
I still have one of my “Last 10” remaining, number 493. You can find all the details and photos on my “Last Ten” page. Still at £7750.
I still have one of my “Last 10” remaining, number 493. You can find all the details and photos on my “Last Ten” page. Still at £7750.
A few years ago, since stopping full time violin making, I worked on a project to develop a ‘Fidl’. Let’s face it, we all use the term, but in reality there is no such thing, it’s just another name for a…
I really like my Jazz shape violins and couldn’t resist making this one a couple of years ago now. I’ve just had it sitting here to remind myself that I actually was a violin maker once upon a time! It’s got…
Here’s my violin number 499 for sale. It was one of my final ten, originally bought by a session musician and teacher living in New York. He’s a very tall guy and has switched exclusively to a 5 string viola I built…
And finally…number 500. So, what should I make? A lot of people had been asking this very same question, and usually expecting it to be something really exotic and extravagant. As if I would! I felt the only fiddle left to make…
Here is my next ‘plywood’ offering: a 5 stringer. Well, it take all sorts! If you took this one apart you would end up with way over a hundred individual pieces of wood; Maple, Spruce, Cherry, Mahogany, Rosewood, Ebony and…
I think my two cornered asymmetric shape is one of the most pleasing. On this occasion I have coupled it with what I call ‘fishy’ ‘f’ holes and an open scroll to give an undeniably unique look. More details below the pictures For the…
And now for something completely different !! A ‘PLYWOOD’ violin !!!! OK, OK, before you throw your hands in the air, glance towards the heavens and tut tut tut very loudly, rest assured, I didn’t buy the plywood from my…
Number 496 at last! I’ve often been asked about making a cello, and shied away from it purely because of the size and amount work involved. So here, at last, is an instrument in cello tuning that doesn’t need a pick-up…
I first made an Octave violin way back in the Spring of 1999. It was number 103 and I made it at the request of Eliza Carthy. She wanted an Octave violin that was violin string length and size; not something…