Rochon Violins Carbon fiber instruments

Rochon Violins.
	*How it started.* Many people have asked what started me on making musical instruments out of Carbon Fiber. The simple answer is that My 7 year old son was taking violin lessons at school and had to carry a fragile wood violin to and from school and keep it with him most of the day. It is a rental instrument but I hate to see things get broken. It just so happened that I saw "how a carbon fiber Cello is made" on the Discovery channel. From that I found the Luis and Clark website. My first intention was to buy a Carbon Fiber violin for my son but after seeing the price, I decided to check out review to see if the value lived up to the price. People loved the L&C instruments, but from the comments I thought I could do better.
In March 2009 I started reading everything I could get my hands on about violins and how they are made. I also went through all the material I could find on making carbon fiber parts. After about 3 months of research I thought I had enough information to make a first attempt. My first thought was to make a violin with a carbon fiber body and a wood neck and fingerboard. The first attempt did not have a bass bar and sounded flabby. Through several tries I was able to make a carbon fiber violin that sounded like a violin. Now I am offering 4 string and 5 string violins in several different finishes as a result of my hobby. I have a full time day job and work on fiddles in my spare time.

Rochon Violins.