Violoncello da Spalla
Not only classical music: from research to pure fun, through early music, jazz, pop and rock! Musical instruments, repertoire, accessories, technique, people... and everything about Violoncello da Spalla!
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 5, 2026
Latest issues
Come and meet us in Cremona this weekend! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="5894" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xohu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81d10e8e-4645-4143-9cc5-85b9c3464c04_2480x1003
Violoncello da Spalla strings update (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Sorry, this will be a long one. But it’s a serious issue, because without strings, there is no Violoncello da Spalla either. It was postponed several times, because it’s not easy to write about things you are so deeply involved with.<img alt="" class="s
Violoncello da Spalla strings around the 1960s (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In August we visited Bastian Muthesius, luthier in Berlin, and he welcomed us with a real treat! He showed us his uncle’s Violoncello da Spalla, made by his father Ingo in 1948. His uncle wanted a viola pomposa to play cello parts in a quartet, so to have a full standing quartet.<source
Two cool iconographies we were not aware of (opens the original)
Read excerpt
During our latest trip we went to visit Tilman Muthesius, luthier in Potsdam.He showed us his collection of iconographies concerning the Violoncello da Spalla, and there were two we were not aware of! He was so kind to share them with us.<source type="image/webp
On the road again! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
As promised, here a disclosure of our next trip, starting on Monday!I wanted to post you a simple image instead of many words, so I followed the suggestions of many and tried to get one from chat gpt:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1024" src="https:
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.