Susanna Prince, who is kind enough to let me share her studio space, has agreed to make a set of sterling silver dog tags for each new violin. The tags can be worn by the owner or left on the violin. One of the tags has the violin's own name and the other is the family name, violinisto.

Home from the mean streets of New York City after three days of hotels, airplanes and a media feeding frenzy. Everything went well, no unpleasant surprises to deal with. Now back to violins and music.