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Published: 2013-10-24 10:28:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 634; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Violins at the luthier's shop. A luthier is a violin maker and repairs violins, violas, cellos and double basses. Sometimes also lutes and guitars. This is at a shop in Geneva.Related content
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Thanks Anthony! This is literally what you see when you look up in the shop as the violins are all hanging from the ceiling by their crooks. It's a small shop front and every imaginable space is taken up with violins, violas and cellos.
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I am guessing this shop smells wonderful
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I must admit, it's not so much the smell, as it's a Swiss shop and is therefore spotless. But I love going in there. The wood, the curves of the instruments, it's all so wonderful! Also the luthier himself just belongs there. A very kind, gentle person who could easily have been in the same place and in the same business 300 years ago. And the storefront is an old building on a side street that has been there for more than a 100 years, I'm sure. It's kind of like stepping back in time in a way.
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that is how it should be I'm sure. it should be an old shop with an old man though I hope there are younger people learning the arts so they don't die out
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this particular luthier has an active apprentice program, as do other instrument repair shops in Geneva so not to worry, the tradition will certainly continue!
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