by Guy Harrison | Apr 27, 2012 | Buying and selling, Violin making
In May our workshop will be closed for one week from May 8th and opening again on May 15th. During that week, I’ll be in New Orleans for the biennial meeting of the American Federation of Violin & Bow Makers. Together with interesting lectures on various...
by Guy Harrison | Feb 25, 2012 | Violin making
This week I finished an instrument modeled after a viola by G.P. Maggini. The original was made in Brescia, Italy, during the early part of the 17th Century. The construction methods I used were similar to the methods my assistant used on her Brescian viola. The back...
by Guy Harrison | Jan 30, 2012 | Violin making
Last year a local music organization gave me a cello as a thank you for volunteer work I had done over the past few years. This small size cello was made by Canadian violin maker, Pierre Martel in 1879. He worked in L’Assomption, Quebec, about 40 km north of...
by Guy Harrison | Jan 17, 2012 | Buying and selling
A study by Claudia Fritz comparing contemporary violins with Cremonese violins has been featured in various magazines and newspapers recently. Journalist Ross Oakland from The Toronto Star called our workshop while putting together two articles published in their...
by Guy Harrison | Dec 28, 2011 | Violin making
We’re enjoying a break over the holiday period and the workshop opens again January 3rd. Just before Christmas I took the photo below of my assistant, Charline Dequincey, doing the finishing touches on her next viola. The viola is based on a 17th Century...