CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS & RESTORATIONS
INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE
There are currently several violins available for sale
VIOLIN - MAPLE BACK, SPRUCE FRONT
MADE BY GWYNETH WILBUR
This violin is based on a 1733 Guarneri del Gesu design. The concept behind this instrument was to use all New Brunswick flamed maple for the back, sides, and neck. The maple wood came from near Fredericton, NB. It was cut over 20 years ago, therefore, is well-aged. It has the most beautiful flame throughout! The spruce for the top is also New Brunswick sourced. All accessories for the violin (pegs, chinrest, and tailpiece) are of high-quality ebony. The instrument has a warm, powerful resonance.
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VIOLIN IN POPLAR
MADE BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Constructed in 2012, the choice of woods for this violin is are experimental. The back, sides and neck are made from poplar harvested from my property in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. The top of the violin is spruce hand-selected from a tree from St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
The poplar wood makes for a very lightweight instrument while producing a bright and even voice with superior, responsive projection and unique, sustained resonance. The spirit varnish created by me gives the instrument its rich red colour with golden undertones. Chinrest, tailpiece, end button, and pegs are all high-quality ebony. This violin is based on a Guarneri del Gesù constructed in 1733.
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RESTORED VIOLIN - SPRUCE/MAPLE
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Copy of Stradivarius - 1793
Full size violin. Spruce top has medium to tight grain. Two piece maple back, lightly flamed. Spirit varnish of gold undertone with reddish brown over tones. This violin has a beautiful warm responsive voice. The low end is rich and dark, the high end rings like a bell. Overall the instrument is even in tone. Wonderful to play.
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VIOLIN - COPY 1737
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Copy of Antonio Stradivarius.
Varnish is of golden undertones with brown/red overtones. Ebony fittings with Wittner tailpiece. Excellent violin for a serious student or fiddler.
Retail price : $1 000
RESTORED VIOLIN - LABERTE
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Copy of Stradivarius, made in L'atelier de lutherie d'Art Marc-LaBerte, France.
Very even tone with great projection. Varnish is brown with golden undertones. Rosewood fittings.
Retail price: $3 000
COPY OF KLOZ
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Labeled Joseph Kloz Senior in Mittenwald, 1807 N:308.
It is an old violin most likely from Bohemia and not Mittenwald. Lower bout is of one piece. Brown varnish with golden undertones. Pleasant, warm voice.
Retail price: $1 800
Stainer 1630
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin.
Lovely copy of a Jacob's Stainer. German made. Even, pleasant sounding instrument. Golden/brown varnish.
Retail price: $2 500
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RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Of undetermined origins, most likely German from the 19th century.
Beautifully crafted. Well matched flamed maple back, sides and neck. Varnish is golden brown. Body is broad which gives the instrument a lovely, deep, well projecting voice.
Retail price: SOLD
C. McGee
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Made by Clayton McGee from Petitcodiac, NB.
Beautifully flamed one piece maple back with matching sides and neck. Even,medium grained spruce top. Varnish is a golden color. Rosewood fittings including a rosewood fingerboard. Great sounding fiddle.
Retail price: $2 000
ABOUT GWYNETH
Gwyneth Wilbur has been making and servicing stringed instruments for both professional and amateur musicians across North America for over thirty years.
Having studied violin and cello in her youth in Montréal, Canada, she made her first instrument, a Viol da Gamba at Concordia University. Then, at the age of seventeen, she was accepted at the prestigious Peter Prier Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. She completed her apprenticeship training with Italian-trained luthier
Pierre Charette in Montréal.
To date, Gwyneth has produced many violins, violas, guitars, mandolins and other stringed instruments and has repaired and restored many more. She conducts workshops and lectures on making and maintaining stringed instruments.
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