“With great anticipation, I recently received back from Matt a beautifully restored and sentimentally valuable violin (bequeathed to me from my late birth mother’s estate). I cannot begin to outline the meticulous, painstaking work that went into this restoration. The step-by-step photos taken of the process provide me with the best evidence of the challenging task at hand. Even without a label present inside the instrument, Matt suggested that the violin was of German/Bohemian origin, made around the turn of the 19th century. With complete trust in Matt’s skill, he was able to transform my violin into a warm sounding instrument of high quality. I was never able to meet my birth mother—the sound of this violin represents to me the closest I will ever get to hearing her voice.”
