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David T. Van Zandt, Violin Maker in Seattle, Washington, USA (218 words) |
 | You can find out how I got into violin making, read an interview published in the Violin Society of America Newsletter about why I construct baroque violins and early Stradivari violin models and an interview with Erin Shrader of STRINGS Magazine. |
| Violin Resources Menu for links to general information about violins, bows and their makers. |
| I make new violins, violas and cellos in Seattle, Washington and construct instruments suitable for contemporary performance practice as well those intended for historically informed period performance practice. |
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Maine Folklife Center (1865 words) |
| Violins came to America and were often used in the earlier years as accompaniment for church music. |
| The Violin Makers association in the State of Maine was established in 1916 for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the art of violin making and was said to have been the first of its kind formed in America. |
| A violin maker does not use a lot of wood, the wood in a violin is 10-15 inches long and an inch thick and youre using that much wood every month. |
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