Mittenwald: A Town Of Violin Makers

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Ask Olaf the Violinmaker

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker

Күн бұрын

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@FunCuber89
@FunCuber89 Жыл бұрын
Hi Olaf, to answer your question: To be accepted into the school you have to speak German at a certain level. This year, 12 people got accepted into the violin making class with multiple hundreds applying. Besides violin making, it also offers classes for plucked instruments, mostly guitars, woodwinds and brass. Thank you for the cool video!
@jpjay1584
@jpjay1584 22 күн бұрын
just 12 got accepted? dayumn!! no chance to get accepted. I wonder how many international students apply?
@ronmarkell4436
@ronmarkell4436 11 ай бұрын
This video is very informative. I’ve owned a Mittenwald violins for almost 50 years and wondered about the town where it came from. In my imagination I thought that the town was more rural and less populated. I had no idea of the rich cultural heritage that it possessed. Thank you for this wonderful video.
@bobansak2583
@bobansak2583 Жыл бұрын
For me the best part....Olaf showing his enthusiasm!
@bluehoo0
@bluehoo0 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time with this video. We were in Cremona this year and managed to get a tour of the Violin Making school there. Mittenwald is on our list of places to visit. I will try and get into the school there, possibly video if it’s allowed. They wouldn’t let me record videos in the Cremona school, although I did take some photographs. Some beautiful buildings in Mittenwald. Thanks again for the tour of Mittenwald.
@sueacord1678
@sueacord1678 Жыл бұрын
I was so happy to see this video. Mittenwald is the birthplace of my viola in 1959. It is so wonderful to see where your instruments come from. Beautiful landscape.
@AdriandeLima
@AdriandeLima Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the history, I play a violin from Mittenwald, it's great to learn a bit more about where it came from
@sgnt9337
@sgnt9337 Жыл бұрын
OMG can you imagine actually living there!!
@francoisvillon1300
@francoisvillon1300 Жыл бұрын
Скучно.
@McElhinney65
@McElhinney65 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos Olaf. Sehr interessant.
@robertberg588
@robertberg588 5 ай бұрын
Ich freue mich über deine Begeisterung. Wir haben Mittenwald letztes Jahr besucht, und ich verstehe warum du so aufgeregt bist. Beste Grüße aus Amerika.
@clontstable1
@clontstable1 9 ай бұрын
My last name is Clonts. My ancestor Hieronymus Glantz got off the boat in America from Germany in about 1722. Two generations before that the last name was Klotz. My ancestors are from the Klotz family.
@stevefranklin9176
@stevefranklin9176 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for this one Olaf. I live in Germany now and while close to Zurich, Mittenwald is not too far away from an Australian point of view.
@seaweed556
@seaweed556 Жыл бұрын
Just amazing ! Thank you for this beautiful history ! 😊
@shipsahoy1793
@shipsahoy1793 Жыл бұрын
Olaf, I love the travel videos, thanks!!
@Louise-zs9rl
@Louise-zs9rl Жыл бұрын
Olaf, Mittenvald is so picturesque and serene, it makes the uk look like pure chaos by comparison. Glad you are going back eventually as the violin school sounds pretty fascinating. It is good to see the violins scrolls wow how skilled those luthiers were then and now.
@anjinsanx44
@anjinsanx44 Жыл бұрын
Such a cultural treasure this city! Wish I can go there n Cremona! Excellent video enjoyed it much! Thx!
@shubus
@shubus Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this amazing tour, Olaf. Definitely a "must see" town in Bravaria.
@Wiwcac
@Wiwcac Жыл бұрын
Not sure which part of Germany my little workshop violin comes from - less sure which workshop because they certainly did not stamp or label it. Im still finding clues though. I think I found a tool mark under the scroll in the pegbox that says 67. My search continues.
@mabdub
@mabdub Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@SouthShine01
@SouthShine01 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos always put me in a good mood
@Jomaxp
@Jomaxp 2 ай бұрын
Either your of German, birth which considering you pronounced every German word perfectly right and honestly sound more like a German who has learnt English than an English man who has learned German, but in either way you’re incredibly good at it. I certainly haven’t hurt someone with that little German accent at the same time pronouncing every single German word correctly 10:49 I actually live in the area and while I’m really not fond of Bavarian architecture and culture which is why I usually don’t go in the Alps those violence are true masterpieces I don’t even know anything about the music that is made with them not do I have a great knowledge about music in general or about how violence is built but I can always indulge myself into beautiful handcrafted art if suit shoes, fruit like handcrafted bread and cheese, wine, pianos books or us here violins this to me built the positive opposite to the always growing wall of mass industry with decrease in quality standards and a message that everyone needs at least 10 things of the same kind. This whole quantity of quality thing is just something the mass industries are putting way too far and it is exactly what those small businesses work against and this is something I totally envyand very much respect
@jpjay1584
@jpjay1584 22 күн бұрын
I also heard that.
@agnidas5816
@agnidas5816 Жыл бұрын
10:25 ... when did we stop decorating buildings like this ? Such a shame ... It looked similar all across Europe and into Asian Russia even ... as the Germans went all the way to Siberia (on different occasions for different reasons) the culture of string instruments is very deep there. People are either into car modding or classical music. In Russia it was a general social rule to decorate your house. I assume it was the same in Germany. Russian royalty were often Swiss/German etc and also loved to bring advances from Europe - I assume they copied German art under decree. It was beautiful. Now we have concrete bunkers or everything black.
@nickiemcnichols5397
@nickiemcnichols5397 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the black and bunkers came from WW2. I live in the US, and it must be about the ugliest nation in the world. Why? Cars and trucks. Every city is built up for car traffic. Parking lots, massive ones, cover what used to be wild places and farms. We were sold a bill of goods by Henry ford and the oil moguls, and have virtually no mass transit. There are ugly billboards everywhere, hardly any trees or other plants, except in parks. Even most of our buildings are ugly. Most forests are gone. Development is rampant, we have suburban sprawl like you wouldn’t imagine. We even ruined one of the Hawaiian islands. There are only a few towns with pretty and functioning downtowns. Even our beaches….oh well, enough bitching. I’d love to live in Germany!
@donmacquarrie9161
@donmacquarrie9161 Жыл бұрын
I've found a copy of a 1713 "Stradivarius" imported to Canada by George Heinl and Co. with bow and coffin case for $8.00 at a thrift store. It says Made in Western Germany instead of the typical Made in West Germany - so I'm thinking it was made around 1945-50. I'm just learning about violin making yet it seems to be a very high quality instrument. The spruce top has very fine grain and runs straight and true and the maple back has a rich flame figure. Aside from not being signed - how can one tell if it made by a single craftsman -or mass produced and assembled by a "factory"? Would it be a Mittenwald violin because of the very fine grained spruce; or were there other west German centers of violin making? If it is made to the exact specs as a 1713 Strad; using high quality woods and the same manufacturing specs; why do they call these copies cheap student models??? Is not the end product EXACTLY like a brand new violin made by Stradivarius himself? Even the bow is made of Pernambuco wood!!! Of course I understand it's NOT a genuine Stradivarius million dollar violin....but to me the woods look like real treasure and very high quality worth much more than most $500 copies - it looks to be more in the $3-5,000 or $5-15,000 range. How can one tell? regardless- I'm so glad I rescued it. Heinl was a noted Canadian Luthier with substantial knowledge - so I'm leaning heavily that he would have imported higher quality instruments. At any rate I sure have learned a lot about Violin making this past week.....LOVE your videos Olaf and thanks for sharing your knowledge. Geez if I had life to live over again I think I should have been a violinist or maker......fascinating history and stories!!
@nskimharris
@nskimharris Жыл бұрын
They are so pointy!
@RobertMurry-s5o
@RobertMurry-s5o Жыл бұрын
I’m finding America has some amazing sounding native maples. Canada is known for maple syrup. Maine maple seems really age well.
@LordCarmesimXXVII
@LordCarmesimXXVII Жыл бұрын
Interesting how almost all instruments have Pirastro strings. It's Germany after all.
@randolphfriend8260
@randolphfriend8260 Жыл бұрын
🤎 🎉 🧡
@edwardsmith9914
@edwardsmith9914 Жыл бұрын
Do you speak German
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