WWR

Some customers may remember the time when I only had room in my Felton Street workshop for just one family at a time. I provided umbrellas for waiting customers to use in wet weather!... Cambridge in the 1980s was an influential place in the history of period performance. I was making period clarinets and basset clarinets, within a quarter-mile radius of Christopher Hogwood (conductor), Trevor Beckerleg (harpsichord maker), Mark Stephenson (harpsichord maker), Anna Brock (violin maker), Juliet Barker (violin maker) and Nick Shackleton (collector and promoter of period performance)... We were also helped by other local artisans such as Tania James (silversmith), John Nightingale (silver and leatherworker) and Andrew Houston (professional photographer). Mark Stephenson not only made harpsichords but also hosted wonderful evenings of music in his candlelit workshop including, most memorably, a performance by harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson.

Also known as: Wood Wind & Reed

Primary location: Cambridge United Kingdom