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’s Blogs

Juliet’s neck

Juliet’s neck #violinist #violin #jacksonville #savannah #saintmarys #luthier #violinjuliet #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach

February 11, 2016
Juliet measuring and recording plate graduation.

Recording Juliet's graduations before glueing on the top plate. #violinjuliet #luthier #violinmaker #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #northflorida #saintaugustine #saintmarys #savannah #jacksonville #violin #violinist A video posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Feb 2, 2016 at 7:27am PST

February 2, 2016
Recording Juliet’s graduations before glueing on the top plate

Recording Juliet’s graduations before glueing on the top plate. #violinjuliet #luthier #violinmaker #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #northflorida #saintaugustine #saintmarys #savannah #jacksonville #violin #violinist

February 2, 2016
Juliet’s Bass Bar

Trimming the bass bar on Juliet. #violin #violinmaker #jacksonville #ameliaisland #savannah #saintmarys #saintaugustine #luthier A video posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Dec 26, 2015 at 8:20am PST

January 18, 2016
University of Miami Chamber Music workshop. On the weekend of January 9 and 10th I spent three days playing in Miami. Viji, cellist, Sandra, violist, and myself were assigned the Schubert trio D.581. On Saturday we went to hear Gil Shaham and the New World Symphony. On Sunday afternoon we performed the Menuetto from the Schubert trio. What a treat to hear such fantastic music and perform with wonderful musicians! I played my 7th violin George

University of Miami Chamber Music workshop. On the weekend of January 9 and 10th I spent three days playing in Miami. Viji, cellist, Sandra, violist, and myself were assigned the Schubert trio D.581. On Saturday we went to hear Gil Shaham and the New World Symphony. On Sunday afternoon we performed the Menuetto from the…

January 15, 2016
Trimming the bass bar on Juliet

Trimming the bass bar on Juliet. #violin #violinmaker #jacksonville #ameliaisland #savannah #saintmarys #saintaugustine #luthier

December 26, 2015
Gluing Juliet’s back to the rib assembly

Gluing Juliet’s back to the rib assembly. #violinjuliet #violinmaker #violin #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #northflorida #jacksonville #savannah #saintaugustine #southgeorgia

December 24, 2015
Fitting the bass bar on Juiliet

Fitting the bass bar on Juiliet #violin #violinmaker #violinjuliet #nyc #ameliaisland

November 24, 2015
Violon Society of America annual convention. A wonderful meeting of violin and bow makers, repair professionals, dealers, and instrument shops. So much to learn, so much to absorb, so much enjoyment in this fascinating Violin world

Violon Society of America annual convention. A wonderful meeting of violin and bow makers, repair professionals, dealers, and instrument shops. So much to learn, so much to absorb, so much enjoyment in this fascinating Violin world. #violinmaker #violin #violinsocietyofamerica

November 14, 2015
Last evening we had a tremendous concert with the Riverside Orchestra in New York City. After the concert Sinda and I enjoyed a wonderful gathering with friends I had met last summer in Asheville, North Carolina at the Swannanoa Chamber Music Workshop. This was the first public concert for my violin George

Last evening we had a tremendous concert with the Riverside Orchestra in New York City. After the concert Sinda and I enjoyed a wonderful gathering with friends I had met last summer in Asheville, North Carolina at the Swannanoa Chamber Music Workshop. This was the first public concert for my violin George. #violingeorge #violinist #orchestraconcert…

November 8, 2015

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
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
Violin Making: Setting the Bass Bar in Fiona

One of the mysterious steps in violin making is setting the bass bar. There is much discussion about the bar tension, placement, and thickness; all factors that affect the tone of the final instrument. Also all factors that can not be changed after the top is glued on. Today I shaped, glued, and trimmed the…

June 17, 2014
Violin making: Rib Assembly on Fiona

The first steps in making Violin #6, Fiona is building the violin rib assembly. To get started we set the corner gluing blocks to the form and then gluing the ribs. It all sounds pretty simple until, like most things, you get into the details. This first photo shows fitting the template over the form…

May 22, 2014