Gluing on a fingerboard is not a hard job. On the other hand there’s a school that believes in making easy jobs hard, in this case… Read more »
Making Scrapers
Set up correctly, a scraper should be able to pull shavings just like a plane. If all you are getting is dust, something is wrong.… Read more »
My Last Summer: Southern California Violin Makers Workshop
Note: Sadly, the 2020 SCVMW workshop had to be cancelled due to COVID-19.
For the last fifteen years I have been teaching violin making for several weeks every summer at the Southern California Violin Making Workshop (SCVMW) in sunny Claremont, California. It’s been an amazing experience… Read more »
An Honored Visitor
A recent phone call from the respected archtop guitar maker Dan Koentopp reminded me that his work should be interesting to violin makers as well as guitarists.… Read more »
The Elegant Bass Bar
Hidden inside the top, the bass bar is one of the elegantly sculpted parts of the violin.… Read more »
1/8-size Cello Accident
When we started a rental program, a friend warned me that I’d regret renting cellos. Here’s one reason why.… Read more »
Warped!
There are all sorts of ways to damage an instrument, and I’ve seen them all, I think.… Read more »
Laser Scanning of Violin Arches
No photo for this one–I’m just going to point you over to the first new article I’ve put up on my book site since 2012, an explanation of how I scan archings on violins with my carpenter’s laser.… Read more »
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