Twenty-five-year GAL member James Wimmer performed in an old-time string band in Germany in the 1970s. Subsequently, he worked in the violin shops of Wolfgang Uebel and Rainer Knobel for three years before returning to Santa Barbara, California, where he has been making violin-family instruments since 1986. He also teaches a violin repair and restoration course in Chennai, India.
▪ bio current as of 2017
2017
AL#132 p.68
Jim Wimmer
▪ I have some old unlabeld hide glue; how can I tell if it is any good?
2015
AL#124 p.69
Jim Wimmer
▪ Folks who only use Titebond, or who live in comfortably cool countries, may think that traditional hide glue would not hold up in a hot, humid climate. Jim Wimmer has yars of experience as a violin maker and repairer in India. He says hide glue does just fine.