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Elaine Spicer

BVMA Bow making & Repair Course January 2023

March 1, 2023

The RAB Trust funded 3 students to attend this course at Halsway Manor.  Spending a week working with Tim Baker and other professional bow makers willing to share their knowledge was a valuable ... Read Article

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BVMA Restoration Course 2022

December 19, 2022

Hanna Hofstetter reports: Thanks to the Rab Trust I was able to join the BVMA restoration course and conference at Halsway Manor this October.  It was an opportunity to meet people coming from very ... Read Article

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Lutherie Day 2022

May 14, 2022

The RAB Trust has helped students from West Dean and Merton attend Lutherie Day in Newark this year by paying £50 to each student attending the event to help with their travel expenses.  ‘Lutherie’ is ... Read Article

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RAB Awards 2022

April 22, 2022

The Trustees met in March to assess the student applications and make the annual awards.  It felt like a special occasion this year, meeting face to face again after so many Zoom meetings.  As usual, ... Read Article

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Trustee wins Volunteer of the Year Award

February 6, 2022

RAB Trustee Colin Garrett has been presented with a Heritage Crafts Award at the House of Lords. The ceremony took place in February 2022 and Colin is pictured here with Daniel Carpenter from Heritage ... Read Article

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RAB Trust ‘Round Robin’ violin

December 8, 2021

Four of our Trustees have just completed a violin to sell to raise funds.  Mark Robinson suggested the project and three other trustees quickly got on board.  Mark proposed we make a violin based on ... Read Article

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RAB Trust meet to make Awards – just in time…

April 21, 2020

The RAB Trust held their annual meeting in central London on Friday 13th March, the day before lock down measures were announced.   As the Covid-19 clouds gathered we dealt with business in the ... Read Article

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NSVM Diploma Day 2019

July 19, 2019

RAB Trust special awards were presented by Helen Michetschläger at the Newark School of Violin Making diploma day on June 29th this year. Helen, Chair of the RAB Trust, is photographed with ... Read Article

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A shared violin project

June 10, 2019

Two of this year's RAB trust award winners have together completed a copy of a Guarneri del Gesu violin in 10 days. ... Read Article

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RAB Awards 2019

April 24, 2019

The RAB Trust awards for 2019 were decided at a Trustees meeting in March.  From 24 applications, we made 15 financial awards ranging from £100 to £500, totalling £4,389.42, and arranged 10 work ... Read Article

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