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A year ago I relocated Carruthers Violins to Hewett Street, Santa Rosa.

Hewett-Garage

The lull before the storm. The shop was to go in the two car garage which was pretty ragged looking but sound, dry and had a solid, if uneven, concrete slab floor. The previous occupants used the garage as part of a pot growing operation so it also featured a very generous electrical supply. Working for three intense weeks with my friend Serafim Reis from Quakesmart Construction, we demolished, quake-proofed, partitioned and insulated, sheet rocked, painted, leveled and smoothed the floors, and wired in lighting.

Violin shop

Demolition

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Three hectic weeks on and ready to move in.

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I’ve schlepped my tone wood collection more times than I care to remember, If the next time it moves is when my kids are cleaning out my estate, that will be fine with me

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The last load from the old Slater Street location, the shop ukarone rides top-side.

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The only way to make sure we got most of the loose ends tied up in a timely fashion was to throw an opening party (invitation by Diabla Design).

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….and open again for business.

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On year on. The new shop has been great, it’s smaller than the last one and it was liberating to be forced to deal with surplus junk. (click image for a closer view)