Here’s the Maggini and the little guy both with blocks glued and ready for shaping.
I think it’s somewhat funny that I am making what are essentially the smallest and largest violins at the same time. You can read about Maggini in a quick little biography which is now open source and can be found here: Gio: Paolo Maggini, his life and work. Maggini was making fiddles when the instrument was still becoming what we know it as today — almost 100 years before Stradivari. His violins are noticeably longer than models built on Strad or Guarneri patterns. This gives them a more viola-like sound.
Here’s a pic before I took the clamps off.
