Just prior to RedDog's European expedition, I'll be moving the shop to larger quarters. Tom, guitarist and banjo operator for RedDog, has a new studio and the violin shop will join him there. This will make the shop big enough so I stop losing things (I hope) and  so that people can stop by to try out violins or play a tune or swap tall tales. Here are two snapshots of the space.

Plates for Alafaire are nearly finished. Once they are attached to the ribs, the purfling will be inlaid, the edges rounded and then blended into the arching.