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Luke Mercier Handmade Violins & Banjos
Maker & Restorer of Quality Stringed Instruments
Instrument Gallery
Welcome to the Instrument Gallery! Here you will find a personally photographed compilation of images of many stringed instruments. Many have been posted with the kind permission of their owners respectively and others serve as a pictoral document of my own past collected or restored works. You will also find several examples of my own violins, violas and banjos and it is my intention to include images of some of the more extensive completed restoration projects in the not too distant future so please feel free to drop in periodically as the Gallery continues to expand. Thank you for your visit and a special thanks to all that have helped make the Instrument Gallery possible.
~Luke Mercier
© Luke Mercier, 2005-2009; Photos by LM, All rights reserved
Luke Mercier Violins & Violas
- Violin 2008 - Inspired by Guarneri del Gesu
- Violin 2007 - Inspired by Guarneri del Gesu 1729 ex -"Heath"
- Violin 2007 - made in the classical style
- Violin 2005 - patterned after Francisco Maurizi 1888
- Viola 2006 - Inspired by Andrea Guarneri
- Viola 2004 - Inspired by Andrea Guarneri
- Violin 2004 - patterned after ex - "Heath" Guarneri del Gesu 1729
Rare Violins
- Violin by Thomas Kennedy - c. 1830
- *for sale Violin labeled 'Paulus Castello fecit Genua Anno 1770' (8)?
- Violin by Adolf Stowasser made in Graz - Austria ca. 1780
- French Violin - probably Francois Caussin - Neufchateau ca. 1850's
- 19th century violin - Flemish
Luke Mercier Fretless & Flushfret Banjos
- #68, 72, 73 Crowe River Model Fretless - basic banjos - 2009
- #49 Ivory Flushfret 2006
- #52 Flushfret 2007 (Fairbanks CXXVI)
- #50 Violjo 2007
- #51 Flushfret 2007
- #55 Mercier/J.B. Schall Ivory flushfret 2007
- #45 Flushfret 2006 (Fairbanks CXXVI)
- #46 Flushfret (The Gulley) 2006
- #43 Flushfret 2005 (Fairbanks #243)
- #44 Smallize Boucher-style Fretless 2005
- #21 Fretless 2003 (William S. Mount)
- #35 Fretless 2005 (Grand Cubley)
- #36 Flushfret 2005 (Cubley/Fairbanks)
- #29 Flushfret 2005 (W. Boucher)
- #1 Flushfret 1999 (Centennial)
Luke Mercier Fretted Banjos
Vintage Openback Banjos
- A.C. Fairbanks & Co. (Fairbanks & Cole model ca. 1892)
- Fairbanks & Cole Imperial (ca. 1881)
- A.C. Fairbanks & Co. (1891)
- A.C. Fairbanks & Co. (ca. 1890's)
- Fairbanks Whyte Laydie No. 2 (1906)
- Unmarked Boston made banjo
- Henry C. Dobson (ca. 1880's)
- Henry C. Dobson (ca. 1880's)
- Henry C. Dobson (ca. 1870's) smallsize
- Henry Warnaut Professional (ca. 1885)
- S.S. Stewart ~ The Student
- S.S. Stewart Acme Professional (ca. 1890)
- R.S. Williams & Son Co. Ltd ~ Artist Model
- R.S. Williams & Son Co. Ltd ~ Echo Model
- Vega Tubaphone Style~M tenor (ca. 1925)
- John Sirdevan/Vega-Pacheco Platophone (1926) - Conversion
Vintage Fretless Banjos
- Sawfret banjo -possibly by Edwin J. Cubley (ca. 1876)
- Flushfret banjo -maker unknown (ca. 1876)
- English Fretless (ca. 1880's)
- Edwin J. Cubley (ca. 1880's)
- Smallsize Fretless ca. (1860's)
- S.S. Stewart (ca. 1882)
- Leon Clerc Seven String ~London ca. 1890's
- Six String -probably English ca. 1870's
- 2 Butler 7~String Bar-Fret Banjos ca. 1870's
Vintage Resonator Banjos
Five String Mandolin Banjo
Modern Gourd Banjo
Vintage Guitars
Miscellaneous
Luke Mercier Handmade Violins & Banjos
346 Bateman Road
RR 1 Spring Brook, ON
Canada
K0K 3C0
613-395-2841
banjos@lukemercier.com
violins@lukemercier.com