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Contact: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. UK
Finest quality violins violas and cellos — handmade in the traditional way Modern : Classical : Baroque and Commissions — for professional players and students. Instrument restoration, setting-up and repairs to the highest standards Cello Making Prize: Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) International Cello Festival 1990 The Newark School of Violin Making — Diploma with Distinction 1982 Further experience in the workshops of Peter Biddulph and W E Hill and Sons Ltd. Including restoration and setting-up of many fine quality instruments. Making / Restoration / Repairs For over 20 years about half my work has been making new instruments — mostly cellos in recent years. Generally my instruments are based on the works of Old Masters — a cello by Giovani Grancino of 1693 has been a successful model for many years — as have violins modelled on Stradivari and Nicolo Amati, and violas in various sizes. For optimum beauty of the finished wood, a golden ground/sealer compliments crystal-clear oil varnish. Colours ranging from amber through burnt-orange to ruby-red — using transparent Madder lake pigments. Restoration of a wide variety of older instruments e.g. Carcassi, Celoniato, Grancino etc.. For anyone whose instrument needs emergency work I would be very willing to help out. This could be anything from — telephone advice, tonal adjustments, gluing open seams or removing buzzes — to major restoration requiring internal patches that conserve original but damaged areas. Even the worst that can happen to an instrument can be successfully restored. Insurance work undertaken — mostly for Allianz Cornhill (formerly British Reserve). Clients from around the UK and abroad include — BBC Orchestras, Alberni Quartet, National Youth Orchestra. Benslow Musical Instrument Loan Scheme have two cellos and two violins of mine. I am happy to make anything required to commission — model or colour etc.. Alternatively players can choose from instruments currently available. | ||||||
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