Roman Clarkson

2020–

Site

Noble Strings (noblestrings.com)

Visit noblestrings.com

My name is on archive.org
Years
2020–present
Role
Owns the shop and built the site
Built with
WordPress with Elementor (2022–2025 design); rebuilt on the Graceful Delight Blog child theme and Noble Instruments plugin from August 2026

Noble Strings is my violin shop in Rocheport. It started in 2020 in St. Louis County and moved to Rocheport by 2023. These days I’m making instruments, doing setups and repairs, and renting to students around central Missouri.

The shop and its site are several years older than the code. The plugins and child theme, the instrument showcase, the news digest and the Graceful Delight Blog theme, only went into git in August 2026. Here is the site before that.

Site through the years

noblestrings.com home page, September 2023: retitled Roman D. Clarkson, Violin and Viola Maker in Rocheport, MO
September 2023: retitled “Roman D. Clarkson, Violin and Viola Maker in Rocheport, MO,” after the move.
noblestrings.com home page, November 2025: same Rocheport design, last capture before the site's code went into git
November 2025: same design, the last capture before the site’s own code was first put into git.
noblestrings.com home page, September 2026: Noble Strings, Fine Violins, Sales and Rentals
September 2026: the live site today.

Restoration videos

Three episodes on YouTube follow one instrument through the shop, a 1944 Wilkanowski (#1436):

  • Heirloom Violin Restoration/Repair Ep 1: Wilkanowski 1944 #1436, 2020

  • Heirloom Violin Restoration/Repair Ep 2: Wilkanowski 1944, 2020

  • Heirloom Violin Restoration/Repair Ep 3: Wilkanowski 1944, 2020

Snapshots on archive.org

  1. 2022-03-15March 2022 (earliest capture, Saint Louis County)Open snapshot
  2. 2023-09-23September 2023 (retitled for Rocheport)Open snapshot
  3. 2025-11-17November 2025 (last capture before git)Open snapshot

All my work