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Recent Additions:

  • 340: 14 1/4 inch (33.7cm) 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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340: 14 1/4 inch (33.7cm) cornerless viola 2023

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