Welcome to Howery Violins.
Will Howery is a violinmaker and luthier working and living on Amelia Island. He also plays violin with the Amelia Island String Ensemble.
Hand crafted Violins and Violas direct from the maker that you can afford. Please look at the Rental/Purchase information!
My Violin Studio is at my residence. When you plan to visit, please make an appointment via The Shop Appointment Calendar. Thank You.
Will’s Blogs
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Wanda: Purfling
Violin/viola 5-string Wanda: Purfling Groove cut, Purfling bent, ready for mitering the corners. One of the many things I like about making violins is the varied task. Rough sawing the maple and spruce billets, heat bending the thin ribs of the garland, carving the gentle arches of the plates, the scientific acoustic measurements and tuning…
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Regina Finds a New Home
Regina, My favorite violin found a new home today. So happy to see her off with her new player! I really need to take more pictures of my instruments. Someone calls in the morning, stops by, plays a couple of violins and “shazam” The violin goes down the road with its new player.. Always a…
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Carrol Reed Balsam Ground #2
View this post on Instagram A post shared by William Howery (@howeryviolins) Carol Reed Viola: #2 balsam ground with gold coloring. Getting ready for the Varnish Workshop in Chicago next week. #viola #violin #violinmaker #luthier #violacarrolReed #AmeliaIsland #chambermusic #orchestra #fernandinabeach #ameliaisland #brunswickga #staugustine #stmarys #jacksonville #jaxsymphony #unfmusic #jumusic #luthier #whatsonmybench
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by William Howery (@howeryviolins)
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by William Howery (@howeryviolins)
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by William Howery (@howeryviolins)
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More Varnish
View this post on Instagram Ruby: Stradivarius base Varnish. Getting there:-) A post shared by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Oct 30, 2020 at 8:00am PDT
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Sebastian: the medullary rays of the maple enhanced with the Greek Pitch gold.
Sebastian: the medullary rays of the maple enhanced with the Greek Pitch gold.
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Violin Tatiana: Back linings glued in… Step by step Rubber bands and clothes pins. Kind of like bailing wire and bubble gum from my farm family background. Not pretty, but gets the job done 🙂 Pretty will come later for Tatiana
Violin Tatiana: Back linings glued in… Step by step Rubber bands and clothes pins. Kind of like bailing wire and bubble gum from my farm family background. Not pretty, but gets the job done 🙂 Pretty will come later for Tatiana!! #violin #violinTatiana #howeryviolins #violinmaker #luthier #orchestra #fernandinabeach #ameliaisland #brunswickga #staugustine #stmarys #jacksonville #jaxsymphony #unfmusic…
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Violin Tatiana: Power out this morning. I’m amazed that Stradivarius could work with out bright lights, and with eyes that were 80-90 years old
Violin Tatiana: Power out this morning. I’m amazed that Stradivarius could work with out bright lights, and with eyes that were 80-90 years old…. #violin #violinTatiana #howeryviolins #violinmaker #luthier #orchestra #fernandinabeach #ameliaisland #brunswickga #staugustine #stmarys #jacksonville #jaxsymphony #unfmusic #jumusic #luthier #whatsonmybench #violinist #florida