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Pernambuco wood and CITES
Vito Vissicaro
July 29, 2022
10:06 am
Dear String professional, Classical music as we know it is facing an existential threat when CITES’ Conference of the Parties (Cop19), meets this coming November
Trick to Remove Pearl Slide
Vito Vissicaro
April 28, 2022
12:41 pm
Stubborn Slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDHnW83DLuM&t=8s Don’t lose your mind over a stuck pearl slide.
Pernambuco History
Vito Vissicaro
January 26, 2021
7:57 pm
Introduction The ceaseless exploitation of brazilwood (caesalpinia echinata Lam., known in the bow business as Pernambuco wood) on the coast of Brazil between 1501 and
Bow Design
Vito Vissicaro
January 25, 2021
5:30 pm
Selection of Pernambuco for Exceptional Bows Pernambuco is renown for its use in the making of violin bows. But after being first discovered in 1500