Andrew Hutchinson applying glue to a double bass under repair at his workshop at Hoylake, Wirral, north west England. Mr Hutchinson trained at Newark School of Violin Making and established The Violin Shop in 1982 where he carried out major repairs on around 300 violins each year in addition to carrying out small adjustments and fine-tuning on a further 800-1000.

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Hoylake, Wirral, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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