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Grubaugh & Seifert cello, 2012, Petaluma | Metzler Violins

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Grubaugh & Seifert cello, 2012, Petaluma | Metzler Violins

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Code: CL-S207-1

“The back is formed from a single piece of willow and is marked with various small pin knots and other irregularities and a ‘cut off marching pin’ located in the center between the upper corners. The willow wood of the sides is similar to that of the back while the head is of beech wood and has been grafted to the maple neck. The table is spruce with medium grain in the center becoming broader at the flanks. The varnish is a burnt-orange-brown color over an almond ground and has been slightly worn back and antiqued in simulation of age. The instrument was made on the pattern of Giuseppe Guarneri fillies Andrea and worked vigorously in the manner of Giuseppe del Gesu circa 1735. This instrument is in an excellent condition.”

Length of back: 735 mm

Upper bouts: 358 mm

Middle: 242 mm

Lower bouts: 441 mm

GRUBAUGH & SEIFERT are Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert ; working partners for more than 40 years. They have been  making and restoring violin family instruments in Petaluma, California in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1980 where they also raised their two children. Sigrun started her studies in violin making at the Mittenwald School of Violin Making in 1972 and graduated in 1976. Joseph graduated from Conservatory of Music at UOP in 1972 , before beginning his apprenticeship  as a violin maker.  In 1977, both met at the Weisshaar shop where Sigrun had already worked for a year. 
 
Moving to San Francisco in 1979 we were soon commissioned to make a violin working together. This first effort fortified our mutual respect and strengthen our partnership. Because of this trust, we continue to work unaided. We have found that collaborating is not just dividing up the work but rather each giving ourselves over completely to the task at hand.”
 
Along with many other awards, Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert are the recipients of 5 Gold and 4 Silver medals for their work together at VSA competitions. They achieved VSA Hors Concours status in 1998 elevating them out of competition. Both are members of the AFVBM and have been judges at VSA and other International Competitions. Both have lectured and written articles. Joseph has  often been an instructor at the VSA Oberlin Violin Making Workshop. They are known for thought-out and respectful restoration and in that vain have also had the honor to have been commissioned to recreate missing components on many venerated older instruments.  The largest percent of their time however is spent making violins, violas and cellos in “near new” and “antiqued” styles, always inspired by classical design and techniques. They choose to work on models based on sound and player comfort. Some of the  instruments they make are in lending collections and many are played by leading players in major orchestras and quartets.
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“The back is formed from a single piece of willow and is marked with various small pin knots and other irregularities and a ‘cut off marching pin’ located in the center between the upper corners. The willow wood of the sides is similar to that of the back while the head is of beech wood and has been grafted to the maple neck. The table is spruce with medium grain in the center becoming broader at the flanks. The varnish is a burnt-orange-brown color over an almond ground and has been slightly worn back and antiqued in simulation of age. The instrument was made on the pattern of Giuseppe Guarneri fillies Andrea and worked vigorously in the manner of Giuseppe del Gesu circa 1735. This instrument is in an excellent condition.”

Length of back: 735 mm

Upper bouts: 358 mm

Middle: 242 mm

Lower bouts: 441 mm

GRUBAUGH & SEIFERT are Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert ; working partners for more than 40 years. They have been  making and restoring violin family instruments in Petaluma, California in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1980 where they also raised their two children. Sigrun started her studies in violin making at the Mittenwald School of Violin Making in 1972 and graduated in 1976. Joseph graduated from Conservatory of Music at UOP in 1972 , before beginning his apprenticeship  as a violin maker.  In 1977, both met at the Weisshaar shop where Sigrun had already worked for a year. 
 
Moving to San Francisco in 1979 we were soon commissioned to make a violin working together. This first effort fortified our mutual respect and strengthen our partnership. Because of this trust, we continue to work unaided. We have found that collaborating is not just dividing up the work but rather each giving ourselves over completely to the task at hand.”
 
Along with many other awards, Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert are the recipients of 5 Gold and 4 Silver medals for their work together at VSA competitions. They achieved VSA Hors Concours status in 1998 elevating them out of competition. Both are members of the AFVBM and have been judges at VSA and other International Competitions. Both have lectured and written articles. Joseph has  often been an instructor at the VSA Oberlin Violin Making Workshop. They are known for thought-out and respectful restoration and in that vain have also had the honor to have been commissioned to recreate missing components on many venerated older instruments.  The largest percent of their time however is spent making violins, violas and cellos in “near new” and “antiqued” styles, always inspired by classical design and techniques. They choose to work on models based on sound and player comfort. Some of the  instruments they make are in lending collections and many are played by leading players in major orchestras and quartets.
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