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

Violin Edward: Finger Board

Planing, surfacing and fitting a fingerboard for Violin Edward #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #violinEdward #luthier #jacksonville #stmarys #brunswick #savannah #saintaugustine A photo posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Jul 11, 2016 at 3:06pm PDT

July 14, 2016
Violin Edward: Varnish

Violin Edward, I'm thinking one more very thin coat with some lamp black and he is ready to setup. #saintaugustine #savannah #brunswick #stmarys #jacksonville #ameliaisland #violinmaker #violin #violinist #luthier #violinedward #fernandinabeach A photo posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Jun 28, 2016 at 3:08pm PDT

July 14, 2016
Review: Sylvia Baxter

“My husband and I feel fortunate to have found Howery Violins. Mr. Howery, himself an accomplished violinist, is not only a talented Luthier, he is very knowledgeable, professional and a pleasure to work with. He has gone out of his way to help us in our endeavor to repair and care for a very old…

July 14, 2016
Review: Joe Marasco

“Will Howery rehaired my old bow and did a superb job. It has made bowing easier and given my instrument improved tone.” Joe Marasco, Jul 13, 2016 Review Link: https://business.google.com/u/0/b/117640765454828943647/reviews/l/04087308603051440155/r/10018750312004181595?service=plus&utm_campaign=gmb_notifications&utm_source=local_review&utm_medium=desktop.email&hl=en

July 14, 2016
Review: Shelby Trevor

“I have tried nearly all of the violins that Mr. Howery has produced and I was very impressed with the quality. The instruments tend to have a deep sound with powerful projection. The quality of the sound is well balanced throughout the high-mid-low ranges of the instruments and Mr. Howery’s details regarding the setup is…

July 14, 2016
Edwards maiden voyage! Setup almost complete. Taking him for his first Celtic spin

Edwards maiden voyage! Setup almost complete. Taking him for his first Celtic spin 😀 #violinEdward #violinist #violinmaker #violin #luthier #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #stmarys #saintaugustine #jacksonville #brunswick #savannah

July 13, 2016
Fingerboard attached, holes reamed, pegs set, nut glue setting up; violin Edward

Fingerboard attached, holes reamed, pegs set, nut glue setting up; violin Edward. #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #violinedward #stmarys #savannah #jacksonville #saintaugustine #valdosta #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #luthier #violin #violinist

July 12, 2016
Planing, surfacing and fitting a fingerboard for Violin Edward

Planing, surfacing and fitting a fingerboard for Violin Edward #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #violinEdward #luthier #jacksonville #stmarys #brunswick #savannah #saintaugustine

July 11, 2016
My Apprentice Grandson William Howery

My Apprentice Grandson William Howery. #fernandinabeach #violinmaker

July 6, 2016
Peace… For our nations birthday weekend. A tranquil morning celebrating

Peace… For our nations birthday weekend. A tranquil morning celebrating… #peaceful #peace

July 3, 2016

Will’s Blog Posts:

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The Making Violin #6, Fiona Started today

Sound Testing #5 Edward With #5, Edward, playable in the white, I did a set of recordings for comparison to when Edward will have his varnish on. The recordings consist of a set of open string bowings; G, D, A, E and then a D major scale, and a three octave A major scale. The…

May 10, 2014
Edward #5 Setup to Play his first tunes

Today Edward, Violiln #5, was setup and played in the white. Edward was started in February of 2014. When I went to the Tuscon violin making workshop, Edward’s ribs were done and the plate edges were trimmed. Today setup was completed in the white, prior to varnishing. The reason I’m setting up Edward before varnishing…

May 9, 2014
Today I played a completed Howery Violin!!!

Finally after several years of study, 2 workshops, months of trail and error varnishing; I’ve finished Diana #4. She is varnished, setup, and played!!! Claude #3 will be completed later this week. I wasn’t content with the color and stripped him to do a second run, which came out very nice. I will say that…

April 5, 2014
Claude getting some color

After many false starts and learning many new things about color theory, oil painting, glazing, etc etc my violins are starting to look like violins.

April 5, 2014
Varnishing Beatrice

Finally at the stage of varnishing my early violins. The following photos show the varnishing stages of Beatrice my second violin. This photo shows Beatrice with two coats of cold rolled linseed oil. I actually use the food grade fax oil from the health food store. Also she has two clear coats of a oil…

November 17, 2013
Day Ten of Violin Making Workshop

Today is that point where we cut holes in the front of the violin plate which we just spent 4 days making contoured, inlaid, smoothed, and very thin. We are going to draw intricately curved lines, drill four holes in the middle of the plate, cut between the holes with a jewelers fret saw, and…

August 2, 2013
Day Eight of the Violin Making Workshop

Days 7&8 were spent shaping the outer curves of the top and bottom plates. With the purfling done, the height of the outer edges is set. The purfling line will be gouged down with a small gouge (approx 6mm) and then a larger gouge will carry the curve into the body of the plate a…

July 31, 2013
Day Three of the Violin Making Workshop

Three days of learning and building. We started by making a model template out of aluminum, transfering that to a plywood mold, making and gluing top, bottom, and corner blocks, thinning the side pieces, bending and gluing the side pieces to the mold,putting linings on the bottom side of the mold. Then…

July 26, 2013
Violin Making Bibliography

Since I was in my teens I’ve dreamed of making a violin. My first book on the subject was a Christmas gift from my Dad when I was 20 years old along with a scooping gouge for hollowing a violin plate. Dad was an avid wood worker until a stroke took away his coordination in…

June 21, 2013
Launching Howery Violins Word Press site

Until this point in time, Howery Violins has had a face book presence at facebook.com/howeryviolins, now a WordPress site is being built to carry the blogs, news and happenings of William Howery’s journey in violin making

May 28, 2013