Summer in the workshop
For the next two weeks my assistant, Charline Dequincey, is taking a well earned vacation. We still have restoration work waiting to be done. For a few years I’ve had an old French cello in storage needing repair. I wanted it playable to present to clients looking for a good cello.
So it was fortunate that [...]
Restoration of a violin by Claude A. Miremont, Paris 1856.
This fine French violin made in 1856 by Claude A. Miremont came into the shop a while ago after a terrible accident. I show this as a warning to players who rest their fiddles on chairs! As you can see the back and ribs were badly broken and to a lesser extent the [...]