Looking to the future: the Isidore Quartet

Reassessing Paganini's Fifth Caprice

Nicolas Altstaedt Life Lessons

the Strad SINCE 1890 FEBRUARY 2026 VOL.137 NO.1630 thestrad.com Nicolò Amati HOW CT SCANNING A 1642 CELLO REVEALED THE SECRETS OF THE LEGENDARY MAKER'S WORKING METHODS Also inside Steven Isserlis on Schumann Preparing the ground coat