Ted White taught marine biology at the University of Guelph and engineering at Malaspina University College. He co-founded Coldwater Fisheries Ltd, Canada’s largest Rainbow Trout producer, was a board member of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, and co-founded Future SEA Technologies Inc.; a company dedicated to creation of innovative aquaculture technology. He has played several instruments since childhood and has been a wood worker nearly as long. Early efforts at instrument making included building six-hole flutes. As a traditional fiddler he became interested in building violins in the early nineties. While largely self-taught, he has attended numerous workshops in order to improve his making. This effort has developed into a fascination with how such an apparently simple thing could be so complex in its behaviour. Working with Jim Ham he built the world’s first balsawood cello. He is a regular attendee at the Oberlin Acoustics Workshop and has an acoustics research setup in his workshop. His latest efforts have been to understand the acoustics of the mandolin working with Mike Kemnitzer. Ted is a long-time member of the GAL, Violin Society of America, and the former Catgut Acoustical Society. He is a member of the VSA’s Board of Directors and the society’s current Secretary.

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