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RAB Trust blog

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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Alexander Technique for Newark students

April 3, 2022

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 ... Read Article

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RAB Trust at BVMA Makers Day

February 21, 2022

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 ... 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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Cello from 1971 finished for the RAB Trust

February 4, 2022

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 ... Read Article

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RAB bequest lathe put to good use

January 20, 2022

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 ... 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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