Instruments

Finished in 2024. Based on a Guarneri model. One piece Maple back harvested in 1984. Rosewood fittings with a Wittner fine tuner tailpiece and a Corene fingerboard. Very clear and strong tone!

$3800

I love this one! Bright clear tone but still very rich and resonant. Based on the Guarneri Kreistler model. One piece back, Sonowood reclaimed wood fingerboard and tailpiece. Precision internally geared finetuner pegs.

$3650

Based on a Guarneri model. Vibrant rich reddish orange finish with a huge tone. Rosewood fittings. Wittner finetuner tailpiece

$3600

Built in 2022. Based on a Guarneri model. This one glows! I particularly like the warm, rich brown-orange finish. I added a little flair to the fingerboard. Boxwood pegs and tailpiece seemed to fit this one best.

$3500

This one is my own design, influenced by the Orcas and Humpback whales that migrate through Puget Sound. The corners and f holes have shapes which call to mind dorsal fins, and a whale tail curls up from the peg box. This was so much fun to do! Expect more of these to come!

$3500 (all proceeds go to support whale conservation)

SOLD

Built in 2021. Based on the Andrea Amati model from 1566. This is in homage to the creator of what we consider to be the modern violin. I’m amazed that Amati made something five hundred years ago that has not changed all that much. This one has a smaller body than the other models I’ve done, but a true and sweet tone.

$1800

Built in 2020. Guarneri Kreistler model. This one has a one piece bubble maple back, which I think is gorgeous!

$1600

Built in 2020 for my daughter Rose who was starting to get into Irish fiddling. I can’t take credit for the fingerboard inlay, which was done in the workshop of Ellis Mandolins in Austin, Texas. Luckily, I get to see this one at the weekly Irish sessions in Seattle when Rose and I belt out a few Irish tunes

Not for Sale

Built in 2020. Guarneri Kreistler model. Everything went really well and the varnish was looking great, until I set it in the sun for some last minute curing before setting it up. The Pacific Northwest sun was strong that day, my friends! So strong it burned and bubbled the varnish! So, with this one I did strip off the varnish and started again and I like the end result!

$1600

Built in 2018. Another go at the Guarneri Kreistler model. I tried something radical on this one and applied color with artist’s oils. This one has a fabulous tone.

$1250

Built in 2018. This one is the Guarneri Kreistler model. The Guarneri tends to be bigger and fuller in the arching, giving it a deep, rich tone. Paganini favored the Guarneri and I can see why. Much better on the varnish, but I’m still learning.

$1200

Built in 2016. My first violin! This is a copy of the Stradivarius Messiah. I learned a ton on this one and the build went very well. The varnish? Not so much! Some drips formed and although I could have stripped it all off and tried to re-varnish I decided to leave it as it is. I named it “Dripsy” after one of my favorite Irish polkas.

Not for sale