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Artsfile

Jan 5, 2019 | Buying and selling, Violin making

In December arts journalist Peter Robb visited my workshop and we gave him a workshop tour. We talked about what goes into making a good string...

VSA awards!

Dec 22, 2018 | Violin making

In November I took part in the 23rd Violin Society of America Violin Making Competition. I'm pleased to say I won two awards. An award for...

Exhibition in New York

Mar 16, 2018 | Violin making

In New York at the Lincoln Centre in the Bruno Walter Auditorium there will be an exhibition of contemporary violins, violas, cellos and bows....

Cello Endpins

Feb 16, 2018 | Violin making

Over the past 25 years I have tried a number of different endpin and endpin spikes while making cellos. Mostly carbon fibre and steel spikes. We...

Toronto Symphony Orchestra and cello soloist

Dec 10, 2017 | Violin making

This Sunday afternoon I had the pleasure to listen to Dale Yoonho Jeong perform as soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Roy Thompson Hall....

Making violins in Maine and Tool Makers, Lee Nielsen

Nov 22, 2017 | Violin making

In the fall I was kindly invited to Maine, in the US, to work with 7 other violin makers at a beautiful seaside cottage for a week. We each worked...

ChiMei Museum

Aug 21, 2017 | Violin making

On my trip to Taiwan in July, I visited the Chimei Museum in the southern city of Tainan. It houses a mixture of art, natural history and musical...

July 2017 – In Taiwan.

Jul 2, 2017 | Bows, Violin making

After returning from two busy weeks of violin making in Oberlin, Ohio and working for a week in my Ottawa workshop, we shall close again for one...

Summer 2017 – in the US.

Jun 10, 2017 | Violin making

This June our workshop shall be closed from June 17th and opening again on June 27th. My assistant is enjoying a summer holiday in Europe. Meanwhile...