Torbjörn Zethelius
Torbjörn Zethelius is a graduate of the Violin Making School of America, Salt Lake City, USA. He has apprenticed at Stråkton Violin Ateliers in Stockholm, and with violinmaker Samuel Zygmuntowicz in Brooklyn, New York. He is a member of the professional associations The Swedish Violin- and Bow Maker's Association, SVSF, and Stockholm (musical) Instrument Makers, S.I.M.
I make instruments for discerning musicians and students, working in the Cremonese tradition.
One of my special interests is the study of violin design. This has led me to study the Renaissance - the religious ideas of that time and in particular the role of the musical instrument maker. The antique idea of the Music of the Spheres, Harmonia Mundi, was a central theme that could be visually symbolised through application of Euclidean geometry.
I combine these ideas to form a unified system which can provide a basis for the design of violins. Renaissance Man believed that everything was interconnected in a metaphysical way. I work from the theory that the violin was both a symbol of Man and the cosmos. In other words, it is a 'micro-cosmos'. The image of a living universe where Musica Mundana is a central theme become realised in the geometry of violins.
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| makes | instruments vln, vla, vlc |
| restores | instruments vln, vla, vlc |
| address | Pålsundsgatan 6 - 117 31 - Stockholm - Sweden |
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