Category: Materials

In part 1 of this post I discussed the ideas behind the hybrid "Tabolin". The instrument is part violin, part tabla drum and will feature […]

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 […]

The young Stradivari made several richly decorated fiddles. As his taste matured he set aside childish things, presumably the subtle variations between violins being  fascinating […]

I wanted to add some local spice to the viola that I made in Tepotzlan, Mexico.  Ernesto, my host, gave me some of the traditional […]

This was a quick test to look at the effectiveness of silk as a rib reinforcement rather than a more commonly used wood cleat.

While driving up to Seattle I remembered that I had once ordered wood from an Austrian organ builder living in the area.