Welcome!
I opened my shop in 2008 and I am building violins, violas and cellos in baroque
style as well as violas da gamba. I also do some repairs.
I inherited my love for
music from my father and my love for creating things with my hands from my mother,
and although I have many interests in my life I have always found myself coming
back to my two passions, so it seems I have found the right profession!
I went to violin making school
(Escuela de Laudería) in my native México in a beautiful colonial town named
Querétaro, which was directed at the time by Maestro Luthfi Becker.
From the start, I have always
been interested in Baroque music and it's instruments so I was very
fortunate to work at William Monical & Son here in New York for nearly a
decade, it was the perfect place for me to learn since I had the opportunity to
see and work with many old instruments and I enjoyed the endless patience and
vast knowledge imparted so generously to me by Bill and Phil Monical.
I believe there is always room
for creativity so I am not making exact copies, but I am certainly
using all the information, techniques and skills I have to follow the Baroque
style, the proper set up and of course my main goal is to create
instruments that work musically.
All that practice and experience is
what I have to offer and I think you will hear it!