As I started my violin shop, I had all types of repair requests coming in. Some were quite complex, like resetting a neck that had come...

As I walk up to a work station at my day job holding a clipboard and stopwatch, I notice the operators tense up. I can guess what's going...

One unique service that I offer as a luthier is a seasonal check and clean. I do this at a very discounted rate for the amount of work...

Lean manufacturing is a concept often associated with modern manufacturing, as it started with Taiichi Ohno and Toyota, spreading quickly...

I recently created an inlay design on a music box top for my daughter. My previous inlays have either been really small, such as on...

One of the natural parts of progressing as a musician is encountering more interesting key signatures, more and more sharps and...

Jessica and I recently spent a wonderful weekend at the Winter School put on by the Celtic Arts Foundation in Seabeck, WA, attending...

My formal education is in chemistry and chemical engineering. So, naturally, I'm enchanted with the mystery of violin varnish. This is...