I got to know Martin just before he passed away. I have the second last violin he made. I treasure it. It is like playing a Strad.I know many of his instruments are owned by extremely good players including players in the Minneapolis symphony orchestra.He was a wonderful maker and man.He had many signed posters on the walls of his basement home workshop in East Vancouver of the top violinists including Yehudi Menuhin, David Rubinoff and Anne Sophie Mutter and others from his days in Vienna before coming to Canada in the 1950's. In fact, he made an exact copy of Menuhin's Strad which Menhuin played and liked.I can still remember him playing some Strauss waltzes on his instruments. We miss excellent vintage makers like him. When he died, he had enough 1940 Sitka spruce violin tops in his basement to make approximately 200 violins. Frankie Rogers,the country Hall of fame fiddle player had a 1950's Karall that I subsequenty purchased from him. Barry Ellwood, Vancouver