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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.

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.

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.

Episode 30: Sell It To Me

September 2nd, 2020  |  Season 2  |  56 mins

american made, cello, chris jacoby, luthier, made in the americas, omo, selling violins, two truths and a lie, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop

How does a modern maker make money? What's the options for selling and how does one make it work? Chris Jacoby shares his years of experience making and selling, what has worked and what hasn't. We share lines we've used to make sales, and continue our segment: Two Truths and A Lie.

Episode 28: Hot! Bow! Action!

August 5th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 2 mins

american made, bow history, bow making, cello, conservation, french history. omo, french trade schools, luthier, matt wehling, viola, violin, violin shop

When was the hot hot evolution of the bow? Rozie and Jerry bequeath the history of bowmaking in France, plus bow maker Matt Wehling delights us with his awewsomeness and schools us on works toward preservation of endangered bow materials.

Stay tuned as Chris, Jerry, and Rozie play two truths and a lie.

Episode 27: Made in the Americas, part 2

July 1st, 2020  |  Season 2  |  51 mins

american made, cello, luthier, made in the americas, mexican luthier, mexican violins, omo, south american history, south american instruments, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop

But how did violin making come to Mexico and South America? When European instrument making met indigenous American hands, what sprang from this? Join Rozie & Jerry for an interview with Jaime Gabriel, Mexican luthier and recent transplant to the states.

Episode 26: Made in the Americas

June 7th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  53 mins 30 secs

american made, cello, lutheria sobre ruedas, luthier, luthiery on wheels, made in the americas, omo, travel, viola, violin, violin making, violin shop

Join us, Omosapiens, as we explore violin making in the greater continent, not just the states. Ben Hebbert chats with Rozie about some earliest known American Makers, and later luthier Damien Stoppani pauses his travels to tell us about Lutheria Sobre Ruedas - Luthiery On Wheels, and his travels along the continent in his bus.