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The upper and lower eyes bored for the f-holes on a cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1347237935897-LSEPN2T0CAKPVWV7YB75/nws42.jpg The Studio - The finished f-holes on a cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1347199002312-SVI90X2TES7JMAEVR87P/nws36.jpg The Studio - Using a small brass thumbplane to scoop the wing of a cello f-hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685996839-QP8KA4WJAMHRKML8HB8O/IMG_4767.jpg The Studio - F-holes on a cello finished in the white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685863255-5BFDZZ9CTFECJVI22XWW/IMG_6281.jpg The Studio - Two cello scrolls, the one on the left finished, the other still rough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1347125527111-7NQTSBO4EJ0H7MUXVW0L/nws10.jpg The Studio - Using a steel scraper to smooth the comb on the back of a viola scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685939500-FM5DVQW1NTR5Q1XKXNUD/IMG_3774.jpg The Studio - 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Arching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972621974-BCB7RHF54SSQWMV26T95/5s30.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972621921-WAW856X2F8SCXQ8TGTLP/5s32.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Back graduation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972621942-7X321G22E743TSSAZI28/5s33.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Checking the graduation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622010-ZS7DGQ29TMLA6APMLL0A/5s34.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Graduating the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972621836-EYX216JKFJ4450O1PKGR/5s28.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Adding linen reinforcing strips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622071-NX4W0BBP8NLCG4EP1NE9/5s36.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Gluing on the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622314-YQO1X07BTB072PGHOK4S/5s37.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Scroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622043-V3K0IXTQUAINQRTZKUHM/5s38.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Scroll gouges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622072-I6YRWQI461AKLRWW8NCQ/5s39.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Carving the turns of the volute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622167-MQX2GCRR85CZ7GW8FZAG/5s40.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Shaping the scroll profile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622199-34ANWYY6RH2XSKTRKJGJ/5s41.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Carving the neck heel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622181-J6UR927ML7J40T64O90L/5s42.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Shaping the neck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622520-321UNUKLRAID748GSIKC/5s43.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Finishing the neck heel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622235-NNX31RRNXPNZ1C2YF67R/5s44.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Cutting the chamfer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972622722-HFAOJWHBYNMTIYQYEZ0S/5s45.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - Cutting out the bridge blank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1360972621595-IL9V9G4GWNBYLGMWDQEC/5s46.jpg Carter Brey: The Bach Suites - The finished bridge http://mckeanviolins.com/arts-cello-a-memoir daily 0.75 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1439306264488-KGZKF5M8I0MP058ICX7J/image-asset.jpeg Art's Cello: A Memoir Art’s cello ebook cover http://mckeanviolins.com/the-wood daily 0.75 2017-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487633026157-BYVKLQ8TBMUULD3ZWB8L/image-asset.jpeg The Wood One-piece Bosnian violin backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487632493819-70RU7CF2460SQ5Z16W4D/wt10.jpg The Wood Carefully sorted, stacked and stored in a climate-controlled building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684572077-1OPCQAZ7QGNUPW08ZUF1/image-asset.jpeg The Wood The unwrapped pallet of wood that I selected on a recent trip to Germany. Cello bassbars, neck blocks, ribs and backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487632808893-DEHB73V3Y7KXJF3P4EHX/image-asset.jpeg The Wood A spectular maple cello back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684334046-2UIKCL3ZKWLBO95AEQ81/image-asset.jpeg The Wood A poplar cello back. The grain stands out more than maple and the figure is more subtle, with knots and birdseyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487632425644-IFWB7LNFNWTFGDTKD1SF/image-asset.jpeg The Wood Cello tops, selected and ready to ship home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487632152038-XB2ID0T09WV4E8D11MQU/image-asset.jpeg The Wood A pair of deeply flamed Bosnian cello backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684439917-7CHEJIQIHSL9N1IEW6AV/image-asset.jpeg The Wood A pair of extremely rare one-piece quarter cut maple cello backs. And with them, matching viola backs. I alos have violin backs to match -- the wood for two quartets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487632590316-X9LVIWSIOB06XDA6ZIH1/wt17.jpg The Wood A cello back cut in 1976. The light patches are where I've been flattening the back -- in the end, there will be just enough left to carve a full arch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684662030-B72WNAEHBF1F8CLBLXZW/image-asset.jpeg The Wood Sorting the wood and matching the ribs, backs, and neck blocks into sets. The tops arrived separately. http://mckeanviolins.com/the-varnish daily 0.75 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685435466-PAJ094GZFT7AT5IN7SB9/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish The texture and richness of a fine oil varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685217652-N0JHCUP352GEECSZMR8H/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish I do test strips for every new batch of varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685317983-K4LDYQPFNY5O9C2E0V59/image-asset.gif The Varnish The varnish pot I've used for forty years. The sunlight refracts through the varnish, bringing it to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685289200-JXVP8VED7XUI5D78FO45/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish Varnishing a cello scroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487635960363-VIHB458VJTOOYJJNLHI7/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish The resins, cooked, dyed, washed, and drying in the sun before being made into varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487636130130-M00T92L5C8KRZUU9YMQH/image-asset.gif The Varnish varnishing a violin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487634134972-T2P3THS0NPMEC3XUAWUI/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish A Montagnana cello, showing the varnish wear on the back. The varnish begins to wear the moment the cello is first played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684841008-IYECOZHPDCPO2QFA3E5Y/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish The back of a Stradivari violin. The natural wear of the varnish creates a gorgeous patina that can't be reproduced artificially. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487685501986-PMCQP06BXKD9SMBQ7L1H/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish A fully varnished and polished cello, strung up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487684770309-UJL8RN1CH0Y6A9PST0ID/image-asset.jpeg The Varnish A detail, showing how the varnish has craquelled and worn, resulting in a gorgeous patina. http://mckeanviolins.com/instruments daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487686387704-1XAR9WV99V7MWO9SNMRM/cellocbout.jpg Instruments New cello, treble f-hole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487686491636-ORBPTKTM7CJ62EBJ8XL0/celloscroll.jpg Instruments Cello scroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487686320479-4CX98X3XCUURHFKMYB7O/newcello.jpg Instruments Finished cello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487689563646-B92TRORD4VUWE30KZRUR/vlnvla.jpg Instruments Violin and viola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1487686457205-KBYDNKM8MGPSTC9AVVWA/violinback.jpg Instruments A recent violin. http://mckeanviolins.com/a-violin-glossary-of-terms daily 0.75 2017-02-21 http://mckeanviolins.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307923134-CTQG20VQYCQE0MKJD7ZO/IMG_7654.jpg Awards - signed award certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307636110-C63308OR69EBBQUMND6S/IMG_7658.jpg Awards - Catalog cover from Lincoln Center display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307499250-OHW1ON710B1LPLESOVIK/IMG_7663.jpg Awards - McKean viola in catalog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307505155-FE1GN73VBS84KUXPEH0K/IMG_7665.jpg Awards - McKean viola in catalog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307002254-5HHVQ2O2FZQ18GBN6L2K/IMG_7796.jpg Awards - gold medal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307013358-NOG7DVT7W2G7Y58FVHNF/IMG_7790.jpg Awards - gold medal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1544307027952-SD2M1X27N8SCDI31OL7N/IMG_7646.jpg Awards - signed award certificate http://mckeanviolins.com/as-featured daily 0.75 2017-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494954297963-T7FPPUUM0HAW6VOARJOI/ws+journal+image.jpg Articles About James McKean McKean arching a cello back (PHOTO: JEREMY LIEBMAN FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494954847361-JKUCMQ5JUJRQPDPK8X44/Screen+Shot+2017-05-16+at+1.13.44+PM.png Articles About James McKean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494953993024-54U29USMTBKQD43CVRPO/Epoch+Times+Image.jpg Articles About James McKean Instruments at Rare Violins of New York in Manhattan, New York, on Jan. 9, 2017. (Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times) http://mckeanviolins.com/writings-by-james-mckean daily 0.75 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494955770616-2NN9YI1414JGNKWTE17A/Screen+Shot+2017-05-16+at+1.29.00+PM.png Writings By James McKean Carving a scroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494955974413-U9VAMIQSZCJYYIYM7G6F/Screen+Shot+2017-05-16+at+1.32.32+PM.png Writings By James McKean Carving a scroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/503bf46be4b0411ce5b1f98d/1494956144137-5OXE7XLE1XBS9ZRHNPC1/Screen+Shot+2017-05-16+at+1.35.13+PM.png Writings By James McKean Gouging the channel on a violin back