Word: moennig
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Telling. The U.S., too, has its liutai. Standouts: Wisconsin's Carl Beck er, Philadelphia's William Moennig & Son, Manhattan's Simone Sacconi. It also has such well-grounded amateurs as New York's Norman Pickering, who makes stringed instruments when he is not developing fine components for high-fidelity machines. By use of electronic devices, he has isolated dozens of "resonance systems" which give violins their unique sound. To work out his finished instruments' initial "tightness" of tone, he uses a mechanical generator that vibrates the bridge. But most professionals simply get students to play...
Russia's David Oistrakh to William Moennig Jr. during his U.S. visit: "I'd love to play one of your violins in my concerts, but I must use a Strad. Otherwise, if I made a mistake, people would blame it on the instrument...