Student progress. Jacqui glued her violin neck in in may 2015. The violin was varnished and set up, summer 2015.Posted on 14 September 2015

May 2015. Jacqui has finally managed to glue her violin neck in to the body and is reaching for the clamp to push and hold it into position. The end of a lot of hard work and looking good.

Spring 2015. The neck glued in; now to shape the neck, varnish the violin, and set it up.

May 2015. Jacqui has finally managed to glue her violin neck in to the body and is reaching for the clamp to push and hold it into position. The end of a lot of hard work and looking good.

Summer 2015; Jacqui has now finished her lovely new violin and is playing on it.

The first notes on Jacqui's new violin. Jacqui researched, chose, tested and applied, the varnish herself.

close up of the beautifully cut soundholes. notice the bee sting in the corners as well, purfling all cut by hand. Well done Jacqui!