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Juzek Bridge Jig
With a bridge firmly grasped in my hand and a small rectangle of 220 grit scratch cloth carefully laid on the supine violin, I move a delicate piece of carved maple upon the paper, sanding the feet into the curved shape of the violin top. Sometimes one foot wants a little more off than the […]
Juzek Peg Shaper
One of the handiest items on my workbench is the Juzek peg shaper. Nearly every violin in line exhibits peg issues. An ill-fitted “emergency” peg, in place for decades, inexorably ruining the peg box due to ignorance, empty pockets, or economy. Absent pegs. No pegs. Archaic peg hole taper. With a peg shaper we’re able […]
Juzek Luthier Tools
LITTLE DEER ISLE, MAINE Generational downsizing had Jeff moving fiddles. In the right place, I acquired a Johann Baptist Schweitzer Copy of 1813 in rare good condition. Down the Eastern Seaboard the Baptist (bap•TEEST) was shipped. To Pennsylvania for mild refurbishment, strings, set-up, then further south to William in Georgia. Its stop-over proved to be […]
All Summer Long
Summers come and summers go. The Rockdale Boys made it to our local county park. Debbie Durant never sounded finer. The Zona saw continues trimming violin bushing pegs closer than a dime. A pile of late 19th century built-in drawers junked near Penn campus? We grabbed a stack of drawer bottoms. John-Anthony dropped off his […]
2014 ~ 2018
Christopher Payne • Photographer andy weir • artemis Shawn Colvin George H.W. Bush Bridgeport Brass Four Seasons Democracy – 2018 – Quaker Oats Hands On The Earth • Apple Cider Breakstone’s Butter Eclectic Products – Eugene, Oregon Bubba • Bootjack California Harvest Moon Festival D’Addario Violin Strings Harvest Festivals Lie-Nielsen Bevel Edge Chisels Yosemite National Park Violin Maker’s Plane Beecher’s Handmade Cheese […]
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