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Lizabeth Jane Hella

Lizabeth Jane Hella is a graduate of Lawrence University Conservatory of Music and completed postgraduate work at the American Conservatory of Music. She has appeared as a soloist in her home state of Minnesota, as well as Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. She was the music consultant for the documentary film, “Some Kind of Hope,” and the news documentary, “At The Crossroads.” She is an avid Montana outdoorswoman, an accomplished violinist, and actress and has a background in sound healing.

▪ bio current as of 2019

Case Study of a 1935 Guitar by Cremonese Luthier Luigi Digiuni

2019
AL#136 p.42               
Massimo Maddaloni   Lizabeth Jane Hella   Giacomo Parimbelli                                                                                   

▪ From the time that the violin was invented, Cremona was the world center for the highest quality string instrument making, until it gradually became known for lower-quality mass production of fiddles. After its dark age, Cremona has more recently seen a renaissance of its lutherie heritage. This article looks at an unusual guitar made by a Cremonese luthier in the 1930s and sees echoes of the old masters in its design. Mentions Stradivari, Panormo, Fibonacci spiral, Archimedean spiral, golden ratio.