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Via Rail – now for cellos as well!

Feb 6, 2017 | Violin making

While traveling around Canada for business I sometimes travel by train which I enjoy very much. It's relaxed and comfortable and I usually finish...

Toronto Exhibition! ~ Jan.14th ~

Dec 30, 2016 | Violin making

On Saturday, January 14th, I will be visiting Toronto for an exhibition of Canadian violins, violas, cellos and bows! This is a great chance for...

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Dec 17, 2016 | Violin making

In November I finished a violin for Ramsey Husser (2nd Assistant Concertmaster) of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. It was modelled after my...

Canada Customs – Ottawa Airport

Nov 27, 2016 | Violin making

This year I traveled twice to the US with instruments (violin & cello) to present for conferences and a competition. Similar to a touring...

Violin/Cello Making Competition – USA

Nov 20, 2016 | Violin making

Every two years, the Violin Society of America holds an international violin making competition. 205 Violins, 109 violas, 67 cellos, 9 basses and 68...

Strad Magazine article – Oberlin 2016.

Nov 3, 2016 | Violin making

This November the British magazine, the Strad, published an article on the summer program at the VSA/Oberlin College Violin Makers Workshop. I've...

Second Stradivari plane

May 24, 2016 | Violin making

Last year I finished making another metal plane for the workshop. It's based on a plane from the Museo del Violino (Cremona Museum) in Italy. It...

Viola – National Arts Centre Orchestra

Feb 6, 2016 | Violin making

This week I finished a viola pictured below for the assistant principal violist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. Often I am copying...