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Articles

Preparing the Ground by Gregg Alf
The Strad
, November, 2006 Strad

Modern Makers-The Prolific And Imaginative Maker: Gregg Alf
Journal of the American Viola Society
, Vol 22 Num 1, May, 2006 Viola Society

Master Chef
Strings, January, 2006 Strings

Acoustic Engineering: String Theory Meets Practice as Violinmakers Rethink Their Craft
Science, Vol 310, December, 2005 Science

More than strictly an Italian Job
LA Times, January, 2004 LA Times

Playing a Rembrandt
Detroit Free Press, December, 2002 Detroit Free Press

The Mysterious Technology of the Violin
American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Spring 2000 American Heritage

Instrument maker shares love of violin
Detroit News, November 2000Detroit News

News Release on Svetlin Roussev’s International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Fall 1999
Strings Magazine, Febraury/March 1999Strings

Catgut Acoustical Society
Vol 3, No. 2 (Series II), November, 1996

Violin Craftsman make World-class Instruments
Detroit News, December 31, 1995 Detroit News

Curtains for Cremona
The Strad, November, 1995 Strad

Brescia Revisited
The Strad, November, 1995 Strad

The Violin's Genius and Mystery
The Seatle Times, March 12, 1995 Seattle Times

Carvers, Shows... and People
Chip Chats, March, 1995 Chip Chats

Violin Hits the High Notes
The Strad, January, 1994 Strad

Strad Copy Sets Sotheby's Record
The Globe and Mail, November 5, 1993 Globe and Mail

No Longer Second Fiddle
Detroit Free Press, November 16, 1993 Detroit Free Press

Ann Arbor Violin Makers Celebrate New Era
The Ann Arbor News, November, 1993 Ann Arbor News

Classical CD Showcases Violin Made in Ann Arbor
The Ann Arbor News, August 19, 1991 Ann Arbor News

Ann Arbor Pair Copies Vintage Violin
The Detroit News, February 18, 1991 Detroit News

Stradivari's Heirs on Prospect Street
Ann Arbor Observer, July 1989Ann Arbor Observer

Alf & Curtin Luthiers
Ann Arbor Magazine, February 1986

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Lectures and Writings

Gregg's Varnish Lecture, Bulletin and Pictures
Southern California Association of Violin Makers, March, 2006

Making Castings of Stringed Instruments
Journal of The Violin Society of America, November, 1996

How Bowing a String Creates The Vibrations We Hear as Sound

The Bass Bar Frame Used by Curtin and Alf

Copying the 'Lady Stretton'
Strings Magazine, No. 40, January/February 1994

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Events

The Becket Collection
The Vivaldi Project , November, 2006

The Violin Society of America
Convention/Competition, November, 2006

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
September, 2006

Oberlin
Stringed instrument workshops, July, 2006

International Viola Congress
June, 2006

The American Violin
April, 2006

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Adventures

Northern Canada
Wood Expedition, April, 2000

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Links

American String Teachers
Canadian Viola Society
Casalmaggiore Festival
The Catgut Acoustical Society
Chamber Music Society
International Viola Society
Southern California Association of Violin Makers
The Strad
Strings Magazine
Sphinx
The Violin Society of America

Aspen School of Music
Baldwin-Wallace College
Bard
Berklee College of Music
Boston Conservatory
Bowling Green State University
Cleveland Institute of Music
DePaul University
Earlham College
Eastman School
Indiana University School of Music
Interlochen Arts Academy
International Violinmaking School
Julliard School
Manhattan School
Meadow Mount School
Michigan State University
New England Conservatory
Peabody Conservatory
Tennessee Tech University
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
University of Texas Austin
University of Western Ontario
University of Wisconsin Madison

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