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George Stoppani
George Stoppani is a violin maker, string maker and violin acoustic researcher based in Manchester. He has been at the forefront of violin acoustics since the late 1990s and through his outreach helped a generation of violin makers built better violins, violas and cellos.

George Stoppani studied Literature and Music at York University before turning to instrument making in the mid-seventies. His early work, mostly with period instruments, led to his founding "Real Guts” a quasi-cooperative gut string manufacturing venture, which he continues to run. Based on the study of paintings from Claudio Monteverdi's time, he built the Monteverdi violins that were performed on by the Gabrieli Consort & Players.

Stoppani builds mainly modern violins, but has also made cellos and basses. His deep interest in the acoustics of violin-family instruments led him to write software for modal analysis and other sophisticated acoustical measurements. An invited speaker at the SMAC13 conference in Stockholm, he has given talks at numerous workshops and conferences in the United States and Europe, and has written for the Strad magazine and the CAS journal. Stoppani is based in Manchester, England, but frequently collaborates internationally with other makers such as Samuel Zygmuntovicz to whose Strad3D project he contributed and researchers such as Jim Woodhouse, Claudia Fritz and Colin Gough with all of whom he has co-authored scientific research papers.

Most recently George Stoppani was involved in the Bilbao Project which uses the technology of CNC machining, scientific analysis and blind listening to understand how the thickness of the plats impacts sound and playability of the violin.

Noteworthy publications:

Stoppani G, 2013 Acoustic Measurements in the workshop. In: SMAC2013, (Stockholm pp 16-23)

Stoppani G, "Strange Beast" Amati Five String Cello, The Strad, Feb 2009, Page 38.

Stoppani G, "Basque to the Future", The Strad, Sept 2017, Page 46-53

The Acoustics and Historic Development of String Instruments by George Stoppani & Colin Gough

External Links:
https://www.youtube.com/@oberlinacousticsworkshop9137/videos