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 Howery, maker and restorer of fine violins, violas, and cellos, is also the creator of the Instrument Passport Project — a secure digital system for tracking instrument provenance, materials, and authenticity.
Learn more at https://InstrumentPassport.com
Will’s Blogs
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Violin Nicolo: Scraping a living, Scraping by; thoughts that swirl through my mind as I work the minute pieces of wood removed or smoothed in the scrapping process. Micheal Darnton stated that violin making is the process of picking the biggest tool that will do the job, up until the point where you are going to mess things up badly. Then pick a finer tool. Scrapers are not the last items in our toolbox. From scrapers we go to Equisetum a plant that contains tiny bits of silicon on its stocks, and then we move to dry stiff brushes. Successive refinement
Violin Nicolo: Scraping a living, Scraping by; thoughts that swirl through my mind as I work the minute pieces of wood removed or smoothed in the scrapping process. Micheal Darnton stated that violin making is the process of picking the biggest tool that will do the job, up until the point where you are going…
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Violin Nicolo: trimming the purfling grove corners. I work with enlarged photos of Stradivarius’ Messiah which you can see in the background. The Messiah is the most pristine example of Antonio’s work. Passed pretty much un-played from Antonio’s Son Paolo, to Count Cozio Di Salabue to Luigi Tarisio, to Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, to W. E. Hill, and now on display at the Ashmolian Museum in Oxford. I work slow and patiently ever striving to come closer to the masters craftsmanship. Every violin I make a bit finer in craftsmanship and better in tone and playability. Antonio made the Messiah in 1716 at the age of 72. He started his apprenticeship in his teen years, so doing the math, I’ll won’t live long enough to gain the experience he acquired, however I due have a clear goal and example through his work
Violin Nicolo: trimming the purfling grove corners. I work with enlarged photos of Stradivarius’ Messiah which you can see in the background. The Messiah is the most pristine example of Antonio’s work. Passed pretty much un-played from Antonio’s Son Paolo, to Count Cozio Di Salabue to Luigi Tarisio, to Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, to W. E.…
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Violin Maude: another coat of varnish
Violin Maude: another coat of varnish… #luthier #violinmaking #violin #violinmaude #jacksonville #stmarys #staugustine #brunswickga #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach
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Violin Nicolo: cutting the purfling groove
Violin Nicolo: cutting the purfling groove. #southgeorgia #staugustine #savannah #stmarys #jacksonville #brunswickga #brunswick #violinnicolo #violin #violinmaking #luthier #woodworking #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach
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Violin Nicolo: Zen Garden music… a cup of Kava Kava tea…perfect for cutting sound holes.. focus, relax
Violin Nicolo: Zen Garden music… a cup of Kava Kava tea…perfect for cutting sound holes.. focus, relax… #violinnicolo #violin #violinmaker #luthier #jacksonville #stmarys #savannah #staugustine #southgeorgia
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Violin Maude: final cleanup getting ready to varnish
Violin Maude: final cleanup getting ready to varnish. . #violinmaude #violin #violinmaker #luthier #southgeorgia #staugustine #savannah #stmarys #jacksonville
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Violin Maude getting a few Florida sun rays. The calm before the storm. Hopefully Irma will leave us alone…. Hopefully
Violin Maude getting a few Florida sun rays. The calm before the storm. Hopefully Irma will leave us alone…. Hopefully… #violinmaude #violin #violinmaker #Luthier #jacksonville #stmarys #savannah #staugustine #southgeorgia #NorthFlorida #hurricaneirma
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Violin Maude: Setup and played her for the first time today in the white (no varnish). I’m very pleased with what I’m hearing
Violin Maude: Setup and played her for the first time today in the white (no varnish). I’m very pleased with what I’m hearing 🙂 . . #violinmaude #violinmaker #luthier #violin #maudepowell #NorthFlorida #jacksonville #staugustine #stmarys #savannah #brunswickga #stsimonsisland
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Violin Maude: check my supplies and whoops no more violin end pins… So, turn the drill press into a lathe and pesto I have a new custom made end pin:-). My Dad started me on the lathe when I was about 8, so this brings back many fond craftsmanship memories
Violin Maude: check my supplies and whoops no more violin end pins… So, turn the drill press into a lathe and pesto I have a new custom made end pin:-). My Dad started me on the lathe when I was about 8, so this brings back many fond craftsmanship memories… . . #luthier #violinmaude #violin…
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Violin Maude: Edge-work….Slow and steady
Violin Maude: Edge-work….Slow and steady… . #luthier #violinmaker #violin #brunswickga #jacksonville #staugustine #stmarys #savannah
