"Rachel is at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York this summer.
She said that as she has been playing the violin has seemed to develop even
greater richness. (It may just be that she has adjusted to the new
instrument.) In any case, she said that people who hear her are captivated by it and have been asking her where she got her violin. In
one of her bowing classes both of the other students are older and have
"famous" violins. One is a Guarneri, and I forget what the other is.
Your violin compares quite favorably to both. Her teacher and the
others listening were very impressed with the sound of your violin and
thought it the equal of the other instruments. (Understandably they
are hesitant to come right out and pick one as being best, but privately on
the phone Rachel said the one you made tops the others.) Needless to
say, Rachel is thrilled with the instrument, and thus likewise, so are Mary
and I."
-Daniel E. Keathley
"Your cello likes Arizona just fine and I continue to find great
satisfaction in it. (I'm not missing the Tecchler! -surely
that's a test.)
-Gordon
Epperson
