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Category: The Redwood Violin

Mexico. A short trip with a violin in a box

July 18, 2023

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 […]

Violinabox. A group-made violin, built in ten different locations across the globe from non-traditional local materials.

September 23, 2022

The concept of the project is covered more fully in a previous post. This post follows the violin's progress through the hands of 10 violinmakers […]

Violinabox. 10 violinmakers in 9 countries make 1 violin

September 23, 2022

Violinmakers often like to collaborate on making instruments. Its a great way to learn from each other and has been major feature of the annual […]

We Made the Cover of Strings!

April 24, 2021

This is so gratifying! Thanks to every one who has been involved, this is far from a solo effort. You can get a digital version […]

The Redwood Violin

On January 1st this year I effectively quit my violinmaking day job and devoted myself fulltime to the Redwood Violin Project. The idea was to […]