Howery Violins

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

Refurbished violin bow: new wrap, new thumb grip, new tip, new hair, and a fresh chamber

Refurbished violin bow: new wrap, new thumb grip, new tip, new hair, and a fresh chamber. #violinmaker #violin #bow #saintaugustine #savannah #saintmarys #jacksonville #ameliaisland

March 31, 2016
Bands saws are useful for more than violin making; they’re great for frozen bagels

Bands saws are useful for more than violin making; they’re great for frozen bagels…. #violinmaker #luthier #ameliaisland #jacksonville #saintmarys #savannah #saintaugustine #innovation

March 31, 2016
Our cat Oliver wants to join the Catgut Society. Everyone needs a bench helper

Our cat Oliver wants to join the Catgut Society. Everyone needs a bench helper… #violin #violinmaker #luthier #violinrepair #savannah #saintmarys #jacksonville #cats #catoftheday #pets

March 31, 2016
Put a 1/4 inch stick through my tire, went flat on the fishing bridge. Couldn’t get much better scenery

Put a 1/4 inch stick through my tire, went flat on the fishing bridge. Couldn’t get much better scenery 😀 #ameliaisland

March 31, 2016
Glueing Juliet’s top plate to the ribs

Glueing Juliet’s top plate to the ribs. #violinjuliet #violinmaker #luthier #violinist #violin #fernandinabeach #ameliaisland #jacksonville #saintmarys #savannah #saintaugustine

March 8, 2016
Our group at SCOR Raleigh

Our group at SCOR Raleigh! #violin #violinist #luthier #violinmaker

March 5, 2016
Violin #12 Betts Stradavari Model

Starting Violin #12 #violin #violinmaker #luthier #savannah #saintaugustine #saintmarys #jacksonville #fernandinabeach A photo posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Feb 19, 2016 at 10:48am PST

February 19, 2016
Viola #1 Stradivari Cassavetti 1727

Viola #1 modeled from the Smithsonian Stradivari Cassavetti CAT Scan. Here we go! #viola #luthier #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #jacksonville #saintmarys #saintaugustine #savannah A photo posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Feb 19, 2016 at 10:33am PST

February 19, 2016
Starting Violin #12

Starting Violin #12 #violin #violinmaker #luthier #savannah #saintaugustine #saintmarys #jacksonville #fernandinabeach

February 19, 2016
Viola #1 modeled from the Smithsonian Stradivari Cassavetti CAT Scan. Here we go

Viola #1 modeled from the Smithsonian Stradivari Cassavetti CAT Scan. Here we go! #viola #luthier #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #jacksonville #saintmarys #saintaugustine #savannah

February 19, 2016

Will’s Blog Posts:

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violinmaking luthier violin ameliaIsland FernandinaBeach carving violinJuliet violinist

#violinmaking #luthier #violin #ameliaIsland #FernandinaBeach #carving #violinJuliet #violinist

July 14, 2015
violinist violinJuliet carving FernandinaBeach ameliaIsland violin luthier violinmaking

#violinist #violinJuliet #carving #FernandinaBeach #ameliaIsland #violin #luthier #violinmaking

July 14, 2015
violinmaking luthier violin ameliaIsland FernandinaBeach carving violinJuliet violinist

#violinmaking #luthier #violin #ameliaIsland #FernandinaBeach #carving #violinJuliet #violinist

July 14, 2015
Another coat of Greek Pitch Gold in the drying Cabinet

Another coat of Greek Pitch Gold in the drying Cabinet. #violin #varnish #luthier #violinist #violinmaker #ameliaisland #violinvarnish #fernandinabeach #violinfiona

July 13, 2015
Dusting with kaolin to clean polishing linseed oil and pumice

Dusting with kaolin to clean polishing linseed oil and pumice. #violinmaker #violin #varnish #luthier #violinist #violinfiona #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach

July 13, 2015
Polishing between varnish coats

Polishing between varnish coats #violinmaker #violin #luthier #varnish #ameliaisland #violinist #violinfiona #fernandinabeach

July 12, 2015
Recent violin repair of a very old violin. It had a Testore label and date 17.. inside. The last digits of the year were missing. Over a year in the works. The most amazing aspect was the sound when finished. It was wonderful

Recent violin repair of a very old violin. It had a Testore label and date 17.. inside. The last digits of the year were missing. Over a year in the works. The most amazing aspect was the sound when finished. It was wonderful!! #violinrepair #violin #testore #violinmaking #luthier #violinrestoration

July 11, 2015
Joshua Bell Concert- Dueting with Bob Levine

March 3, 2015, Yesterday Joshua Bell came to Amelia Island for the Amelia Island chamber festival. It was fantastic. He played a full two hours including a set of encores from his Romance of the violin CD. Everyone was ecstatic. The venue was the plantation chapel and it was sold out, packed, no room in…

March 3, 2015
Modeling the Violin, Computers the new Apprentices’

In Stradivarius’ day he and other violin makers used apprentices who often paid to work with the master for several years before being able to make their own instruments. These apprentices were initially given the most rudimentary work like sweeping and emptying the volumes of wood shavings created in a violin shop. Eventually they would…

October 24, 2014
Violin Maker Visit: William Mason Violins Fredricksburg, VA

July 11, 2014: Visiting William Mason Violins, Fredricksburg, VA Today I visited Bill Mason of William Mason Vi). I had met Bill at the Southern Violin Association’s (SVA) annual meeting on May 25th in Atlanta (http://southernviolinassociation.com or on FaceBoohttps://www.facebook.com/SouthernViolinAssociation). The SVA is an association of violin makers and violin shoppes located in the Southern states.…

July 11, 2014