 11 8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room 9:00-10:30 Business Meeting 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break 10:45-12:00 Business Meeting 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-2:15 Introduction of new members 2:15-3:15 Paul Childs: J.P.M. Persoit and His Work 3:15-3:30 Coffee break 3:30-4:30 Duane Rosengard: Count Cozio and Milanese Violin Making

Saturday, May 12 8:00-9:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room 9:00-10:00 Eric Blot: The Neapolitan School: An Unsolved Puzzle 10:00-10:15 Coffee break 10:15-11:15 Jim Warren: Tourte's Bows: A Dealer's Perspective 11:15-12:00 Phil Kass: Violin Design and Construction in 17th Century Piedmont 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:00 Bruno Frohlich/Gary Sturm: The Integration of Music and Science: Exploring Violin Technology 3:00-3:15 Coffee break 3:15-4:45 Carlo Chiesa: The Followers of the Amatis in Cremona and Northern Italy 6:00-9:00 Cocktails and Banquet: Arnaud’s Restaurant Sunday, May 13

10:00-11:00 Breakfast: Riverview Room Page Title Sponsored by Connolly Music Company and Thomastik-Infeld 11:00-1:00 String Clinic (Christopher Rohrecker, Connolly Page Title

Music Company): East Ballroom Page Title 1:00-5:00 Players Meet Makers: West Ballroom Page Title

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Marvin F. Andrade Page Title

Born in Honduras, he has lived in New Orleans for over 33 Page Title years including, ten years in the French Quarter. He has been with the Hotel Monteleone for over 6 years as a sales manager Page Title and over 20 years in the hospitality industry. As an “almost native New Orlenian” he has love for the city and all it has to Page Title offer, from beignets to martinis! He know the best places to go! Page Title

Eric Blot Born in France. Eric Blot moved to Cremona in 1974 to attend the School of Violin Making. After returning to Paris later to work for several noted violin makers, in 1981 he established himself in Perugia (Italy), restoring instruments. His passion for Italian violin making, particularly of the 1800s and the early 1900s, inspired him to undertake important research that resulted in the publication of the four-volume Liuteria Italiana, and make contributions to catalogues and other publications relative to violin making. His research is currently dedicated to Neapolitan violin making – and will soon be published as the fifth volume of Liuteria Italiana. Eric Blot also releases certificates of authenticity (on instruments of the 1800s and 1900s) that are appreciated on an international level. Carlo Chiesa

Carlo Chiesa was born in Milano in 1962. He graduated from the Page Title Scuola di Liuteria and studied philosophy and history at the Catholic University in Milano. He makes violins, violas, cellos Page Title and viols, and is particularly interested in the making and setup of baroque instruments. Focusing on ancient instruments and Page Title luthiers, his extensive historical research in northern Italy has lead to the publication of various books and articles. He Page Title sometimes gives lectures in international meetings for violin makers. Page Title

Page Title Paul Childs Paul Childs was born in 1947 in Oklahoma City. He has a Page Title Masters Degree in Violin Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. After performing in various New York Page Title ensembles, Paul dealt in fine French bows, studying them and researching their makers. He has published his findings Page Title extensively and spoken at numerous conferences. In 2008 he presented an exhibition on F.X. Tourte at the Royal Academy of Page Title Music in London. Page Title

Yung Chin Page Title Yung Chin has been a member and past board member of numerous AFVBM administrations. He was the founder and past director of the Oberlin bow making workshop and has been the International Chair of the IPCI since 2004.

Bruno Frohlich Bruno Frohlich is trained in biological anthropology and forensic sciences. He has conducted fieldwork in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe, and is presently focusing on Mongolia. His field of study includes the development of non-destructive and non-invasive research methods. He experiments with CT scanning technology by studying objects from Smithsonian Institution's 145 million objects. This includes one of the world's most comprehensive collections of music instruments. Born and Philip Kass Philip J. Kass is a respected expert, appraiser, consultant, and writer on fine classic stringed instruments and bows. Formerly a Page Title long-time associate of William Moennig & Son, Ltd., he is extensively published in magazines and encyclopedias and is a Page Title frequent lecturer on the history and expertise of stringed instruments and bows, most recently at the Guadagnini exhibition Page Title in Parma, and at the 2011 VSA convention. Page Title

Michael Manning Page Title

Special Agent Michael Manning has been the lead criminal Page Title investigator in numerous complex, criminal investigations involving money laundering, trade fraud, human smuggling, child Page Title pornography, and forced child labor. S/A Manning has taught Cultural Property Investigations at the International Law Page Title Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Page Title Gary Lougee Page Title Mr. Lougee has been with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for eight years. In 2008, he became the lead Page Title Lacey Act program analyst for APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine division. He has addressed trade organizations, Page Title environmental groups, foreign delegations, foreign government officials and the UN FAO Trade and Timber Division. He created and updates the Declaration Form, the website, and guidance documentation.

Jean-Jacques Rampal Born in 1954, Jean-Jacques Rampal began his apprenticeship in Mirecourt in 1977 and went on to learn about estimation and expertise with instruments with Charles Beare. In 1983, he went to Paris to work with Etienne Vatelot, with whom he stayed for 15 years. In 1994 he was named Expert in Stringed Instruments for the Court of Appeal in Paris. In 1998 he took over Étienne Vatelot’s workshop. Jean-Jacques lectures on violin•making in Europe, Canada, Korea and Japan. Recognized as an international expert, he is called upon by many musicians and fellow violin- makers for his knowledge and to obtain certificates of Duane Rosengard Duane Rosengard studied double bass at the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has played in Page Title orchestras in Veracruz, Buffalo, Rochester, and, since 1986, in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Page Title

Page Title The results of his research in north Italian archives have been published in The Strad and Strings, the journals of the Violin Page Title Society of America and the International Society of Bassists, and Liuteria, Musica e Cultura. His first book, Cremonese Double Page Title Basses, was published in 1992. With Carlo Chiesa, he co-authored The Stradivari Legacy and contributed to Giuseppe Guarneri del Page Title Gesù. Other collaborative projects have included The Late Cremonese Violin Makers with Dmitry Gindin, the English language edition of Annibale Fagnola, Annibalotto Fagnola, Page Title Stefano Vittorio Fasciolo, Riccardo Genoveso, and updated entries for MGG and the Grove Dictionary. His book, Giovanni Battista Page Title Guadagnini (1711-1786): The Life and Achievements of a Master Maker of Violins, was published in 2000. In recent years, he has Page Title been working with Charles Beare and others on a study of Venetian stringed instrument makers. Page Title

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Page Title Chris Reuning Christopher Reuning became an apprentice violinmaker at the age of 12 at the House of Primavera in Philadelphia and continued his studies with Alfredo Primavera and Virgilio Capellini in Cremona, Italy. At 18, he founded Reuning & Son Violins with his parents in Ithaca, NY, taking over ownership of the business five years later. Chris credits his relationships with Dario D’Attili, the late Robert Bein, and Charles Beare with guiding him with his study of violin expertise. In 1994, Christopher relocated the business to Boston’s South End where it remains today. Christopher has curated exhibitions such as “Liutai in Brescia” in Brescia, Italy, 2007, and in Cremona, Italy “Cremona 1730-1750” in 2008 and “Carlo Bergonzi” in 2010. Christopher served as president of the AFVBM and is a former partner of Tarisio auctions. Isaac Salchow Isaac Salchow was born in San Francisco, California in 1972. At the age of 19 he moved to New York City to study bow making with his Page Title grandfather William Salchow and work in his shop. From the beginning of his career, he has looked to the great masters as a Page Title source of inspiration for making as well as historical research. Aside from making bows, Isaac does all of the expertise that carries Page Title the family name. He has taken part in various international exhibitions, most recently as exhibitor and speaker at the first ever Page Title François Xavier Tourte exhibition, which was organized by Paul Childs and hosted by the Royal Academy of Music in London. He Page Title recently took over the family business. Page Title Carla Shapreau Page Title Carla Shapreau has been a violin maker in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1970s. She serves on the boards of the AFVBM and Page Title the VSA, and is on the faculty at U.C. Berkeley, where she teaches a course on art and cultural property law and is engaged in musical Page Title cultural property research. Carla is the co-author of Violin Fraud, Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America Page Title (OUP). Page Title

Jan Strick Page Title Jan Strick is luthier and Expert to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Brussels. Together with his colleague, bow maker Pierre Guillaume, he has headed Maison Bernard for more than twenty years in the Arts district of the Sablon, in the heart of Brussels. Trained in France in the workshops of Michel Cune, Jean Bauer and Cognier Terrier, Jan Strick has acquired a comprehensive knowledge of European stringed instruments of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. He has particularly specialised in the provision of expertise and the study of instruments of the Flemish school

Gary Sturm Gary Sturm worked for thirty-four years to increase the scope of the Smithsonian Institution collections of musical instruments, with a special interest in the violin family. He joined the Smithsonian in 1975. Now Curator Emeritus, Gary was Chair of the Division of Musical Instruments, responsible for the preservation and study of 5000 instruments ranging from Tennessee fiddles to elegant French harpsichords, and served as Executive Director of the Page Title Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. He created more than a dozen Smithsonian exhibitions, and organized performance tours Page Title across North America, Germany, and Japan. Page Title

James Warren Page Title President and chief expert James Warren is one of the founders and past president of the Chicago School of Violin Making. He Page Title currently sits on the board of directors of that school and of the Violin Society of America. James has given lectures at the VSA, Page Title the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, the National Music Museum, and the Royal Academy of Music. He has also Page Title sponsored, co-sponsored, or contributed in some way to research on historic violin and bow makers that has been included in a Page Title wide selection of noted modern publications. Page Title

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