Welcome to my new website, I'm very excited about finally having a web presence to fully represent my instruments, especially in terms of musical content. Please leave comments here in the blog or contact me directly to give me feedback on the site and how it functions for you.

In the shop I'm currently working on a new archtop guitar in the Campanella/violin style, as well as a mandolin and violin. Also, two of my mandolins (an F and a Due) can be currently be seen and played at The Music Emporium in Lexington, Massachussets. TME is a highly respected (and well stocked) mecca for guitars and mandolins in the Boston area. During my visit to Boston I also spent time with my cousin Neil Cleary and a morning at the Museum of Fine Arts. Having recently read The Agony and the Ectasy by Irving Stone (historical autobiography of Michelangelo Buonarotti), I felt like a sponge in the MFA, soaking in the richness of human creativity. As a craftsman, I'm also interested in technique, and love the pieces where you can get right up close and see the tool marks and brush strokes that add up to a masterful whole. It was just enough culture to get me through the rest of the Vermont winter (which is back in all it's snowy glory, btw).