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Recent Additions:

• 315: 16 5/8 inch (42.3cm) viola based on Gasparo da Salo
• 314: violin based on Antonio Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’
• 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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