Mr. GLEN WRIGHT
Because of his passion for the violin, Glen Wright has spent the better part of the past 40 years diligently studying his massive library of authoritative violin reference materials. Glen's son, Robert, developed and tested the VID Computer program in 1997.
"I am amazed with the VID Computer Program. I have found the probable violin maker or student of the same, invariably listed in the top 5 most proportionally similar violins after visually identifying similar wood, varnish, purfling, and scroll characteristics. If there are not enough similarities in workmanship, I conclude the maker of the unknown violin may not be listed in the known violinmaker database and refer to photographs in my library for visual comparison. In this case, VID computer program results can provide clues on the model type of the unknown violin as well as its possible geographical origin.
Incredibly, I have seen the VID computer program routinely identify authentic violins in the known violinmaker database when the same authentic violin photographs were used as the unknown violin for comparison. "