Greetings mando peoples. Things have settled down sufficiently that I'm starting to touch mandolins again. I'm just outside of Old Town Alexandria, VA. After fits and starts, my shop is fully up and running, mostly on violins, but I'm going through mandolins at the moment.
My house in TN is sold. I did a year in Chicago, which rejected me pretty hard. Saw my mother through gradual illness, a couple of surgeries, and hospice. Then my dad through gradual recovery, then a fall with two surgeries, rehab, and now assist him all the time. I've picked up my son, who lives with us, and a delightful full-time partner in all things ("M"), who will be helping me in the shop as well.
I have been taking on bits and pieces of restoration work, built a couple of fiddles (need a fiddle?), and am finally having the bandwidth to actually get things rolling again.
Don't be shy, say hi via stephenkperry @ gmail or telephone.
It's nice to be back.
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