Chris B. Rogers

Chris B. Rogers

Chris Rogers is Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University with research interests in fluid turbulence, musical instrument design, and robotics. Having played violin from an early age, he has in recent years has taken up violin research and is a...
Claudia Fritz

Claudia Fritz

Claudia Fritz is a CNRS-researcher in Paris, a member of the Lutherie-Acoustics-Music team at the University Pierre & Marie Curie, and since 2010 a faculty member at the VSA-Oberlin Acoustics Workshop. She andCurtin have worked together in trying to better...
Fan-Chia Tao

Fan-Chia Tao

Fan-Chia Tao is Director of Research & Development at D’Addario & Company, where he designs violin-family and guitar strings. In 2003, Tao and Curtin founded the VSA-Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, which they continue to co-direct. They have collaborated on...
Sharon Que

Sharon Que

Sharon Que has twin careers as a violin restorer and a mixed-media artist. She does repair and restoration for Joseph Curtin on an occasional basis. Born in the Detroit area, Que received a BA from the University of Michigan, then began an apprenticeship in wood model...
Magdalena Marino

Magdalena Marino

Lonny Marino works with Joseph Curtin on the design, 3D modelling, and CNC milling of everything from innovative violin bridges to ultralight violin parts. Having studied violin from the age of five, Marino was considering a career in music right up until she was...