A New Look with Archaic Tools

A New Look with Archaic Tools

A New Look with Archaic Tools June 2022 Over the last couple of years, my workshop has got to look a little different. The most obvious change is the new workbench which I made in early 2020, modelled on benches being used in France around the middle of the 18th...
Viola C Strings

Viola C Strings

Viola C Strings June 2022 Yesterday I decided to do a bit of work on three violas. The largest one, an Andrea Guarneri model, needed a longer soundpost because the response had become a little slow and the sound was not as big as it should be. I had tried tightening...