String Instrument Restoration & Making in Orange County, California

Restoration

Quality restoration work done in a skillful and appropriate manner by Dan Weisshaar.


Example: 17th c. German violin; multiple cracks and soundpost pushed through top.

Quality Restoration
Making New Instruments

Making

Rena Weisshaar is currently making new instruments in our shop. She proceeds from the outlines and dimensions of the great Italian masters while incorporating the musicians input.


Shown: images from a 16 1/4 inch viola, 2009, modeled after the ex-Primrose A. Guarneri viola, 1697.