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Carving a shop sign
For some years I've dabbled in the graphic arts, designing business cards, web headers, even tee shirts and stickers. I've come to enjoy lettering in all forms: dashed off handwriting, Arabic script, cuneiform tablets, grand graffiti, painted pub signs, classic fonts...
A busman’s holiday. Building a nylon string guitar.
Luthierie in the time of Covid With the arrival of Corona Virus I realized that business would be slow for a while so I decided to take a little time out for some of the violin related projects that I could never quite find the time for. The idea of making myself...
Guitar building for violin makers – violin and guitar function compared
Guitars and fiddles have a lot of similarities and some major differences. Comparing the two is an interesting exercise which sheds some light on how each instrument works. Stringed instrument building is essentially concerned with two things:
The Five String Fiddle Conspiracy
Talking with Master Fiddler Brandon Godman some months ago, he asked me if I’d ever made a five string fiddle. I never had but I was intrigued. There are five string cellos and five string…..
Compare Strad, Ruggieri, Guadagnini model cellos
Because I offer several different cello models, one of the most frequent questions that I get is "what is the difference between them?". Recently I had a client visit with exactly that question and, as I happened to have three different models on...
I made the Sunday Paper!
I was honored to have the local paper come by and do a feature on me and my work. I think that I can now officially claim to have a "Lifestyle Business". You can read the the story online. Coincidentally they ran a story about Mira Stenger, my step daughter , in...
Los Angeles, Contemporary Violinmakers Show
I'm very much looking forward to participating in the Metzler violin shop's Third Annual Violin Makers Show and Sale. in Los Angels. This is an fabulous opportunity to see, play and hear a large collection of contemporary American instruments. I will be entering...
Heart and Soul. Strings Magazine article
Here's a little piece about plate carving that I wrote for Strings Magazine. Luthier Andrew Carruthers on the Heart & Soul of Violin Making JANUARY 3, 2019 What’s your favorite part of the process of making an instrument? For me, carving the back and top plates...
Musica Marin. A world premier composition, and a brand new cello
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...