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/

Contact Info.

Although there is contact information buried in a link somewhere here, it might be hard to find.  If you're interested in a violin or viola, best to start with noonviolins@gmail.com

Annelle K. Gregory wins the 2017 Sphinx competition

It was with great pleasure that I watched the live video of the competition last Sunday, and even greater pleasure watched the announcement that Annelle won.  Yes, it was also nice that she chose to use my violin, so I got to hear it being used for its intended purpose.  This was violin #21, the same one that won the VMAAI violinmaking competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyA1i-x3Dvc

In the meantime, I managed to get violin #22 finished, after two varnish/antiquing failures.  It's not easy.

A late addition to the previous post...

The winnings all assembled in one spot.  All the paper, metal, and wood outweigh the fiddle by quite a bit.

I also collected a stockpile of 1-piece maple backs while I was there.

Recently returned from the VMAAI violinmaking competition, where my violin #21 (Guarneri-inspired model) fared quite well:

• First place, final tone, gut string division
• Gold medal for combined tone and workmanship
• Certificate of merit for workmanship
• Bob Wallace winner for best tone, gut and steel string
• Bill Barnitz award for best workmanship and tone of all instruments, including violas and cellos

You can also hear it played in the competition here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-sbTOh0as

Links to sound clips

#24  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzakxMjGVrY
#23 (viola) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Qj3zliiZo
#21  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnV3P-bsI-w
#19  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eMq4CacDm4
#19  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJw3oyFuURs&feature=youtu.be
#18  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iZDNWr9mvU
#16  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHV999hYj8
#10  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPJ1WJIZsdk
#4  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfEYYzY_z4

Hi and welcome to my website/blog, such as it is.  I'd much rather spend my time working on instruments than figuring out how to make a pretty website, and I don't make enough money at this to justify paying someone else to do it.

I'll add to this site when I can.  For now, here's one of my recent violins (#19), Strad inspired:

you can here it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJw3oyFuURs&feature=youtu.be