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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’
- 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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