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- Newark School of Violin Making under threat
- Working weekend for Olympias Music Foundation
- 351: violin based on Guarneri del Gesu 1735 ‘d’Egville’
- 350: 16 5/8 inch (42.3 cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- 349_15 1/2 inch (39.4cm) based on Gasparo da Salo
- 348: 16 5/8 inch (42.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- 347: Violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’ 2024
- 346: 15 3/4 inch (40cm) viola based on Paolo Maggini
- 345: violin based on G B Guadagnini 1759
- 344: 14 1/4 inch (36.2 cm) cornerless viola 2023
- Klanggestalten 2023
- 343: 16 5/8 inch (42.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- 342: Violin based on Guarneri del Gesù 1735 d’Egville
- 341: 15 3/4 inch (40cm) viola based on Paolo Maggini
- Newark School of Violin Making 50th anniversary
- 340: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) cornerless viola 2023
- 339: Violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’ 2023
- 338: 32cm cornerless viola 2022
- 337: 16 1/4 inch (41.2cm) viola based on Antonio Stradivari 1672 ‘Mahler’, 2022
- Customising a cello neck shape
- 336: 14 1/4 inch (33.7cm) cornerless viola 2022
- 335: Violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’, 2022
- 334_15 inch two-cornered viola 2022
- 333: 15 1/4 inch (38.6cm) viola based on John Betts 1786, 2022
- Lutherie 2022
- 332_15 inch two-cornered viola 2022
- Two violas to spread some goodwill
- 331: 15 inch (38cm) viola based on 18th century English instrument, 2021
- Resuscitating a violin from 1971
- 330: 7/8 size cello based on Andrea Guarneri 1691, 2021
- 329: 14 1/4 inch (33.7cm) cornerless viola 2021
- 328: 13 1/4 inch (33.7cm) viola 2021
- 327: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) cornerless viola 2021
- 326: 15 inch viola based on 18th century English instrument, 2021
- 325: 16 1/4 inch (41.2cm) viola based on Antonio Stradivari 1672 ‘Mahler’, 2021
- 324: violin based on Carlo Bergonzi 1731, 2021
- 323: cello based on ‘de Munck’ Stradivari 1730
- Maurice Bouette cello 1965
- 322: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) cornerless viola 2020
- 321: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) cornerless viola 2020
- 320: Violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’
- A violin reborn in its centenary year, part 2
- 319: 16 5/8 inch (42.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- 318: 16 inch (40.5cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- Workshop 2.0
- A violin reborn in its centenary year, part 1
- 317: Violin based on Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’
- 316: Cello based on Francesco Ruggieri
- 315: 16 5/8 inch (42.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
- 314: violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’
- Violin varnish course in Dinan, France, July 2019
- Newark Diploma Day
- 313: Violin based on Paolo Maggini c.1630
- 312: Cello based on Francesco Ruggieri 1694
- 309: 15 1/4 inch (38.7cm) viola based on Meares/Hardie
- Newark students’ HOPE project
- 311: 13 1/4 inch (32.7cm) cornerless viola
- 310: Cello based on G B Ruggieri c. 1685
- 308: 15 1/2 inch (39.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo, April 2018
- Viola heaven at the Southbank Centre
- String trials for small violas
- 307: 15 1/2 inch (39.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo, February 2018
- 306: 15 3/4 inch (40cm) viola based on Paolo Maggini, January 2018
- Work experience placement
- Vintage violin blanket
- BVMA Makers Day 2018
- 305: 15 1/4 inch (38.7cm) asymmetric viola 2017
- 304: 15 1/2 inch (39.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo, October 2017
- 303: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) mini viola 2017
- 302: 15 inch 2-cornered viola 2017
- Winterising your instrument
- 301: Cello based on Andrea Guarneri 1691
- Stradivari’s ‘Messiah’: BVMA conference
- 40 years on
- Violin making training in the UK
- 300: 7/8 size cello based on Andrea Guarneri 1691
- 299: 14 1/4 inch (36.2cm) mini viola
- Number 300
- Guadagnini cello ribs
- From the stable to the workshop
- Glasgow Gasparo cello project 2011
- A tale of two scrolls
- Brescian-type purfling: part 2
- Brescian-type purfling: part 1
- Steam-bending fronts: a practical demonstration
- Trade secrets: Making the ribs for a cornerless viola
- Making violas: reconciling size and sound
- Violas: sizes and proportions
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