Time is the silent conversationalist at every table, the unacknowledged guest who draws the map of our wrinkles, etches the slow change …
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1790 Kennedy cello
I worked on this as a Covid project – from February 2021 to November 2021. I didn’t keep track of the number …
Cello Collection
18 months later… Waiting for #6 – a 2022 Frank Ravatin, on commission. I pretty much spend most of my playing time …
… 6 months later.
So this has been a half-year in making. Countless coffees, anxiety, frustration and a healthy dose of good luck later, the cello …
Cello setup (putting the soundpost in place)
Sounds difficult but actually it’s not too bad after a few hours of seemingly mindless frustration. First, you need your old soundpost …
Cello setup (making your own soundpost)
Over the course of the past 2 months, and as part of an introspective series on ticking off the checkboxes in my …
Instrument making – classical guitars, violins, cellos
I built my last classical guitar in 2006, with life getting in the way during the intervening 14 years. Thanks to mid-life …
Covid-19 Trackers
Without doubt, the fabric of the world has changed between the last post and this. Suffice to say, nothing will be quite …
Aroids
Up till 18 months ago, perhaps even a little further back, I’ve never had much of a thing for those green little …
Vintage Analysis: Reflections at Keppel Bay
[Note this is a posting in progress as I am adding more analysis] I’ve a special place in my big heart for …