Tony Hunt
505 Brizzolara #2
San Luis Obispo CA 93401
USA
	
Telephone: 805 547 1713
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E-mail: HYLA@aol.com
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Maker
Clavichords, Virginals

Three years ago, I had a major epiphany. I suddenly realized that 
instrument making is a wonderful blend of woodworking, music, art, and 
science. To that end I built a (crude) unfretted clavichord. Right away, I 
built two more which were a LOT better than the first one. I then built a 
spinet harpsichord after Hitchcock and a generic Italian virginal, based 
on general descriptions of such instruments. John Phillips evaluated the 
spinet, and told me to make some corrections, mainly dealing with the 
action. After making these changes, I took the spinet to MusicSources to 
offer it for sale. Laurette Goldberg, at MusicSources, had a technician do 
a final voicing, and she then sold it. My first sale! At this point, I'm 
building two more spinets, so as to know one instrument before moving on 
to others. I plan to build the virginal after Perticis, as well as other 
small early keyboard instruments.

Yes, I'm a new builder. As such, I'm on an incredible learning curve. I'm 
making the transition from furniture making to instrument making, and, if 
I say so myself, it's going very well.