Chicago Violin Company
芝加哥提琴

A quality instrument is essential for any aspiring musician to flourish. However, the cost of a good violin let alone an exceptional one has inflated in the last century to the level of a collector’s item. Even musicians of the highest caliber struggle to afford the fundamental tools of their trade.  After witnessing the high cost of violins turn away potential musicians firsthand, we embarked on a journey to discover a means to craft a violin for the aspiring musician.

During our first decade, we studied with the Chicago-based legendary luthiers of the Becker* family to learn the essential elements of a quality instrument. Their extensive knowledge and experience lent a valuable starting point to understanding crucial steps of modern violin-making.

In addition to consulting modern instrument makers, we catalogued antique violins extensively. From Stradivarius to Guarneri del Gesu, we had the privilege of hand-examining and analyzing many priceless and rare violins over the years. The beautiful tone of these museum-quality instruments has long been viewed as mystical and irreplicable—however, through material and chemical analysis, we have been able to unravel some of the mystery and quantitatively identify the essential components of these violins that give them their rich sound.

After almost two decades of extensive research and apprenticeship with established luthiers, we are finally able to offer a new line of violins that borrows techniques from the past and the present. In many ways, our instruments are handcrafted in the way of the old masters—from painstakingly choosing the cut of wood to applying the varnish with a Kolinsky sable brush stroke by stroke, these violins are made with extensive care and detail at every step. Taking the process a step further, we combine the diligence of the old masters with modern techniques and decades of scientific research to ensure quality from instrument to instrument, allowing us to offer an exceptional violin at an accessible price.

Now presenting:
a violin that meets the standards of the future concert masters.

*The Becker family is not associated with Chicago Violin Company

一把卓越的樂器是每個有抱負的音樂人夢寐以求的。然而，一把好琴的價格在上個世紀已經膨脹到古董收藏品的等級，更不用說一把特別的小提琴了。即使是最頂尖的音樂家很難負擔得起交易他們的基本工具。在親眼目睹了小提琴的高昂成本讓潛在的音樂家望而卻步之後，我們踏上了尋找為有抱負的音樂家製作小提琴的方法的旅程。

在我們的第一個十年裡，我們向貝克*（Becker）家族的芝加哥傳奇制琴師學習，學習優質樂器的基本要素。貝克父子家族豐富的知識和經驗為理解現代小提琴製作的關鍵步驟提供了寶貴的起點。

除了與更多當代樂器製琴家交流，我們還對古董小提琴進行了廣泛的分類。從 史特拉底瓦里（Stradivarius）到 Guarneri del Gesu（耶穌・瓜奈里），多年來我們有幸親手檢查和分析了許多無價的稀有小提琴。長期以來，這些博物館級樂器的美妙音色一直被認為是神秘且不可複製的——然而，通過材料和化學分析，我們已經能夠解開一些謎團，並以定量數據來確定小提琴的基本組成部分，這些組成賦予了它們豐富的音色聲音。

經過近二十年的廣泛研究和與著名制琴師的學徒訓練，我們終於能夠提供借鑒過去和現在技術的新小提琴系列。在許多方面，我們的樂器都是按照古代大師的方式手工製作的——從煞費苦心地選擇木材的切割方式，到用 Kolinsky 西伯利亞貂毛筆刷一筆一筆地塗上清漆，這些小提琴的每一道工序都是經過精心製作和細節處理。更進一步，我們將古代大師的勤奮與現代技術和數十年的科學研究相結合，以確保每一把琴的質量，使我們能夠以合理的價格提供一把非凡的小提琴。

現在為您介紹：
一把符合未來演奏大師標準的小提琴

*貝克家族目前和芝加哥提琴公司無合作關係

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*Like a child, each violin is unique, with its individual nature and specific needs to truly flourish. Your representative may choose different accessories based on the specific needs of your instrument. All variables, from “source material” to “string tension” factor into the final price of each instrument.
每把提琴都如同孩子，擁有獨特的個性與特定的需求，唯有適切的照顧才能使其綻放光彩。根據樂器的具體需求選擇不同的配件，從「原材料」到「琴弦張力」，所有變數都會影響每把樂器的最終價格。