Read a few notes of customer gratitude for the quality of work, products and services received at Guthrie's Stringtown.biz...
Read a few notes of customer gratitude for the quality of work, products and services received at Guthrie's Stringtown.biz...
qualified by formal training with internationally recognized masters.
20 years of living in British Columbia, Canada expanded my horizons, discovering many ways of working in wood while pursuing a lifelong joy of playing stringed instruments. My early passion for guitar-building has endured and grown to include ukuleles.
Since moving to the U.S.A. I've taken inspiration from the vast selection of quality local hardwoods available for construction of stringed instruments, furniture and chairs.
Regency Strings/Tomi Strings/Stringtown.biz
St. Louis/Kansas City Missouri
1995 - Present
Violin Restoration Summer Program
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 1996
Kleinman Guitars and Violins
Monrovia, California
1991-1994
Bowmaking, Bow Repair and Rehair
Bill Salchow, Jon Vanderhorst
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
1991
Industrial Arts
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada
1985
Joinery
Pacific Vocational Institute
Maple Ridge, BC Canada
1979
Ernie talks about his philosophy and craftsmanship in the design and building of Windsor chairs.
Magazine interview with Ernie about chair-making. (pdf)
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