A selection of pictures showing work in progress in my workshop:










3 rib structures - violin, viola and cello all in progress:
The 'harmonic box' - before closing:
Linings being glued in the cello rib structure:
A detail of an instrument in the white:
2 shots of a 15" Viola about to be varnished:


2 pics showing the nut being fitted to a 15" viola:
Here the pegs are being fitted to the same neck:
The spruce front of a 15 3/4" viola undergoing final arching ( scraping ) :
The 1-piece poplar back of the same 15 3/4" viola likewise in the final stages of arching:
The same back being glued to the ribstructure:
The 'harmonic box' almost ready to be closed: