Carrie Scoggins 16 5/16" viola, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2023 | Metzler ViolinsThis instrument Is part of the 7th annual Contemporary American Makers Exhibition. Carrie grew up playing the violin, and then viola, in Alamo, California. While attending college she became interested in learning how to make and repair violins. This led to a one year apprenticeship with a retired violin shop owner, Walter Archibald, who worked in San Francisco from the 1930's. He was co owner of Jacob & Archibald, 1945 1958. That experience confirmed