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 ...
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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 ...
RAB Awards 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 ...
RNCM 2019: Two baroque cellos in two weeks. Part 1: a tale of monstrous work
Jahanava Gargallo, a third year student at Newark, was funded by the RAB Trust as a helper/observer during a recent project at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where four violin ...