Commissions.

If you are interested in commissioning an instrument, please know that I would welcome your involvement in the exciting process of bringing an instrument to life.   There are so many variables, from model and size to choice of wood and finish of the varnish.  Prices and wait times vary depending on the particulars – please contact me to find out more.

  My instruments can currently be auditioned at Claire Givens Violins in Minneapolis (www.givensviolins.com), at Mount Airy Violins in Philadelphia (www.violinsandbows.us), and at Huthmaker Violins in Suwanee, GA (huthmakerviolins.com).

My approach to instrument making is very old school – I handpick the wood, which mostly comes from Europe (although I am not religious about this), and prefer doing all the actual woodwork by hand.   I feel this gives me a unique opportunity to get to know the properties of each piece of wood I am working on.  I have been known, in the interest of expediency, to sometimes use a band saw, but in general, I find hand tools a lot more enjoyable to operate than machines.  Given the right circumstances, however, I can be open to contemporary ideas!