Violin-Making

Miki Inokuchi

Having grown up in the household of instrument makers, Miki has worked together with his father Masa Inokuchi making guitars and violins from early teen years. At age 23, he decided to carry on the family tradition. Rather than taking the usual route of starting with carving and construction of the instrument, Miki devoted his […]

Masa Inokuchi

Masa Inokuchi is a violin-maker and craftsperson. With dreams of using Canadian maple for his violin making, Inokuchi immigrated to Canada with his wife Shoko and three children in 1968. During the years it took to prepare himself towards a career in violin making (which took more than ten years because tone woods need to […]