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 ...
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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 ...
Bernard Wawman bequest
In September 2020, we received the news of a generous bequest from Bernard Wawman, a skilled amateur violin maker. He had thoughtfully made provision in his will that the contents of his workshop, a ...
RAB Trust meet to make Awards – just in time…
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 ...
RAB Award – François Perego’s varnishing course in France
One of the RAB special awards of 2019 was a place on François Perego's varnishing course for violin makers. This was awarded to Jahnava Gargallo, a final-year student at Newark who has a background in ...
NSVM Diploma Day 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 ...
A shared violin project
Two of this year's RAB trust award winners have together completed a copy of a Guarneri del Gesu violin in 10 days. ...
RAB BVMA Restoration Course Award 2019 – Sarah Padday
Each year the RAB Trust makes a significant award to an outstanding student, giving them the opportunity to participate at a high-level training course. The British Violin Making Association runs a ...