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RAB Trust blog

Maurice Bouette cello 1965

January 1, 2021

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 ... Read Article

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Jim Read Bequest

December 2, 2020

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 ... Read Article

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Bernard Wawman bequest

November 27, 2020

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 ... Read Article

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RAB Trust meet to make Awards – just in time…

April 21, 2020

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 ... Read Article

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RAB Award – François Perego’s varnishing course in France

September 24, 2019

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 ... Read Article

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NSVM Diploma Day 2019

July 19, 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 ... Read Article

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A shared violin project

June 10, 2019

Two of this year's RAB trust award winners have together completed a copy of a Guarneri del Gesu violin in 10 days. ... Read Article

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RAB BVMA Restoration Course Award 2019 – Sarah Padday

May 10, 2019

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 ... Read Article

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RAB Awards 2019

April 24, 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 ... Read Article

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RNCM 2019: Two baroque cellos in two weeks. Part 1: a tale of monstrous work

April 13, 2019

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 ... Read Article

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