Lovely Strad model violin from experienced maker and restorer Kathleen Thomas. Varnished at the workshop she shares with her husband Filippo Protani in Perugia, Italy. The violin is set up with Larsen Il Canone Strings and has ebony fittings.
Katy grew up in Victoria BC playing the cello. In 2004 she moved to England to study violin making at Newark School of Violin Making. She graduated in 2007 and worked in Toronto until 2012 focusing on repairs and restoration.
In 2014 she moved to Perugia, Italy to work with her husband Filippo Protani. Her focus is on repairing and the restoration of violins, violas and cellos but enjoys making a violin or viola once a year.
Since 2020 she’s been a committee member of the BVMA and in 2022 she became a member of the Forum des Fabricants in Canada.