We recently had a conversation with our insurance carrier, being in the unhappy position of having to file a claim for two violins damaged during shipping. I have spoken with many instrument owners who are un- or under-insured and I thought I would share what I have learned.
The experience and evolution of Vermont’s Working Landscape has been in my thinking recently, particularly as our communities work on issues of solar arrays, wind towers and discuss zoning for views and landscaping. In my personal life I struggle with…
This violin started with the back wood. David Meyer, a colleague of mine, showed me a beautiful piece of curly basswood that had been cut near his studio north of Mt Mansfield. A woodcutter who was interested in how it would work for fiddles had given it to him and David was not getting to working it.