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Recent Additions:

• 302: 15 inch 2-cornered viola 2017
• Stradivari’s ‘Messiah’: BVMA conference
• 40 years on
• Cello based on Andrea Guarneri 1691
• Violin making training in the UK
• 7/8 size cello based on Andrea Guarneri 1691
• 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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