Schools for Violin Making
BELGIUM
CENTRUM VOOR MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENBOUW Guido Gezellelaan 89, 2870 PUURS, Belgium Tel/Fax +32 (0)3 889 49 33 info@cmbpuno.be www.cmbpuurs.be Course Leader Roland Broux Course contents instrument making and bow making Course Length 4 years
CANADA
ECOLE NATIONALE DE LUTHERIE
299, 3e Avenue, QUEBEC CITY (Quebec), G1 L 2V7, Canada Tel +1 418 647 0567 Fax +1 418 647 4880 bleonard@metierdart.com www.metierdart.com Course Leader Blanche Leonard Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, bow making, tool making Course Length 3 years
ITALY
CIVICA SCUOLA DI LIUTERIA
Via Noto 4, 20141 MILAN, Italy Tel +39 (0)2 5740 9945 Fax +39 (0)2 5740 2838 info@civicascuoladiliuteria.it www.civicascuoladiliuteria.it Course Leader Virginia Villa Course contents instrument making Course Length 2 years + 2 years
BOTTEGA DI PARMA
Desiderio Quercetani, Via Trieste, 84, 43100 PARMA, Italy Tel +39 0521 273020 info@bottegadiparma.com www.bottegadiparma.com Course Leader Desiderio Quercetani Course contents instrument making Course Length 2 years
SWITZERLAND
GEIGENBAUSCHULE BRIENZ SWISS SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING Oberdorfstrasse 94, 3855 BRIENZ, Switzerland Tel +41 33 951 1861 Fax +41 33 951 0493 info@geigenbauschule.ch www.geigenbaushchule.ch Course Leader Hans Rudolf Hosli Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, theory Course Length 4 years
UNITED KINGDOM
ANNIESLAND COLLEGE
Hatfield Drive, GLASGOW, G12 OYE, UK Tel +44 (0)141 357 3969 Fax +44 (0)141 357 6557 reception@anniesland.ac.uk www.anniesiand.ac.uk Course Leader Paul Hyland Course contents instrument making, Course Length 2 years
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Sir John Cass Department of Design and Technology, LONDON, E7 1LA, UK Tel +44 (0)20 7320 1842 Fax +44 (0)20 7320 1830 j.mackey@londonmet.ac.uk www.londonmet.ac.uk Course Leader Shem Mackey Course contents instrument making and bow making Course Length 3 years
MERTON COLLEGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP Morden Park, MORDEN, SURREY, SM4 5QX, UK Tel +44 (0)20 8408 6478 Fax +44 (0)20 8408 6666 info@merton.ac.uk www.merton.ac.uk Course Leader Keith Graves Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, bow maintenance, tool making, tool maintenance, Course Length up to 3 years
TOTNES SCHOOL OF GUITARMAKING
Collins Road, TOTNES, DEVON, TQ9 5PJ, UK Tel +44 (0)1803 865255 info@tonesschoolofguitarmaking.co.uk www.tatnesschoolofguitarmaking.co.uk Course Leader Norman Reed Course contents guitar making and other related instruments Course Length 12 weeks
UNITES STATES (USA)
CHICAGO SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING, INC
3636 Oakton, SKOKIE, IL 60076, USA Tel +1 847 673 9545 Fax +1 847 673 9546 csvmt @aol.com Course Leader Rebecca Elliott Course contents instrument making, Course Length 3 and a half years
CHIMNEYS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
614 Lerew Road, BOILING SPRINGS, PA 17007-9500, USA Tel +1 717 258 3203 Fax +1 717 258 3201 edwardcampbell@sprintmail.com www.thechimneysviolinshop.com Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, bow making, bow maintenance, tool making, tool maintenance Course Length 4 years
THE CHIMNEYS VIOLIN MAKERS WORKSHOP
614 Lerew Road, BOILING SPRINGS, PA 17007-9500, USA Tel +1 717 258 3203 Fax +1 717 258 3201 edwardcampbell@sprintmail.com www.promusicfind.com/chimnets Course Leader Ed Campbell Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, bow making, bow maintenance, tool making, tool maintenance, Course Length 4 weeks
NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL 39 North Bennet Street, BOSTON, MA 02113, USA Tel +1 617 227 0155 Fax +1 617 227 9292 admissions@nbss.org www.nbss.org Course Leader Thomas Hummel Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, Course Length 3 years
THE NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING 6970 Red Lake Road, PRESQUE ISLE, WI 54557, USA Tel +1 715 686 7732 redlake@centurytell.net www.newworldschool.cc Course Leader Brian T Derber Course contents instrument making, instrument maintenance, tool making, tool maintenance, Course Length 3 and a half years
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
24 Rosemary Lane, DURHAM, NH 03824, USA Tel +1 603 862 4234 Fax +1 603 862 1113 learn.dce@unh.edu www.learn.unh.edu Course contents bow making and maintenance See ad on page 177