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我于1976年在英国纽瓦克小提琴制作学校开始接受培训。那是一段美好的经历，也是我求知欲萌芽的地方。能与当今一些弦乐器领域的权威专家（罗杰·哈格雷夫、约翰·迪尔沃斯、朱莉·里德·耶博阿、约瑟夫·斯里夫特、马尔科姆·西德尔和安妮·胡赛）同班学习，课堂氛围充满了对小提琴制作的无限热情。
我对弦乐器的兴趣和热情源于我的教父乔·萨克。正如我在有声书《晨光永不落幕》中所描述的那样，点击此处收听。 （第七章——木质谐音）
Joe was a fine cellist and music critic of the well known Rand Daily Mail.
He used to arrange chamber music gatherings at his home and I as a five year old would come to those evening soirées in my pajamas to listen to the wonderful visiting soloists that came out to South Africa in the 1960's.
He was very knowledgeable about fine old instruments (owning a David Tecchler cello) and enthralled me with his playing, sharing his insights as to the different tonal characteristics of each cello that he played on.
With my first cello having begun lessons with Joe.
Photo below taken on a visit to Joe a couple of weeks before he passed away at age 93.
我的职业生涯： 离开纽瓦克后，我选择全身心投入到乐器制作中，并有幸将我的乐器销往世界各地。（美国、加拿大、英国、德国、台湾、韩国、智利、日本、新西兰、新加坡、纳米比亚和南非。）
我的模型： 随着我理解的加深，我会不断调整细节。这一切都是为了追求音色上的美感。我会详细记录我制作的所有乐器：琴身弧度、厚度、重量等等。因此，当我回顾这些年的作品时，我可能会喜欢15年前制作的一把小提琴的低音区，并将其与5年前制作的同等品质的小提琴进行比较，看看是否有任何对应的尺寸，并将这种关联应用到我当前的乐器上。
这一切之所以能够实现，是因为我始终坚持使用同一套乐器制作“系统”。 在最后的精加工阶段，我会根据每块木材的密度和音色特性进行专门的调整。
Varnish: Varnish: I have taken many hours off from my regular workshop time to further my research, realizing that to get close to Cremonese instruments is only possible using 17th century materials.
This led me on a wonderful adventure: constructing a primitive distilling plant, making traditional Indian Yellow (collecting urine from cows fed on mango leaves), contacting Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens about " Weld" and going into the mountains in search of this plant, stopping on the highway at night to pick an aloe leaf.
After all this research I am now using a varnish made entirely from authentic natural materials. For the actual varnish, I cook it myself which is made from sun thickened Walnut oil, spruce tree resin with small amounts of Mastic. For color, I prefer on my latest instruments several different cocheneal and sandalwood lakes all being hand ground into the varnish on a slab of glass.
My varnish has a soft 'waxy' appearance, and has a lovely texture.
email: brian.lisus@icloud.com Phone: + (1) 805-4039475