I was at the Oberlin violinmakers workshop again this summer, sharing workbenches and ideas with sixty five talanted makers from around the world. With advances in measurement technologies and through a culture of free sharing of ideas and information, some gifted and...
Searching for the spirit of early craftsmanship. For many years I have been looking for ways to emulate the spirit of the craftsmanship that I see in the work of many of the Classic period violins. There is a liveliness and freshness in these early instruments which I...
I was lucky enough to hear my week old Strad model cello played at the world premier of a Song Cycle from the poetry of Wendell Berry, by the composer Clint Borzoni. This was a very special event, held in the one time home of photographer Ansel Adams. The house has...
Congratulations to Jung-Hsuan Ko who won the Assistant Principal seat at the Indianapolis symphony, just a couple of weeks after getting her new cello!
Santa Clara University Mission Church, 5/21/17 Paul plays his 2002 Carruthers cello. It's a Ruggieri model in maple. Bravo Paul!
Last Saturday, night I attended the viola and cello demonstrations at the Contemporary American Violin Makers Exhibition, put on by Metzler Violins, Los Angeles. It really is an impressive collection of high quality instruments at a wide range of...
I met Greg Olwell, a senior editor at Strings Magazine, at the 2014 Violin Society of America convention Indianapolis. He had an idea for a new magazine spot called "Tales of the trade" which would put "a spotlight the trade and the people involved in the art of the...
My latest rendition of the Ex-Korchanski Guarnieri Del Gesu violin
My latest rendition of the Ex-Kochanski Guarnieri Del Gesu violin
Greg Olwell from Strings Magazine recently came to visit. With his unerring instinct for investigative reporting, he soon uncovered this elephant in my closet….