The violin 'Schleske Opus 303' from 2020 is made of an extraordinary wood. Thanks to a great stroke of luck, we came across a log of Kauri wood that is over 30,000 years old from a raised bog in New Zealand. This wood, of which we were given a few pieces, is now considered a World Heritage Site.
The wood has tremendous resonance properties. It is a special responsibility and honor to make a violin out of it. The sound of this violin surpasses everything we have created so far.
We still have unique pieces of this extraordinary wood for a few other violins, violas and cellos that will be made in our workshop over the next few years. We look forward to your candidacy for one of these instruments.
- Violin Opus 303
Description: Soloist Class. Top and back plate are surrounded by a solid maple edge. Model: Own Model. Back plate from a 30.000 year old wood (New Zealand). Top plate from an exceptional northitalian singer's tree. Dedication: Isaja 40:31.
The tone color and resonance profile of the 'Schleske Opus 303' are based on a famous Antonio Stradivarius from 1721. The 'Schleske Opus 303' has yet another register of solo authority and tonal power. Playing on an instrument whose wood grew many millennia ago gives a sense of awe. (The instrument is already sold.)
We still have individual pieces of this extraordinary wood for some further violins, violas and cellos, which we will create in our workshop in the next few months.
- 30,000 year old wood
- The 30,000 year old wood of our violin Opus 303 comes from a raised bog in New Zealand.
- Resonance Profile of Stradivarius (anno 1721) in Comparison with Schleske Op.303 (anno 2020).
- Violin by Antonio Stradivari (anno 1721) in our acoustic laboratory.
Figure: Measuring the sound radiation of our reference violin, an instrument made by Antonio Stradivari in the year 1721, in the acoustic laboratory of our violinmaking workshop. We use sound analysis to understand the sound radiated by the violin's eigenmodes of vibration. The resonance profile is determined by measuring transfer functions being obtained by the ratio of sound pressure p divided by force F as function of frequency f (x-axis) and radiation angle around the instrument. As a result, the resonances of the instrument show up as peaks in the spectrum.