Forty years ago, twelve-year-old me got a brand-new viola from the great luthier (and now friend) Hiroshi Iizuka! 

Hiroshi Iizuka in his Narberth studio

Scott and Maria in New Orleans

It took me a long time to name her, but…

Hiroshi Iizuka, luthier

Here are some interesting ‘stolen instrument’ stories from our friend and luthier Hiroshi Iizuka (scroll down):

Over the years, my instruments have had several exciting “adventures”.

Four violas were lost or stolen, one “destroyed in a fire”,…