Category: Instruments
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When you see us performing, you’re hearing not just the music but the stories behind the instruments we play. Every instrument carries its own history — and sometimes, they need a little expert care to keep making music. Last week I visited Tracy Cox’s studio in Parishville to pick up three instruments he’d been working…
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I have two favourite violins—both 19th-century Bohemian instruments—and each found its way to me in an unexpected way. The first came from a violin shop in Ottawa in 2019. We were staying in Gatineau for a week while the kids attended summer camps, and I spent my days happily fiddling in the little house we’d…