History in jewels

Pink Floyd drummer placed these diamonds

Edwin and Valentin Surin create their own works of art for eternity.

(Bild: Imre Antal)

Master Surin and son Valentin keep a very special treasure in St. Pölten - a ring with "music history" 

Valentin is actually the master and I am his apprentice. Because my son brings his very own facets to our guild," says Edwin Surin, whose creations in gold, silver and other precious metals are in demand internationally, sparing no praise for his talented offspring.

In their small jewelry workshop in the heart of St. Pölten, where a dying craft is guarded like a treasure, the memory of a great in the music industry also resonates. Because one of the "stonesetters", who place tiny diamonds in rings with millimeter precision and under a microscope, was once one of the drummers in the world-famous British rock band Pink Floyd. "Through my friend, a professional colleague in Holland, I came into possession of coveted rings that the musician once worked on in his jewelry workshop," says Surin with delight.

A Pink Floyd drummer once put his hand on this ring.

(Bild: Imre Antal)

Arabic proverbs, unwritten history
"Gold does not lose its color in the fire," says an old Arabic proverb. "But the name of the drums has disappeared into the fog of unwritten history," Surin replies when asked about the drummer. His Dutch colleague is adamant not to reveal it.