Swing Low

5 years ago on this day, I opened up my lil’ shop at its current location.
Thank you to all of my wonderful customers who have trusted me with their string instrument needs and repairs over the years.

Long live Swing Low ✊🏼

Raw bone crushing power

Night shift at Swing Low 🥷🏼 Repairing edges after top removal.

“My cello has a buzz”
“I think I may have found it”

Oopsie poopsie.

Every broken neck glues back together in their own special way. Thank you clamps, sandbags, lead shot bags, and old inner tubes. I’d be lost without you.

Friday night fixin

I love fitting a new set of tuning pegs. Smooth as silk, hot to trot.

Re-glueing the back on to the ribs is always a tense time. That’s why I have 2 shots of espresso before completing the operation.

Sometimes basses fall over. I’m here to help. I have a silly amount of clamps

Heat pressing the warp out of the tongue on this fingerboard. The magic blue sack of buckshot sits on top of the area that was heated. It bends and holds the shape I want.