![]() Read: Trade secrets: bending the slope on a viola da gamba back Read: Baroque Set-up: In a Land without Rules Read: Converting an instrument to Baroque set-up Many have paid tribute to Monical on social media, with John Moran - the American musician and musicologist specializing in historically informed performance - describing him as a ‘giant’ in his field. Monical owned a violin shop on Staten Island in New York City, to which violinists and Baroque players travelled from all over the world to have their instruments repaired and adjusted. Well-known in the US, Monical was an expert on bowed string instruments, particularly those of the Baroque period, having worked with viol maker Dietrich Kessler - an important figure for those at the forefront of the early music movement - in London in the 1960s. ![]() ![]() The New York restorer of bowed string instruments William Monical has died of unstated causes.
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