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Price- Violin Build Intro

November 16, 2015

I started making another violin this month. It is a commissioned build for one of my clients who purchased a viola from me a few years ago. I love building violins with a particular person in mind. It allows me to build the instrument with their...

Guadagnini Cello- Continued

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Cello Making, Fegley

October 14, 2015

The Guadagnini cello is suntanned and ready for some varnish! The hard part is making sure to let your instruments get a nice base before jumping into varnish work… Easier said than done because you have this beautiful instrument in the white that you just...

Messiah Violin Continued

by Fegley

Cello Making, Fegley, String Instruments for Sale, Violin Making

October 14, 2015

As I work on this current violin build I will continue to give updates on my progress! Or at least I will try to force myself to sit down and write a blog every week or two… This build has been quite challenging, it is hard...

1743 Guadagnini Cello

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Cello Making, Fegley, String Instruments for Sale

September 29, 2015

As I continue with the 7/8 Guadagnini cello, I like to update my clients about the progress that has been made. I am very interested to see how this small Guadagnini cello model will throw the sound. I am use to making Stradivarius model cellos...

‘Messiah’ Stradivarius

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Fegley, Violin Making

September 22, 2015

My latest violin build is another Stradivari copy… I know, surprise, surprise! But he really was ahead of his time. The craftsmanship that you see in his work is truly incredible! And as a modern violin maker it is truly inspiring. I was fortunate enough to...

Fegley’s Violin Shop

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Cello Making, Fegley, String Instruments for Sale, Violin Making

September 18, 2015

Over the years I have slowly started to organize the workshop at Fegley Violin Shop. I will admit it wasn’t one of my easier tasks, but it was however extremely rewarding. I can imagine Jim looking down and saying, “Where is all of my stuff! I...

Andrea Guarneri F-holes

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Cello Making, Fegley, Violin Making

August 24, 2015

The importance of well-placed F-holes… Every player has seen the instrument where the top is heavily damaged where the bridge is placed. Worn down from years of players moving the bridge back and forth over and over again. This is why I take so much time...

Old German Violin

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Fegley, Violin Making

August 19, 2015

Violins are all the same, right? From the outside world I can see why all violins look the same! But when you are a maker or a player you appreciate the beauty that instruments have to offer! This instrument wasn’t worth a terrible amount, it was...

Andrea Guarneri Viola

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Fegley, Violin Making

August 13, 2015

My latest viola build is a copy of one of the most known members of the Guarneri family; Andrea Guarneri. Andrea along with several other great makers apprenticed directly with the great Nicolo Amati. Among those that apprenticed with Amati Guarneri held true to the Amati...

G. B. Guadagnini Cello

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Cello Making, Fegley

August 5, 2015

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini is one of my favorite makers! Guadagnini is regarded as the greatest maker of the second half of the 18th Century! Not one of the greatest, but thee greatest… His career expanded of 44 years and his original style produced some of...

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