The luthier exhibition in Montreal from December gathered together violin and bow makers from around Canada. Organized by the violin shop Wilder...
‘Dushkin’ 1742 Guarneri copy.
This year is Pinchas Zukerman's last season as music director with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO). Over the past few years, my assistant...
Montreal Luthier Exhibition
This Saturday December 6th, I will be in Montreal for the "Forum des Fabricants" - an exhibition of contemporary violins, violas, cellos and bows....
Violin thickness maps
Sometime ago we were fortunate to have a beautiful Guarneri Del Gesu violin in the shop. We photographed and took measurements of it to keep on...
National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada -Violin
This summer violinist Donnie Deacon purchased a violin I finished in 2012. Donnie Deacon has been principle of second violins with the National Arts...
Violin Making Competition – Mittenwald Germany 2014
This year I entered a violin in the International Violin Making Competition in Mittenwald, Germany. It is held every four years and this time...
Cello Flight Case Rental
We have a 'Bam' Cello Flight Case now available for rent. We've successfully used this case to fly with cellos in North America. It increases...
Canadian Armed Forces Collection
Some of the instruments from the Armed Forces Instrument Collection were brought into our workshop for restoration and a general check up. Included...
Six Old Italian and six new violins – Blind tests.
The recently publicized "Soloist evaluations of six Old Italian and six new violins" has kept my email inbox busy for a few days now. With media...
Opus Concerts – Sandy Hill, Ottawa.
This Sunday, piantist Frédéric Lacroix, violinist Christian Vachon and cellist Peter Rapson will perform Beethoven's Opus 1, a set of three piano...
‘Ole Bull’ Guarneri copy
In September I finished the violin pictured below for a member of Canada’s National Art Centre Orchestra. It was based on the Guarneri violin, made...
Milanese violin at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Music.
Today the Ottawa Citizen newspaper published an article on a violin made in Milan during the 18th Century by Carlo Fernando Landolfi. It was...