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Luis Leguia, cellist and pioneer of carbon fibre instruments has died, aged 89. Leguia had a wide-ranging career as a cellist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 44 years and as an inventor, notably designing carbon fiber instruments for Luis and Clark. Leguia was born in 1935 and was brought up by his mother, who [...]

Malte Schaefer, first principal violist of the philharmonic state orchestra in Mainz, has published a new video about this Luis & Clark Viola: "Two years ago I made a YouTube video with the title "Are carbon fibre string instruments good enough for professional use“? Here is the link to that video:    • Are Carbon fibre ...   Since then I [...]

Posted By: Michelle SchmidtPosted date: January 10, 2018 Read the original article HERE. Associate Professor of Music Miranda Wilson plays her carbon fiber five-string cello in her office on Friday, Jan. 5, at the University of Idaho in Moscow. You wouldn’t have heard one before now because cellos don’t have five strings; they have four. But this [...]

Read the article here: Boston Voyager SEPTEMBER 18, 2017Meet Luis, Stephanie, and Caroline Leguia of Luis and Clark in Milton BostonVoyager Staff BOSTONVOYAGER STAFF SHARE TWEET PIN Today we’d like to introduce you to Luis, Stephanie, and Caroline Leguia. Luis, Stephanie, and Caroline, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started [...]

Jasmine Beams is currenty the Solo Viola of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland - She reports "People in Finland are really impressed with the instrument! Not only in Finland have people been interested. I have been invited to give a workshop and concert at the National Music Conservatory of Jordan, and to speak specifically [...]

Congratulations to Anna Thompson, the winner of our $1000 raffle, celebrating the sale of our 1000th cello! Thank you for the picture, Anna!  

Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser playing their arrangement of I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons. Their Luis and Clark Cellos really shine in this video – both in sight and sound! And watch for the point about halfway through where they take their instruments swimming – only with the Luis and Clark can you [...]

Thomas Edison stumbled upon a carbon-fiber precursor while experimenting with lightbulb filaments in 1879. He superheated splinters of bamboo and produced strands of carbon that could withstand high temperatures and conduct electricity. Physicist Roger Bacon expanded on this process in 1958, creating "whiskers" roughly 10 times the tensile strength and more than three times the [...]

Link to The Strad Digital Masters UK-based duo 2Cellos tell Tim Woodall how the power of the internet took them from a single video upload to a six-album deal and stadium tour - Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic are featured in this month's The Strad magazine with their signature (and now famous) Luis and Clark [...]

Less than a year ago, a pair of Croatian cellists posted a YouTube video showing off their shredding, percussive take on the Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal." That almost immediately led to a multialbum deal with Sony Masterworks and a slot on an Elton John tour that continues through a two-month run in Las Vegas starting next month.

Last month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) opened the doors on the new 80,000 square foot Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Approximately 250 contemporary works are on display in the 7 galleries of the new wing, including one of Luis and Clark's very own Carbon Fiber Violins. In fact, the the Luis and Clark violin is the only instrument from the Museum’s musical instrument collection to be showcased in the exhibtions which aim to offer new perspectives and encourage connections between art of the present and past.

By Trish Crawford Entertainment Reporter Article and video originally from Toronto.com He’s known as Carbon Baby and he’s the sturdy delight of cellist Shauna Rolston. The sleek, black, modern-looking cello is such an integral part of Rolston’s performances that composer Douglas Schmidt has recently written a special work for the cellist and her instrument titledThe Devil’s Sweat (a “carbon concerto” for carbon cello and orchestra).

Luis and Clark, The leading manufacturer of concert-grade carbon-fiber stringed instruments marks the sale of their 1,000th Instrument. Milton, MA, August 2, 2011- July 29, Luis and Clark, maker of the worldʼs finest carbon-fiber stringed instruments, celebrated their 1,000th sale.