Just returned from Tucson, where the 2018 VMAAI violinmaking competition was held.  My #25 violin took the top tone awards, and second for combined tone and workmanship.

What could be better than a visit from Sam Zygmuntowicz to chat about violinmaking for a few hours.

Violin #25

Not quite in numerical sequence... but #25 just got completed.  It's my Guarneri-ish model, top and back woods match #24, taken from the same log.

Here it is (4 days after stringing up) being played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZYM0NoWfs&feature=youtu.be

Annelle Gregory played a concert in Kiev, Ukraine recently (my violin #21)
and some more great playing by Annelle, from a few months ago.

Violin #26 completed, my first one using the Strad P form, a bit smaller than the normal ones I have been making.  The sound doesn't seem any smaller, however.  I don't have a video where you can hear it played (yet), but you can download an audio file from a post here.

Annelle Gregory test driving #24:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzakxMjGVrY

And some photos...

Poking around on the internet, and found a video of Pearl de la Motte playing my recent viola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2fzaQec0E8

Annelle Gregory yesterday in LA, playing my violin #21.  Also in attendance were other friends/violinmakers Bill Sloan, Tony Rizzo, and Don Lenker.
Video: https://www.facebook.com/AnnelleViolin/videos/994883900650102/