Master's Secrets

Care and Maintenance

Take care of your instrument in the best way possible!

Let's meet at Festival Bled, Slovenia in July 2023

Dear Friends,  I am really happy to tell you that I will take part at Festival Bled 2023! Let's meet in Bled, Slovenia, from the 9th to the 12th of July!  I will bring many Instruments (Violins, vi...

The Osmium Violin: a breathtaking Masterpiece of Craftsmanship and Luxury

The most precious violin ever created is here: discover the Osmium Violin

Let's meet @MusikMesse Nürnberg 2023

It has already been some years since I took part in a Music Trade show, so I decided to participate in the "Musik messe Nürnberg" from the 24th to the 26th of March 2023. My stand will be the BR12,...

Sound Investment: invest in a master made instrument!

Hello everyone and welcome back!  I am Edgar Russ from Cremona and I make high level instruments, handcrafted from the Italian capital of classical instruments!  Together with my higher quality ins...

What are Precision Pegs?

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!  If you are into violin making I suggest you take a look at my violinmaking academy that I filmed in summer 2021 and finally published for all of you to ...

Customer care is fundamental!

Hello everyone!  Today I wanted to show you how I take care of my instruments and customers! As an Italian violinmaker who handcrafts special instruments it is fundamental to me that the customer h...

Why do we use spruce for the top of our violins?

Hello and welcome back!  Today we will talk about why we use spruce for the top of our instruments! As usual, if you want to know more I suggest you to look at the video down below and subscribe to...

What can we learn from the GREAT masters?

Hello my friends and welcome back to a new blog post! Today we will continue the talk about the model (below you can find the video and HERE the blog post) I make my own instruments and my instrum...

Different Models and Moulds

Hello my friends,  Today we will talk about violin models (such as Guarneri, Stradivari, Montagnana) and why violinmakers seem to always work on the same model and never creating a new one.  It is ...