The following informative article, which we have excerpted and edited, is available on the website www.rubioviolins.com along with a professional photo of the builder looking dignified, thoughtful and suggestive of the Renaissance person that he was. “David Rubio died on Saturday 21 October, 2000 at the age of 65. Since the mid-1960s the name David Rubio has been famous in the musical world as a maker of stringed instruments: guitars, lutes, harpsichords, violins, violas and cellos. NOW ON SALE! WAS $18,042 BUT NOW ON SALE FOR: