Tony Francis Instruments

What started as a single instrumental and then became a collection for an EP, transitioned into a full and conscious record that tells a ...

Part 4 - Setup and completion. Making the fine reproduction nut. The material is period correct phenolic. The wonky twelfth fre...

Part 3 - Repair continued. Most of the repairs in Pt. 2 are standard and straight out of repair 101. The back brace however, was more of ...

Part 2 - The repair begins Before we can glue anything back inside the ukulele, the instrument must first be made structurally solid. And...

My clients send me the coolest instruments to work on, and no matter how small - its always an honor to work on them, and the approach and ...

Its was a great honor to be asked to specially reproduce some classic marquetry for our friends at Guitar Repair in Italy. Andy and Alessi...

Check out Thomas Oliver's lap slide arrangement of the classic John Williams score 'Jurassic Park'. Taken from Thomas Oliver...