and appreciation for important research in violin acoustics and design. Above all, I thank Geigenbaumeister Karl Roy for training my eye and hand. Formerly the Director of the State... School for Violinmaking in Mittenwald, Bavaria, Karl Roy is both a master teacher and an extraordinary craftsman. He has taught violinmaking at the Program for Violin... he had to be absent. I am currently working with Karl to prepare his monumental book, The Violin: Its History and Making, for publication in 2006. For additional information about...

My Instruments My Instruments I prefer the look of a lovingly used instrument. Here are some recently completed instruments. The violin is a Stradivarius model PG, after...

, please arrange for a visit to my real shop to try an instrument. Why Fiddlehead? The scroll, the most sculptural portion of the violin, is a symbol of a sophisticated cultural...

working with Jeff Loen, a maker and researcher in Seattle, Washington, to collect and analyze thickness graduation data for fine violins, violas, and cellos. Jeff and I have published... measurements such as those I did for the Testore violin above, using a sophisticated computer mapping program. For more information, or to purchase maps of this or many other... violins, violas, and cellos. After much effort, I believe that I can offer a plausible reconstruction of the system used by those great masters to determine the size and position...