Country/City:United Kingdom/High WycombeeditBirth:edit-editMaker Type:LuthierseditSchool:High Wycombeedit
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Resident at High Wycombe. Before taking up violin making professionally, 1935, he had a long training as a wood carver, and worked a few years with Eric Gill (famous sculptor). His knowledge of timber (combined with intense study of traditional methods of violin construction) enabled him to perfect a system by which the belly and back of each instrument are worked to a thickness according to density and in harmony with companion parts. Each specimen... ShopsDiscussion board forHoing,Clifford A. |
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