Eduardo Castaño Nogueras "SYL" violin, op. 35, Querétaro 2025 | Metzler Violins

even, bright, full
 
About the Instrument
This violin has a consistent sweetness and resonance across registers. The umber varnish is over a golden ground. Its medium flames fall across the center joint of the two-piece back in a diagonal fashion, giving it the appearance of a single piece. Somewhat lighter flames run along the ribs and the scroll is of a plainer wood. This instrument is modeled on a violin made by Carlo Bergonzi in 1735, also known as the “Perlman, Kreisler” violin for its previous owners. The luthier has lovingly antiqued and shaded this instrument to honor the original upon which is it modeled.

Interior label reads: “Eduardo Castaño Nogueras / Luthería Castaño ‘SYL’ / op: 35 vn anno: 2025”
Length: 353 mm
Upper Bouts: 165 mm
Middle: 108 mm
Lower Bouts: 204 mm

About the Maker
Eduardo Castaño Nogueras is a contemporary luthier who was born in Okayama, Japan and now works in Querétaro, México. First studying music at the age of five, taking up cello at fourteen, learning from his grandfather. As a teenager, Castaño Nogueras began attending La Escuela de Laudería de México (Violin Making School of Mexico) in the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in Querétaro in 2008 and graduated in 2013. While at student at La Escuela de Laudería and after his graduation, Castaño Nogueras stayed in Mendoza, Argentina to apprentice under the luthier Agustín Rosso at his atelier. Castaño Nogueras also lived in Cremona, Italy, working under the tutelage of Sebastián Ribes and Marianne Jost in their workshop. The next year, Castaño Nogueras worked at Atelier Kimura in Tattori, Japan under the shop’s master luthier Tetsuya Kimura. Castaño Nogueras now lives in Querétaro, Mexico where he crafts fine stringed instruments.