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Meeting with Luis Claudio Manfio in NYC. Luis is a viola maker from Sao Paulo Brazil. We’ve corresponded over FaceBook and now have shared guinness’s a great lunch, and lots of great making and selling tips and stories. Luis, Thanks for getting together
Meeting with Luis Claudio Manfio in NYC. Luis is a viola maker from Sao Paulo Brazil. We’ve corresponded over FaceBook and now have shared guinness’s a great lunch, and lots of great making and selling tips and stories. Luis, Thanks for getting together!!! #violin #violinist #violinmaker #luthier #varnish #howeryviolins #northFlorida #florida #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #newsbrunswick #savannah…
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Pin holes for Juliet’s F-holes
Pin holes for Juliet’s F-holes. #violin #luthier #violinJuliet #savannah #saintAugustine #stmarys #jacksonville #northFlorida #NYC #violinmaker #violinist
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Laying out the F-holes on Juliet. Juliet’s model is from Steve Sirrs CAT scan of the Betts Strad. These F-hole printouts came straight from the Betts model. There was a little distortion due to the flat printout and the actual plate arching, but the fit is pretty good! Maybe next time I’ll have my apprentice CNC machine ‘print’ the template with the actual curve. For now I prefer the knife, I like to feel the grain, the curves of the f-hole, the sound of the wood, the soul of a new violin
Laying out the F-holes on Juliet. Juliet’s model is from Steve Sirrs CAT scan of the Betts Strad. These F-hole printouts came straight from the Betts model. There was a little distortion due to the flat printout and the actual plate arching, but the fit is pretty good! Maybe next time I’ll have my apprentice…
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Contemporary violin maker Exhibit in NYC. http://www.reedyeboahviolins.com/ a great day playing some 30 violins from some of the best makers
Contemporary violin maker Exhibit in NYC. http://www.reedyeboahviolins.com/ a great day playing some 30 violins from some of the best makers!!! #violin #NewYork #NYC #violinmaker #fernandinabeach #ameliaisland #luthier
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Gregory Singer Playing Helena
Gregory Singer playing Helena. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop #violinHelena #violin #violinist #violinmaker #luthier #varnish #howeryviolins #northFlorida #florida #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #newsbrunswick #savannah #jacksonville #saintAugustine #stmarysga #southerngeorgia #NYC #NewYork #RiversideOrchestra #GregorySinger A video posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Oct…
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Gregory Singer Playing George.
Gregory Singer Playing George. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop #violinGeorge #violin #violinist #violinmaker #luthier #varnish #howeryviolins #northFlorida #florida #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #newsbrunswick #savannah #jacksonville #saintAugustine #stmarysga #southerngeorgia #NYC #NewYork #RiversideOrchestra #GregorySinger A video posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Oct…
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Video of Gregory Singer playing George. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop manager Yoshiko Kamiya who I met a Riverside Orchestra rehearsal. Gregory was most gracious, giving me over an hourof his precious time. He played Violins Helena and George alternating between his Italian violin. And a real treat of hearing him alternate playing between my violins, a Maggini, and a Filius Andreae (I might as well be compared with and target the best:-)). To briefly summarize Gregory’s assesment of Helena and George, “These are professional violins”. During the hour Gregory and Yoshiko examined the workmanship, the varnish, and of course the tone. Gregory really liked the tonal quality of both violins. Today I’m a very happy violin maker
Video of Gregory Singer playing George. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop manager Yoshiko Kamiya who I met a Riverside Orchestra rehearsal. Gregory was most gracious, giving me over an hourof his precious time. He played Violins Helena and George…
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Video of Gregory Singer playing Helena. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop manager Yoshiko Kamiya who I met a Riverside Orchestra rehearsal. Gregory was most gracious, giving me over an hourof his precious time. He played Violins Helena and George alternating between his Italian violin. And a real treat of hearing him alternate playing between my violins, a Maggini, and a Filius Andreae (I might as well be compared with and target the best:-)). To briefly summarize Gregory’s assesment of Helena and George, “These are professional violins”. During the hour Gregory and Yoshiko examined the workmanship, the varnish, and of course the tone. Gregory really liked the tonal quality of both violins. Today I’m a very happy violin maker
Video of Gregory Singer playing Helena. This morning I met with Gregory Singer of Gregory Singer Fine Violins, http://www.singerviolins.com/. I had made an appointment through his shop manager Yoshiko Kamiya who I met a Riverside Orchestra rehearsal. Gregory was most gracious, giving me over an hourof his precious time. He played Violins Helena and George…
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Polishing Edward
Polishing violin Edward. This is the second in a series of videos that illustrate the polishing process used between coats of violin oil varnish. The oil varnish comes from from violinvarnish.com. The first in the series is at: http://instagram.com/p/760_FXI2TD/ You can view the entire video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDy-Sj9bm_c #violinedward #violin #violinist #violinmaker #luthier #varnish #howeryviolins #northFlorida…
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Graduating Juliet
Juliet graduating on top spruce just about done… A little more on the back plate and I start cutting the F-Holes #violinJuliet #violin #violinist #violinmaker #luthier #varnish #howeryviolins #northFlorida #florida #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach #florida #newsbrunswick #savannah #jacksonville #saintAugustine #stmarys #southerngeorgia #NYC #NewYork #RiversideOrchestra A photo posted by William Howery (@howeryviolins) on Oct 14, 2015 at 6:17pm…