30:
22:
102:
in southern Sweden. It became clear to him that the size was right for an instrument such as a violin. The rock came from his grandfather's tombstone, which had been discarded after a joint family grave had been established. What made
Widenfalk start to work on a violin was the desire to discover how
128:
of the violin is 2.5 mm (0.098 in) thick. It was made with highest precision and constructed with sound-holes, back and graceful scroll. The ribs (sound box wall) were made in one piece by first sawing out a 30 mm (1.2 in) thick plate shaped to form the external violin contour.
115:
with a dense and finely crystalline structure. The rock used for the belly and neck of the violin is about 1.6 billion years old. However, the source tombstone was not large enough for the whole violin. Therefore, the back plate was made of another stone, a porphyritic diabase, about
120:
in south central Sweden. The stone violin is constructed to the designs of
Stradivarius, but it uses Widenfalk's own technical modifications to allow it to be played. It weighs 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) and took two years to construct, being completed in 1992.
149:. Precision bonding of the sound box parts was done using two component glue and the neck secured with two silvered steel pins where it joins the body. The
133:
and machined with hand tools to create a thin rib, no more than a couple of millimetres thick at its thinnest point. The interior of the box was
188:
composed music specifically for the instrument. The music's first public performance on the
Blackbird took place in the Swedish Pavilion at the
244:
and Lars
Widenfalk art exhibition in Linneanum, Botanical Garden, Uppsala 2009, includes a 30-second segment of a performance on the violin.
103:
far stone, in this case diabase, could be pushed as an artistic material, and he turned it into the world's first playable stone violin.
450:
518:
95:. Each rock has a unique composition so they vibrate in different manners, producing a sound characteristic to that type of rock.
98:
In 1990 Widenfalk acquired a small diabase block of high quality and blackness. It probably came from the quarries of northern
176:, a much softer stone and easier to process than diabase, and weigh between 3.6 and 6.5 kilograms (7.9 and 14.3 lb).
59:(Stradivarius), but with technical modifications to allow it to be played. The violin was conceived and designed by the
513:
87:
was working on big diabase blocks destined to form part of the artistic embellishment of the
Norwegian TV building in
297:
399:
154:
498:
464:
348:
29:
185:
373:
189:
150:
169:
56:
21:
241:
197:
237:
130:
68:
403:
474:
165:
84:
64:
507:
417:
117:
112:
380:
142:
492:
209:
33:
The bridge is of yellow mammoth ivory, symbolising the blackbird's yellow beak
499:
Blackbird: The Story of The
Blackbird Violin from Epizootics of the Blowhole
352:
233:
221:
125:
486:
305:
449:. Varden. Kultur. 5. June 2005. Skien/Oslo. 2005. Page 42. (Norwegian)
421:
393:
158:
134:
52:
229:
173:
161:, the yellowest available, symbolising the blackbird's yellow beak.
99:
92:
60:
48:
83:
The idea of constructing a musical instrument from stone came when
217:
213:
205:
193:
146:
28:
20:
225:
201:
138:
88:
473:. Magasinet Herjedalen. Vinter/vÄr 2012. Page 62-69. (Swedish)
406:- Art exhibition in Linneanum, Botanical Garden, Uppsala 2009
204:. Since then, it has been played in many places including
384:. (in Norwegian). 16 October 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
116:1.9 billion years old, from the province of
172:has made some stone violins. They are made from
164:The Blackbird is not the only stone violin; the
16:Full-size playable violin made of black diabase
463:(tabloid) 1. February 2005. Page 5. (Dubai)
196:. In the same year the violin was blessed by
8:
292:
290:
495:: Violinist Guo Jia Yin plays the Blackbird
493:Blackbird the Black Stone Violin - YouTube
263:
261:
259:
257:
440:Svenska tonsÀttare: Sven-David Sandström.
282:Lars byggde en fiol av morfars gravsten.
253:
271:Magasinet Herjedalen. Vinter/vÄr 2012.
67:. It was named 'Blackbird' after the
7:
471:Lars Widenfalk skulptör utan grÀnser
269:Lars Widenfalk skulptör utan grÀnser
129:Then the inside was removed using a
338:Dagens Nyheter. (swedish newspaper)
14:
487:Blackbird: The Black Stone Violin
416:larsholmkonst (11 January 2010).
240:. A video from Face II Face, the
349:"As a work of art it is unique"
397:- Lars Holm and Lars Widenfalk
1:
457:As a work of art it is unique
284:(unknown: Swedish newspaper)
75:) because of its coloring.
535:
447:Reiste seg etter hĂŠrverket
153:is formed from a piece of
47:, is a full-size playable
519:Swedish contemporary art
280:Ljungaeus, Diana. 1991.
334:Wallgren, MĂ„ns. 1992.
34:
26:
184:The Swedish composer
32:
24:
442:Stockholm: Atlantis,
438:Broman, Per F. 2012.
325:Broman, Per F. 2012.
186:Sven-David Sandström
25:The violin Blackbird
336:Vãlsignad av pÄven.
111:Diabase is a black
514:Individual violins
402:2012-07-24 at the
302:www.janrericha.com
57:Antonio Stradivari
55:after drawings by
45:Black Stone Violin
43:, also called the
35:
27:
355:. 1 February 2005
198:Pope John Paul II
190:1992 Seville Expo
526:
489:(Lars Widenfalk)
426:
425:
413:
407:
391:
385:
375:Spiller pÄ stein
371:
365:
364:
362:
360:
345:
339:
332:
326:
323:
317:
316:
314:
313:
304:. Archived from
294:
285:
278:
272:
265:
69:common blackbird
534:
533:
529:
528:
527:
525:
524:
523:
504:
503:
483:
435:
433:Further reading
430:
429:
415:
414:
410:
404:Wayback Machine
392:
388:
372:
368:
358:
356:
347:
346:
342:
333:
329:
324:
320:
311:
309:
298:"Marble Violin"
296:
295:
288:
279:
275:
266:
255:
250:
182:
109:
81:
17:
12:
11:
5:
532:
530:
522:
521:
516:
506:
505:
502:
501:
496:
490:
482:
481:External links
479:
478:
477:
467:
455:Kalsi, Jyoti.
453:
443:
434:
431:
428:
427:
408:
386:
366:
340:
327:
318:
286:
273:
252:
251:
249:
246:
181:
178:
108:
105:
85:Lars Widenfalk
80:
77:
65:Lars Widenfalk
51:made of black
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
531:
520:
517:
515:
512:
511:
509:
500:
497:
494:
491:
488:
485:
484:
480:
476:
472:
469:Yman, Bosse.
468:
466:
462:
458:
454:
452:
448:
445:Tovik, Arne.
444:
441:
437:
436:
432:
423:
419:
412:
409:
405:
401:
398:
396:
390:
387:
383:
382:
378:
376:
370:
367:
354:
350:
344:
341:
337:
331:
328:
322:
319:
308:on 2012-12-02
307:
303:
299:
293:
291:
287:
283:
277:
274:
270:
267:Yman, Bosse.
264:
262:
260:
258:
254:
247:
245:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
179:
177:
175:
171:
167:
162:
160:
156:
155:mammoth ivory
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
127:
122:
119:
114:
106:
104:
101:
96:
94:
90:
86:
78:
76:
74:
73:Turdus merula
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
41:
31:
23:
19:
470:
460:
456:
446:
439:
420:– via
418:"FACEtoFACE"
411:
395:Face II Face
394:
389:
379:
374:
369:
357:. Retrieved
343:
335:
330:
321:
310:. Retrieved
306:the original
301:
281:
276:
268:
183:
163:
123:
113:igneous rock
110:
107:Construction
97:
82:
72:
44:
39:
38:
36:
18:
381:Aftenposten
180:Performance
170:Jan ĆeĆicha
145:is made of
143:fingerboard
79:Inspiration
508:Categories
461:Gulf News.
312:2012-08-30
248:References
238:Washington
210:Luxembourg
118:HĂ€rjedalen
353:Gulf News
242:Lars Holm
234:Stockholm
222:Nuremberg
168:sculptor
126:sound box
40:Blackbird
400:Archived
131:waterjet
422:YouTube
159:Siberia
63:artist
61:Swedish
53:diabase
359:24 May
230:Prague
174:marble
151:bridge
141:. The
135:gilded
93:Norway
49:violin
218:Milan
214:Monza
206:Dubai
194:Spain
166:Czech
157:from
147:ebony
137:with
100:SkÄne
465:html
451:html
361:2018
236:and
226:Oslo
202:Rome
139:gold
124:The
89:Oslo
37:The
475:pdf
200:in
192:in
510::
459:.
351:.
300:.
289:^
256:^
232:,
228:,
224:,
220:,
216:,
212:,
208:,
91:,
424:.
377:.
363:.
315:.
71:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
