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
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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.
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Episode 41: The Egg and I, and Antoine
December 15th, 2021 | Season 3 | 58 mins 6 secs
antiquing, antoine nedelec, cello, chicago school of violin making, luthier, varnish, viola, violin, violin making, violin school, violin shop
Rozie and Jerry talk with the executive director of the Chicago School of Violinmaking, Antoine Nedelec.
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Episode 40: Family: Oberlin
November 18th, 2021 | Season 3 | 38 mins 56 secs
cello, luthier, oberlin, oberlin college, oberlin conservatory, restoration, viola, violin, violin making
Rozie and Jerry talk with Anna Hoffman, manager of the Oberlin Conservatory summer programs, about what the program offers for luthiers and beyond. For years this campus has been connecting people in the arts and fostering excellence.
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Episode 39: Trevor Davis: Gettin Wood
October 13th, 2021 | Season 3 | 45 mins 30 secs
american made, bass, bass making, cello, colorado mountains, conservation, luthier, tonewood, tree felling, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop, wood collecting
From choosing the right tree for tonewood, to safely getting logs down the mountain, award winning bass maker Trevor Davis shares with Chris and Rozie his experiences traveling to Colorado to fell spruce.
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Episode 38: Women in Lutherie: The Movement
September 22nd, 2021 | Season 3 | 49 mins 5 secs
cello, equity, luthier, omo, viola, violin, violin shop, women at the workbench, women in lutherie, womens rights
What's next for Women at the workbench? Join Rozie as she interviews Jeemin Kim and Jennifer Creadick, co founders of the nonprofit organization (and all around amazing gathering of women) - Women in Lutherie. We discuss long standing issues in this field and how the WIL group is pushing the needle forward to create a more equitable space for women in this field.
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Episode 37: Take Care of Your Butts: Cameron Robertson
August 11th, 2021 | Season 3 | 49 mins 14 secs
cello, long term health, luthier, occupational therapy, omo, repetitive stress injury, viola, violin, violin making, violin repair, violin restoration, violin shop, woodworking health, workbench, workshop safety
Cameron has invested countless hours in finding workbench repair hacks, so that he and and other luthiers can have longer careers without sacrificing their bodies to repetitive stress injuries. Chris and Rozie go over several of his discoveries. Coda with Rob Wood, on exercises every luthier should be doing.
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Episode 36: Jason Price: The Tarisio Effect
July 14th, 2021 | Season 3 | 42 mins 45 secs
american made, auction house, cello, jason price, luthier, tarisio, viola, violin, violin auctions, violin sales, violin shop
Chris and Rozie chat with one of the founders of the internationally recognized violin auction house Tarisio - Jason Price. We cover some of the history of buying & selling, the purpose of auctions, and how Tarisio has changed the market.
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Episode 35: Christopher Reuning: Violins of Good Taste
June 23rd, 2021 | Season 3 | 52 mins 50 secs
carriage house, cello, christopher reuning, fine violin sales, international violin trade, luthier, omo, reuning & sons, tarisio, viola, violin, violin auction, violin auctions, violin making, violin shop, violin society of america
With influence far and wide across many levels of the violin industry, Christoper Reuning joins Chris and Rozie to discuss the many turns his career path has taken.
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Episode 34: Iris Carr: Doing more, with less
May 19th, 2021 | Season 2 | 43 mins 30 secs
cello, charles beare, continuing education, iris carr, luthier, luthier education, repair, restoration, viola, violin, violin retouching, violin shop, violin varnish
Rozie and Jerry interview master retoucher Iris Carr on her many seamless restoration jobs, her history of rubbing elbows with some of the greats in the field, and her newly launched education course, available now, for YOU!
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Episode 33: Cajun flavor with Anya Burgess
April 14th, 2021 | Season 2 | 46 mins 29 secs
american made, bonsoir catan, cajun, cello, lafayette, luthier, magnolia sisters, omo, sola, sola violins, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop, zydeco
Anya shares with Chris and Rozie the history of Lafayette, Louisiana, and it's unique Cajun heartbeat, and the unique challenges of doing luthier work in swampland.
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Episode 32: Rahmaan Phillip & The Great Covid Escape
March 17th, 2021 | Season 2 | 37 mins 1 sec
cello, covid, escape, luthier, omobono, vietnam, viola, violin, violin making
Has anyone else out there had the urge to flee the US in the last year? We found the luthier who did just that. Rahmaan Phillip shares with us his story of the last year, when the vacation to Vietnam turned into a more permanent stay.
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Episode 31: Quiz Show: Live at The VSA
January 1st, 2021 | Season 2 | 28 mins 57 secs
cello, live, luthier, quiz show, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop, violin society of america, vsa
Happy New Year! We present an audio version of the VSA Quiz Show we conducted in November. We look forward to seeing you Omosapiens for Season 3 in January!