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The Ripple cello

This cello was designed by Andrew Carruthers in collaboration with Cellist Mia Pixley to extend the ...

Mia Pixley and Alisa Rose play "Ripple"

This original composition played on the Ripple Cello and Ripple Violin by Andrew Carruthers, 2002 Ce...

Andrew Carruthers 2014 cello / Robert deMaine /...

As part of the 5th Annual Contemporary American Violin & Bow Maker Exhibition & Sale, Los Angeles, c...

Tabolin Sound Test

The Tabolin is an experimental violin, part of a series of Off-Beat Fiddles https://www.andrewcarrut...

Michelle Lambert and The Turtle Fiddle

Michelle takes the Turtle out for a walk. Here's the hook from her hit single "Come to me". https://...

Edwin Huizinga and William Coulter play Vivaldi's "Summer".

The Redwood violin appeared as part of Edwin and Bill's "Fire and Grace " show at a house concert i...

Tabolin rhythm

Tonal possibilities of the Tabolin's resonant panels...

Mads Tolling shreds Led Zepplin's Black Dog on...

At house concert near Forestville, Sonoma County. The Redwood violin had a pick-up fitted and Mads ...

Mads Tolling plays the Dimpled Viola

Mads Tolling, https://madstolling.com/ @MadsTollingViolinist Plays the Dimpled viola. https://w...

The Tabolin, part violin, part tabla drum

Here’s my latest Experimental Violin project: the Tabolin, a fiddle that is part violin, part tabl...

Experimental Fiddles, sound test

This is a sound test of three experimental violins and one straight violin . They are all built on ...

Experimental fiddles - Sound test

I've made a series of fiddles with different thicknessing patterns on the backs and tops, wondering ...

Nao Kubota with the Dimpled viola.

Nao Kubota makes a short tone demo of the Dimpled Viola...

Richard Prenkert plays Baden Powell

Richard Prenkert giving my new guitar a quick test drive with Baden Powell's "Poem on the Eyes of Lo...

Carruthers 2015 viola

Richard O'Neill plays a 2015 viola at the Metzler Violin Shop exhibition in Glendale CA on April 8, ...

Carruthers del Gesu violin

https://www.andrewcarruthers.com/violin/del-gesu-violin-2016/ Martin Chalifour plays a del Gesu at t...

Erik Anderson, Bach, Carruthers cello

Just to remember the the moment: Erik Anderson plays Bach, after his Musica Marin concert....

Carruthers, poplar Ruggieri model cello, 2016

Carruthers 2016 Poplar Ruggieri cello demonstrated by Marek Szpakiewicz at Tom Metzler's "American ...

Violinshop: Tools, Tips & Tricks

No-fog respirator for bearded or bespectacled violinmakers

A home made respirator that wont fog up your glasses...

VIolin locating pins

A method for fitting violin plate locating pins, using a kiri drill....

Various

See and hear a violin created in 10...

Sights and sounds of a violin being built. Thanks to Justin Liddell and his crew at Definition Fil...

Off Beat Violins

More about them here https://www.andrewcarruthers.com/off-beat-violins/...

The Flipper

Violinmaking Business in the Corona Days: What we can learn from The Old Masters. https://AndrewCar...

Violin Making: One Man's Journey

In this film, we enter the shop of Andrew Carruthers to experience the craft and art of violin makin...

The world's biggest cello mobile

What to do with those extra cello tops...