December 2, 2017 was a milestone. For her Senior Recital and in satisfaction of her Violin Performance degree with a Performer’s Certificate, at the Eastman School of Music, my daughter, Willa Finck, selected and performed a program of demanding modern works. She began with a work for solo violin, “Afternoon Elegie,” composed in the Spring […]
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This is a recently completed 15-5/8″ body length (40.0 cm) viola with a 14-1/2″ string length (36.9 cm). It’s my model inspired by the outline of a 1560 Andrea Amati viola. I spent a good session with a professional violist optimizing the setup on this instrument — it speaks easily and is remarkably even across
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The last guitar I built was recently made for a terrific young man and musician who is off pursuing a masters degree in classical guitar performance at Yale. My previous classicals have been quite traditional. This one was something new for me, incorporating many elements found in contemporary classical guitars: elevated neck, soundport, carbon-fiber neck
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