A British Cannone is born
British top violinmakers David Rattray (Custodian of the RAM collection), Jonathan Woolston and Malcom Siddall took the opportunity of the temporary exhibition of the Cannone in London to study the violin and to take a copy of it.
The challenge was to make the Cannone in one week: mission accomplished, the violin is rich of del Gesù spirit!
The pictures
In the pictures [ left to right, top to bottom]: 1. Jonathan Woolstone showing the original Cannone and the copy of the back - 2. Malcom Siddall checking the neck root - 3. The working team: Malcom, Jonathan and David with Alberto Giordano - 4. David Rattray at work with the Cannone copy - 5. The team tuning up the copy - 6. The presentation to the public - 7. Violinist Peter Sheppard Skearved testing the copy