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The Romance & Reality of violin makers

About the show

We cover the lives of violin makers, their best parts and worst parts, yesterday and today. Historical stories, interviews with experts and makers in the field. Omobono Stradivari was the least liked son of his father, Antonio, he was remembered in Antonio's will as a screw up. He is our north star. We are all part of this. We all belong exactly here.

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Episodes

  • Episode 53: Project Blue Book part 2

    February 15th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  53 mins 45 secs
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 52: Project Blue Book

    December 21st, 2022  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 4 secs
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 51: Sharpening, how to cut corners.

    November 23rd, 2022  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 24 secs
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 50: Pernambuco

    October 26th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 49: VSA 2022

    September 21st, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 16 mins
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 48: Vienna

    August 24th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 37 secs
    cellos, luthier, luthiers, reality, romance, violas, violinmaking, violins

    For luthiers and by luthiers, we continue our pursuit of uncovering the romance and reality of violinmaking.

  • Episode 47: The Experts Part 3: The path to attribution

    July 27th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 46 secs
    american made, bass, bass making, luthier, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop

    The Experts Part 3: The path to attribution

  • Episode 46: The Experts: Tools and Resources

    June 22nd, 2022  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 41 secs
    antiques roadshow, benjamin hebbert, cello, christopher reuning, claire givens, dendrochronology, identification, italian violins, library, luthier, omo, viola, violin, violin identification, violin making, violin shop

    On Rozie and Brandon's continuing search to understand experts in the identification field, in this episode we explore the tools and resources of the trade. From blacklights to libraries, dendrochronology to databases, we consult with Christopher Reuning, Claire Givens, and Benjamin Hebbert.

  • Episode 45: The Experts: Origins

    May 25th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
    ben hebbert, cello, christoper reuning, expert identification, identification, luthier, sawyer thomson, viola, violin, violin history, violin making, violin shop

    Three experts in the violin identification field share with us how they got their start. Join Rozie and Brandon as they chat with Christoper Reuning, Ben Hebbert, and Sawyer Thomson.

  • Episode 44: Tsukomogami: The Will of the Instrument

    April 13th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  47 mins 23 secs
    american luthier, animate, cello, inanimate, jewish violins, luthier, spirits, tsukomogami, viola, violin, violin history, violin theft ring, violins, violins of hope

    Do inanimate objects sometimes have a will of their own? Does a violin have it's own agenda? Tsukomogami is a japanese folk belief that tools become more alive over time. Join Rozie DeLoach and Brandon Godman, discussing a few violin histories in which there seems to be more afoot than just the influence of humans.

  • Episode 43: A Sticky Situation

    March 16th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  54 mins 9 secs
    cello, glue, hide glue, luthier, luthier income survey, michael doran, mj kwan, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop

    What are the origins of hide glue, and how did it become THE glue of choice for violin makers?

  • Episode 42: Peaches: the Matchmaker

    February 16th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  48 mins 11 secs
    brandon godman, cello, luthier, matchmaking, viola, violin, violin hunting, violin making, violin search, violin shop, violin wholesale

    Brandon Godman joins Rozie & Jerry, discussing the thrill of violin hunting, along with his multifaceted career. Splitting his time between The Fiddle Mercantile in San Francisco and The Violin Shop in Nashville, Brandon is deeply knowledgable through the country in the art of matching the right violin to the right restorer and right shop.