Trevor Healy

Founder & Luthier

I have been building and repairing guitars since 1999 after graduating from the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. I was the head of production at Sadowsky Guitars in NYC from 2002-2006 and then focused on repair work with Gary Brawer in San Francisco from 2006-2010. I made the first two Healer’s in my Oakland workshop in 2009.

We’re now into our 13 year here in Western Massachusetts and so thankful for all the support from this musical community. Nearly every week I see an instrument that surprises me in some way, forcing me to take a different perspective than the last project. These surprises reinvigorate my love for this work and keep me on my toes for when the next challenge is revealed. Getting to play each and every guitar that comes through the shop after even the simplest set-up, is its own reward too.

Calvin Parent

Luthier

Calvin joined us in 2016 with lots of enthusiasm to learn and quickly formed a solid foundation of skills. He now handles many of our day to day repairs and modifications and has a great knowledge of even the most esoteric of vintage guitars. As our resident lefty, Calvin works on many of the left handed guitars too, and surprises us daily with nearly equal dexterity playing right handed guitars upside down. Calvin also plays guitar in the band Carinae, playing their own individual brand of psych-rock.