Description: — Handmade Violins, Violas and Cellos — Violinisto What Does Handmade Mean The methods and tools used in making violins have changed little in 300 or more years. Steel technology has given us finer and more durable edges but it's still a hand that controls the
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Violinisto is a one man shop in Seattle where Doug Yule builds and restores violin family instruments using methods that have largely remained unchanged for 300 years. From the initial choice of wood to the final set up, Doug completes each step of the process himself. This differs significantly from the typical production situation where one person does one operation over and over but has no involvement in any other part of the instrument and consequently never develops a working knowledge of the individua
Currently the shop is closed while Doug is in Southeast Asia with his wife. When he is in Seattle, he offers several models of violins based on the work of early Italian masters such as Stradivarius, Guarnari del Gesu, Sancta Seraphin, Testore, Castello and Joseph Filius Andreus. Four models of violas are available and one cello model has been developed. A 7/8 size "Ladies Violin" based on the Del Gesu "D'Egville" can be built for small hands. Instruments that are available to play immediately can be seen a
Lily is based on a scroll attributed to Castello. The body is taken from another maker of the same family.