Iris Carr

Collaborative Instrument Making

Luthier Iris Carr’s Best Work Is Invisible—Which Is a Very Good Thing

I was very nervous starting the retouch on this front this morning and am relieved to see it’s all coming together.

Thankful for big and small mercies!

Removal of a violin front in real time.

Wish they were all this easy with only one splinter to be re-glued!

A repost from a while back about extending the top rib of a violin. Now finished with the front back on.

Do you sometimes work on an instrument that regularly gets put back to the end of the queue and you’d rather get on with something else?

The fact that I hardly took any photos of the progress of the work on this instrument may testify to the struggle it was.

I finally got it done this month and I’m grateful for my customer’s patience! Hope you’re all having a good week!

Replacement of a previous edge repair.