Almost exactly two years ago, at a violinmaker's show in Berkeley CA, I met Musician and Videographer, Chip Curry. Chip Suggested that he make a short movie about violin making, He came to stay for a week and divided his time between chatting, filming and training...
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!
A month in Mexico. In the pursuit of a deeper knowledge, in the hope of recharging the creative batteries, and for a simple love of travel, I spent October in Mexico with violin maker Maestro Ernesto Ramirez. In his beautiful workshop in Tepotzlan, near Mexico City,...
I have received a lot of concerned inquiries about how I fared during the terrible fires in Santa Rosa. I have been very fortunate: my immediate family myself, and my house and workshop have come through unscathed. It happens that I am in Mexico at the beginning of...
For many years I have wanted to attend the annual, two week,Violin Making Workshop at Oberlin, Ohio. It attracts makers from all over the world and this year was attended this year by sixty violin makers and about a dozen bow makers. With so much talent and...
I recently fulfilled an old dream: to deliver an instrument to a musician in an exotic part of the world. Daniel Prazeres is principal viola at the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, in Rio de Janerio. He has been searching for a viola with particular rich and dark tone...
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 will be in Houston TX for four days 2/20 - 2/24 with recent instruments available to try. Please contact me to arrange a viewing, let me know if there is anything in particular you would like to see, or just to say "Hello!"
