[樂器] 提琴製作大師 David Gusset 介紹

David Gusset  http://www.gussetviolins.com/gallery.htm

Born in San Francisco in 1951. 

Began studies of violin playing and art at the age of six.

1974 - May, 1977, early alumnus and graduate of the School of Violin Making in Salt Lake City, Utah under Paul Hart and Peter Prier.

1977 through 1978, employed as a violin restorer in the San Francisco workshop of Frank Passa, former pupil of Simone Fernando Sacconi. 

1979, opened own workshop in San Francisco. 

1990, moved family and business to Eugene, Oregon.

Since 1989, owner and restorer of the historic c. 1870 "A.V. Peters House", a landmark of architectural and historical significance in the state of Oregon and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

為唯一拿到義大利克里蒙納提琴製作比賽小提琴金牌的美國人
被譽為美國的"史特拉底瓦里"

Awards and Honors:
First Prize/Gold Medal for violin making at the 1985 "Antonio Stradivari" International Triennial Violin Making Competition in Cremona, Italy. Instrument acquired for permanent display in the Antonio Stradivari Museum in Cremona, Italy. (First prize out of 212 violins from 31 countries... the only American to ever win this honor.)

Simone Fernando Sacconi Award (special award among all 339 instruments from 31 countries) for "the instrument most representative of classical Cremonese ideals", Stradivari Triennial Competition. Cremona, Italy 1985.

First Prize for cello making at the violoncello making competition sponsored by the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers in conjunction with the 1986 American Cello Congress, Bloomington, Indiana.

Also -- Three gold medals in international violin making competitions sponsored by the Violin Society of America, 1978 - 1980.

Designated hors concours by the Violin Society of America, 1984.

Prize winner at violin making competitions at New York's Lincoln Center, 1984; Bronze Medal in Paris, France International 1991 and prize for workmanship at 1st Louis Spohr International competition in Kassel, Germany, 1983.

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