The RAB Trust displayed the Rowan Armour Brown viola on our table at Makers Day in February this year. The viola is to be sold for funds to the Trust. The Kreutzer Quartet chose our viola as one ...
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RAB Trust visits West Dean College 2025
Judith Blackwell and Adam Winskill were joined by Luke Lindforth Delaney on a visit to the instrument making department at West Dean, where Adam showed some wonderful old instruments to the students. ...
RAB Awards 2024
The RAB Trust met at Friends House in London for our annual meeting to discuss this year's applications and make awards to talented and deserving students. The Trust were sorry to say goodbye to ...
Rab Trust visits Newark, January 2024
Ahead of our application deadline on 28th Feb, trustees Adam Winskill and Libby Summers paid a visit to the Newark School of Violin Making last month to talk to the students about what we are looking ...
RAB Trust tool sale at Newark School of Violin Making, November 2023
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 ...
RAB Awards 2023
The RAB Trust met in March to discuss this year's applications and make the awards. Of the 16 students applying, 14 received awards ranging from work placements, BVMA short courses, funding for tools ...
BVMA Bow making & Repair Course January 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 ...
BVMA Restoration Course 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 ...
Lutherie Day 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 ...