My own background in creating physical objects comes from working in my teens as a draftsman, designing and creating crude musical objects since my childhood.  Starting off as a drummer and guitarist.  It's interesting to note that even as a teenager, a friend gave me a cheap electric guitar that he no longer wanted and the first thing I did was take it apart!  Later, I was transfixed by the sound of classical guitar which led to the lute many years ago.  

 

As a player of the lute, theorbo and baroque guitar, I have been afforded many playing opportunities with excellent musicians and ensembles.  I have also had the opportunity to play many excellent instruments built by masterful builders along the way.

 

Several years ago, in a rush of creative energy and dearth of immediate continuo gigs, I made myself a crude but functional instrument, which led to another instrument, which led to another…  I seemed to have a nascent aptitude for building, but more significantly, I had been bitten by the bug. 

 

As a maker, my approach comes from having been a player for a long time.  I aim for the qualities that I personally value in an instrument- action, sound and aesthetics- in that order.  After all, a great sounding lute isn’t much if it’s too hard to play… and a beautiful lute isn’t much if it doesn’t sound good.  

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Today, I run my humble shop in Inverness, Florida, in the midst of what's know as the "Nature Coast" and horse farms.  My stock of wood is aged and well-seasoned, including much of my tone wood being over twenty years old.

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Please feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss an instrument.