michaelFeb 28
new #PirateLuthier update with an ancient photo: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/fiddles-fixed-in-february.html #violin #diy #woodworking #tools
fiddles fixed in February

Pirate Luthier update After crack repair, successful reassembly and setting up of the quite lovely violin number 30 , I turned to some le...

michaelJan 25

#PirateLuthier update: turning #violins inside out:

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/01/turning-violins-inside-out.html

#musicalInstruments #InstrumentRepair #violin #guarnerius

turning violins inside out

Pirate Luthier update Over the xmas period, I learned how to open up violins, glue cracks, and close them again. I practiced that on the n...

michaelJan 4

a two-string #coconut fiddle with a carving that looks like an angry cat. Does anybody have any ideas where this comes from and how it should be set up? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-coconut-lute.html

Could be eg a #yehu #kongahyan #DanGao from #China #Indonesia, #Vietnam respectively?

#musicalInstruments #pirateLuthier

michaelDec 27

I don't have much hope for this #cello, but it looks kind of #artsy when I turn it inside out, so I might want to keep it that way. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-cello-jigsaw.html

#pirateLuthier #repair #musicalInstruments

a cello jigsaw

Pirate Luthier update No new violins turned up this month, but I finally built up enough courage to open up instruments to repair cracks i...

michaelOct 28
#PirateLuthier adventures: #violin number 30 has a lovely wooden case, and a nasty crack. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-lovely-case.html #lutherie #instrumentRepair
michaelOct 17
warning - this book may cause wanton #lutherie https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-workshop-guide.html #pirateLuthier #nonFiction #woodworking #guidebook
a workshop guide

Three years ago, just before I embarked on my pirate luthier journey, I discovered a book about lutherie techniques in the Oxfam bookshop a...

michaelOct 14

If anybody asks where I see myself in five years time: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaiopai/54853394700/

#PirateLuthier

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michaelOct 9
I find that my old sweater fits this old #cello really well: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-new-old-cello-revealed.html
#PirateLuthier #instrumentRepair #vintage #musicalInstruments
a new old cello revealed

Pirate Luthier update Two years ago, when I was looking for a cello as Heinrich the family cello was about to move out to rejoi...

michaelSep 27
#PirateLuthier adventures - here comes #violin number 29. Currently have 12 that are ready to play if anybody in #Oxford wants one. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-odd-sized-violin.html #musicalInstruments #fiddles #goodEnoughForFolk
an odd-sized violin

Pirate Luthier update The second violin I discovered during that lucky day on Gloucester Green market, number 29 on my boo...

michaelJul 31, 2025

#PirateLuthier update: I'm currently rescuing one #violin per month, so here comes Miss July aka number 27: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-violin-from-czechoslovakia.html

#musicalInstruments #instrumentRepair

a violin from Czechoslovakia

Pirate Luthier update My Freegle call looking for fiddle cases hasn't produced any actual cases, but it helped me rehome two fiddles ...