A large part of the RAB Trust's work is helping makers and restorers recycle their very specialised tools/wood/books. This is a hard topic to talk about, but it’s a comforting thought to know that our ...
Tool sale at Lutherie 2023
As part of the annual Lutherie seminar in Newark on Trent, the RAB Trust held a sale of tools, books and materials that had been donated or bequeathed over recent months. An important part the RAB ...
Alexander Technique for Newark students
On 28 March 2022, the RAB Trust organised a day of Alexander Technique for the students at Newark School of Violin Making. This is the report of one of the participants, final-year student Merrit ...
RAB Trust at BVMA Makers Day
The RAB Trust had a strong presence at the 2022 BVMA Makers Day, held on 20 February at Kings Place, London. Makers Day is the flagship event promoting British lutherie, with over forty makers showing ...
Cello from 1971 finished for the RAB Trust
In the winter of 2018 the RAB Trust received a message; a donation of a part-made cello and some tools was waiting for us in Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire. RAB Chair Helen Michetschläger made the ...
RAB bequest lathe put to good use
In the autumn of 2020 the RAB Trust received a generous bequest from the estate of Jim Read https://rabtrust.org/jim-read-bequest/ One of the items was a Record DML 305 lathe complete with a number ...
RAB Awards 2021
The year of Covid with its attendant restrictions has cast a long shadow over all of us, and for violin making students it has been a tough time; practical subjects are not easily taught at ...
RAB Trust Zoom Talks 2021
During the lockdown of early 2021, trustee Philip Ihle had the idea of presenting a series of Zoom lectures for students, as they have missed out hugely during the pandemic, working as best they could ...
Maurice Bouette cello 1965
The RAB Trust is delighted to have been given a cello made by the founder of the Newark School of Violin Making, Maurice Bouette. This is a generous donation from his family. Maurice made the cello ...
Jim Read Bequest
We were surprised to receive news of another wonderful bequest to the RAB Trust within a couple of weeks of that of Bernard Wawman. Jim Read was by profession an accountant and then a management ...