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Archives for January 2019

311: 13 1/4 inch (32.7cm) cornerless viola

8th January 2019

This is a lovely commission; a viola that has been ordered to be ready for a small viola playing son, and also when he has outgrown it to become part of the collection of the Benslow Loan Scheme; '"to put something back" as my customer says. Good for him. I've made many of these small violas which are great for their young players as they give a real viola sound, and are light and easy to play. I build them slightly differently from my conventional instruments; I make the back and front … [Read more...]

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Newark students’ HOPE project

27th January 2019

I keep in close contact with the college where I studied, Newark School of Violin Making, and in my role as chair of the RAB Trust www.rabtrust.org I host students for work experience and do whatever I can to keep in touch and help. I was delighted to hear last year about a fantastic inititative by one of the students, Marios Pavlou. He comes from Cyprus and has seen at first hand the suffering of the Syrian refugees who land on his home island. Instead of saying that this is the … [Read more...]

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Violas: sizes and proportions

Talk given at Viola Day for Teachers at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester in January 2004. It … Read More...

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