My colleague Jon Price finished this magnificent violin in April. It is modeled after the "Plowden", Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesu', 1735. The varnish and shading is Stradivari inspired hence the red and gold colors. Notable, this violin has a gorgeous one piece slab cut back made from American maple. As always with Jon's violins, the top …
Violin Bow no. 4
This 4th violin bow was completed in March. The stick is octagonal pernambuco with ebony and silver mounts, weighing in at 60.1 grams. The head and frog modeling are Sartory, though I deviated from the traditional parisian eye/solid button combination on this frog and went with a large pearl eye. There are many examples of …