2019 Competition Awards
First Gold Medal Second Silver Medal Third Certificate Gut String Violin Tone Alex Reza Pablo Alfaro Edward Byler Gut String Violin Workmanship Edward Byler Jose Antonio Tavira Edward Byler Gut String Violin Overall...
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2018 Competition Awards
First Gold Medal Second Silver Medal Third Certificate Viola Tone John Hosking Pablo Alfaro John Hosking Viola Overall Pablo Alfaro John Hosking John Hosking Gut String Violin Tone Don Noon Hristo Tchechmedjiev Zach...
2016 Competition Awards
First Gold Medal Second Silver Medal Third Certificate Quartet Antonio Rizzo Evan Smith Charles Conti Small Viola Tone Antonio Dorato Pablo Alfaro Don Lenker Small Viola Overall Pablo Alfaro Antonio Dorato Don Lenker Large Viola...
2015 Competition Awards
This is the 2015 Competition awards page. (2015 Competition Awards) First Gold Medal Second Silver Medal Third Certificate Quartet Antonio Rizzo Evan Smith Charles Conti Small Viola Tone Darwin Fontenot Stanley Kiernoziak John Hosking...
VMAAI Journal
The VMAAI Journal is a bimonthly publication dedicated to keeping members informed about Association activities and providing informative, how-to-do-it articles on various aspects of violin making. Members are encouraged to submit material concerning unusual techniques that...
Shims Refit the Mortise for the Neck—from the July 2001 Journal
David Brownell, Ann Arbor, MI When resetting a loose neck, it is not unusual to find that the fit of neck butt into mortise is a sloppy fit; there actually is a gap left...
More on the Violin Bass Bar (Comments on Last Month’s Article by Dennis Braun)
From B. H. Huckaby, Frankfort, KY First I want to thank Dennis Braun for his very thoughtful and pertinent article on this subject in last months journal. I was especially pleased with the way he...
Locating Fixture for Fitting the Bass Bar to the Violin Belly
By Antonio Rizzo, Torrance, CA The bass bar should be located and fitted to the inside of the belly in a perpendicular position, relative to the belly/rib gluing surface and inclined relative to the...
Bent Bass Bars from xxx Journal
By Sam Compton, Natural Bridge, Station, VA My dear friend Bill Fulton asked me to comment on my work concerning bent bass bars. This project is still “in the works”, but I’ll tell everyone...
Full workmanship critique with Christopher Germain
If this is your first contest or if you’re an old hand, watching this video will give you a good idea of what the workmanship judges look for.
