In 1973 I began my professional woodworking career learning the art of guitar building from Augie LoPrinzi. I learned to pay careful attention to the grain and color of the wood as we matched sides, backs, tops, and necks for each guitar.

This has become one of the defining principles of my woodworking. I pay close attention to the way each piece of wood relates to each other and to the whole.

While I worked at LoPrinzi Guitars I began repairing old banjos, then building new ones. In 1979 while at Marlboro College I built this banjo for myself. It is still one of my favorites to play.

I taught woodworking at Solebury School, a private high school in Pennsylvania, before moving to Vermont to study furniture building with Gib Taylor at Marlboro College. In 1979 I graduated with honors. SInce then I have been doing custom cabinetry, building custom furniture, stringed instruments, and drums, and doing custom-designed home renovations.