violin maker
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- noun
- /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn ˈmeɪkər/
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luthier
- Someday, he told himself, he would be a violin maker just like his father and grandfather.
- violin makers who know
Examples
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In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the violin maker Antonio Stradivari used a special wood that had grown in the cold period between 1645 and 1715.
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Until now, modern violin makers could only dream of wood with such tonal qualities.
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By 1600, violin makers had appeared in most of the major kingdoms of Europe.
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The first known great violin maker was Andrea Amati of Cremona.
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Jacob Stainer, the best German violin maker, never lived in Cremona, yet he possessed the "secret" of the Italian varnishes.
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Amati was the patriarch of the Cremonese violin trade, founding a family of violin makers that included his sons Antonio and Girolamo.
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The best description of Stradivari's methods was assembled over a lifetime of investigation by Simone Sacconi, a violin maker, restorer, and copier.
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The skilled violin maker carefully selected the wood to create a beautiful instrument.
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After years of practice, she finally became a renowned violin maker in her community.
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He consulted with a local violin maker to repair the damage on his favorite instrument.
Synonyms
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A person who makes and repairs musical instruments with strings like guitars and violins
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A person who builds or fixes violins by hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who makes or repairs violins' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'violin' (the instrument) with 'maker' (a person who produces something). This noun + maker compounding pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Violin maker shows a clear picture: a maker working on a wooden violin, carving the wood, fitting the strings and tuning the sound by hand. So, the phrase simply means 'a person who makes or repairs violins'.