04/11/2026
Hello friends, customers, and anyone taking a peek at Stringworks Studio.
Clearly, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. I took a lot of time away from what might qualify as promotion to adjust and hope to orchestrate (a little desperately at times) what might work for a one-person-slow-working repair shop and still strive to keep up and do well for customers.
I’m deeply appreciative of anyone who has checked in or has taken a moment to look at what may or may not be going on here, whether out of random interest, support, friendship, or appreciation as a customer. My deep thanks to you.
Life transitions have taken place over the last few years——as I get old-ish without quite realizing it.
Work-life adjustments have been chugging away in earnest.
By way of a belated update:
-I am still in the business of instrument repair.
-I’m busy completing several repairs that have been here for far too long.
-I’m paring back on what kinds of repairs I take on
in order to maintain high quality and timely work, and I’m taking in work with only these focuses as guides.
-I’m planning to finally get on to refurbishing instruments that I’ve acquired, ones that have been languishing here for years. It’s time to put them back into circulation so they can get back to being useful and satisfying to musicians.
Maybe look for some cool instruments for sale here soon.
-I’ve found ways of making some dollars with other work so that caring for instruments can hope to be more of an avocation than a vocation.
The intent of these shifts of focus is to serve my customers in the best possible way (and to reduce my stress level, I’ll admit).
-Please do call or text to talk with me about your stringed instrument repair needs. I’ll be straight with you about whether my wee shop is or is not the best choice for all reasons I’ve just blabbed on about. I know many great experts to refer you to in the greater area and beyond, if my shop is not the fit.
Many many thanks, always, to the friends and clients and lovers of music-making I have the privilege of knowing, meeting, and working for and with over the decades.
