Category: News

A singer in a white outfit performs on a football field, with musicians playing string instruments seated behind her and a stadium full of spectators in the background.

Offbeat Super Bowl

August 7, 2026

Instruments, News, Off-Beat Violins, Uncategorized

Coco Jones and the Color of Noize delivering the black national anthem, "Lift every heart and sing", at the 2026 Super Bowl in San Francisco. […]

The Silakowski Five-String Project

June 7, 2025

Trips, Violin, Violin Making

John Silakowski (1949-2022) was a violinmaker in Scottsburg, Indiana. He was the first violinmaker to make purpose built five-strings for fiddlers. He was quite productive […]

Cutting Wood for Violin and Cello Tops

August 1, 2023

Trips, Violin Makers, Violin Making

Last month I had the opportunity to fill a gap in my luthier's education. Even during the Redwood Violin project where I made a violin […]

Mexico. A short trip with a violin in a box

July 18, 2023

Trips, Violin Makers, Violinabox

As part of the Violinabox project I carried the violin down to Mexico. The first stop was to visit Damian Stoppani, one of the most […]

Passion Project. Violinmaking video by Definition Films

March 14, 2023

Media, News, Videos

Definition Films is a young video production company in Santa Rosa. About five years ago the founder, Justin Liddell, asked if they could film me […]

Off-Beat in the Strad Magazine

March 14, 2023

Media, News, Off-Beat Violins, Uncategorized

Strad Magazine (March 2023) published an article on my Off-Beat Violins There's some online companion material , and the full online feature for subscribers