Oct 2006, The Enso String Quartet
The New York based Enso String Quartet received their set of new instruments made by Harris & Sheldon.
The instruments were commissioned and are owned by Christopher Marshall, who has bought several
fine old instruments for loan to distinguished players.
Nigel went to the USA to deliver the instruments and do the final set up.
Four days and a broadcast recital later, the quartet went off on tour with their new instruments.
Reviews of the quartet sound have been very favourable. Christopher's confidence in fine
contemporary instruments has been justified.
For more about this interesting story, read:
'Good Vibrations' by Sally Blundell.
(New Zealand Listener).
The website for The Enso String Quartet is also well worth a visit.
String Quartet in E flat, Opus 51 by Dvorak, played by The Enso String Quartet.
May 2004, Nigel presents a paper at Newark.
'Lutherie 2004' at Newark. Nigel was invited to give a lecture on his paper, 'On graduating the thickness
of violin plates to achieve tonal repeatability'. The paper has been published in the Violin Society of America
journal called 'VSA Papers', and the BVMA newsletter.'
To read this article, please refer to our 'research' page.
Autumn 2003, Nigel is awarded PhD.
Nigel was awarded with a PhD in violin acoustics at The Institute of Sound & Vibration Research,
a department of the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science at Southampton University.
His thesis was titled, 'On the role of longitudinal string vibrations in the generation of violin sound.'
