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The Hubert Schwyzer Quartet
Hubert Schwyzer was a kind and gentle human being, loved by all who knew him. A remarkably selfless philosopher, his work was motivated solely by the desire to win his way to philosophical insight and understanding.
In spring 2007, Westmont College in Montecito, California,
commissioned the construction of the Hubert Schwyzer quartet, with
the intention of keeping these instruments in residence in perpetuity
in the music department for use in faculty and student concerts. The debut concert with the Hubert Schwyzer Quartet will be held at Deane Chapel at Westmont College on Nov. 20, 2009 at 8:00PM.
The quartet consists of a cello, viola, and two violins, all
patterned after the same maker, in this case Antonius Stradivarius.
In order to achieve visual and tonal unity, the wood itself and the
varnish was matched throughout. Bosnian maple, cut from adjacent
sections of the same handsomely figured stem was used to shape the
back, ribs and neck of the instruments. Select rare curly figured
German spruce (Haselfichte), similarly matched, forms the
bellies of the set.

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