Category: Violin Makers
Cutting Wood for Violin and Cello Tops
August 1, 2023
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
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 […]
Rio de Janeiro
May 31, 2017
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 […]
Visiting violin maker: Claudia Reynoso, Mexico City
June 6, 2016
Claudia contacted me last fall asking to come and spend some time at my shop in the spring. We had been Facebook friends for several years, I […]
Moreland Violin Shop, Battleground, WA
June 13, 2013
I took a working vacation at Mark Moreland’s Violin Shop in Battle Ground, Washington, spending two weeks working on a fiddle while Mark worked on […]
Violin making Safari – Pacific Northwest 2013
June 5, 2013
I’m taking a working vacation, spending a couple of weeks with Mark Moreland in Battle Ground, WA. Along the way, I’ve been dropping into some […]