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American School of Lutherie
Charles Fox
449 Allan Ct.
Healdsburg, CA 95448
(707) 431-7836
Email: cfox@americanschooloflutherie.com
Web: www.americanschooloflutherie.com
6 - day classes 4x/yr., contemporary guitar construction
American School of Piano Tuning
Gabrielle Borgnino, Director
17050 John Tefler Dr.
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Home study correspondence course; 10 lessons
website: www.piano-tuning.com
email: info@piano-tuning.com
Augusta Heritage Center
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins WV 26241
(304) 637-1209; Fax (304) 637-1317
Email: augusta@augustaheritage.com
Web: www.augustaheritage.com
Summer, intensive week-long classes in fiddle and bow repair, mountain dulcimer construction, instrument repair.
Bow Making School of America
See Violin School of America
Bryant School of Piano Tuning and Technics, Niles
1012 Dunbarton Circle
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 454-4748
Burghardt Luthiery, Géza Burghardt
Granville Island Studio
1645 Duranleau St., Vancouver, BC V6H3S3 Canada
(604) 683-1135
Individual instruction, occasional apprentice; guitars, violin family; repair and construction
California Summer String Institute
California Lutheran University
Office of Continuing Ed.
60 W. Olsen Rd. #2220
Thousand Oaks CA 91360
(805) 493-3130
1 and 2 - week programs -- violin and bow making/maintenance/repair
Email: cpe@clunet.edu
Web: www.clunet.edu
Fred Carlson, Beyond the Trees
2026 Back Ranch Road
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
(831) 423-9264
Email: wildsols@beyondthetrees.com
Web: www.beyondthetrees.com
Alan Carruth
553 High St.
Dedham, MA 02026
(781) 369-9484
Ongoing weekly classes, guitars, violin family, folk instrument construction; individualized.
Email: alcarruth@aol.com
Web: www.alcarruthluthier.com
The Chicago School of Violin Making
3636 Oakton St.
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 673-9545
3.5 year fulltime program - violin family construction/repair
Email: csvm1@aol.com
Chimneys Violin School
614 Lerew Rd.
Boiling Springs PA 17007
(717) 258-3203
3 or 4 year - violin family construction/repair; 1 - 4 week intensive summer program in Tucson, AZ
Email: edwardcampbell@sprintmail.com
Clark, Eugene
3254 Santa Clara St., El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 527-4877
Day sessions, private tutoring, guitar making, French polishing
Cremona School of Violin Making
Istituto Professionale Internazionale per l'Artigianato Liutario e del Legno 'A. Stradivari' - Cremona Italy
www.graffiti.it/stradivari/violinma.html
William Cumpiano
8 Easthampton Rd.
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 585-1596 (AM); (413) 586-3730 (PM)
2 - week sessions 4 times per year. Individual tutorials in classical, flattop, or any choice of guitar const.
Email: william@cumpiano.com
Web: http://www.cumpiano.com/home/classes/classes.html
Sergei di Jonge School of Lutherie
883 Robson ST.
Oshawa, Canada L1H 4C6
(905) 576-4636
9 week sessions 3 times per year. Classical & flattop guitar const. & repair.
Email: sergeidejonge@myna.com
Web: www.dejongeguitars.com
Brian Derber Violin Making School
6410 N. Brown St.
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
(920) 474-4076
3 - 4 years by private arrangement, violin family
Ecole Nationale de Lutherie
299 3rd Avenue, Québec City, PQ G1L2V7 Canada
(418) 647-0567; Fax (418) 647-4880
Email: infos@metierdart.com
Web: www.metierdart.com
3-years violin family making and maintenance
Jeffrey Elliot and Cyndy Burton
2812 SE 37th Ave.
Portland, OR 97202
(503) 233-0836
Private consultation, guitar making, french polishing
Email: cb@luth.org
Emil Fries Piano Training Center
Kenneth D. Serviss, General Manager
2510 East Evergreen Boulevard
Vancouver, WA 98661
(360) 693-1511
Everett Community College, Larry Whatley
2000 Tower St., Everett WA 98201
(425) 337-7148
Email: linda_aw@ix.netcom.com
Web: www.evcc.ctc.edu
8-week, once/week, classic guitar construction
Everett Guitars
2338 Johnson Ferry
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 451-2485
1 and 2 day weekend intensives, steel string guitar making
everett@mindspring.com
Frank Finocchio, Finocchio Guitars
20 S Maple St.
Easton, PA 18042
(610) 258-2268
1 week intensive sessions, 4 times per year in classical, flattop or archtop guitar, occasional repair classes.
Email: frank@finocchioguitar.com
Web: http://www.finocchioguitar.com
Five Towns College
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, NY 11746
(516) 424-7000 ext. 110
1 term Musical Instrument Technology program
Harry Fleishman, Luthiers School of the Rockies
4500 Whitney Pl.
Boulder CO 80303
(303) 449-1614
1 week classes; small groups hands-on theory and practice, steel string, electric, acoustic bass.
Email: guitars@fleishmaninstruments.com
Web: http://www.fleishmaninstruments.com
Charles Fox
449 Allan Ct.
Healdsburg, CA 95448
(707) 433-8228
6 day class - 4 times per year, contemporary guitar making
http://www.cfoxguitars.com/class.html
Fretworks, Arthur Miles Jones
4027 4th St. Se
Calgary, AB T2G2W4 Canada
(403) 243-5839; (888) fretworks
Email: fretworks@fretwork.com
Short and long-term classes in guitar repair
Bryan Galloup's Guitar Hospital
10495 Northland Dr.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
(321) 796-5611 (800) 278-0089
2 and 6-month acoustic and electric guitar repair and construction
Email: bryan@galloupguitars.com
Web: www.galloupguitars.com
La Gitana Stringed Instruments and Luthier's Workshop, Thomas Knatt
83 Riverside Ave.
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 287-0464
Construction of a guitar over a 1 year period (one session per week); individual 1 month apprenticeships; intensive 9 day summer sessions.
Email: tknatt@ziplink.net
Web: www.ziplink.net/~tknatt
Paul Hart Violins
36 W. Main St.
Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647
(435) 462-0301
3 - 4 year; violin family constructioin
Paul_L_Hart@yahoo.com
Kenny Hill, Hill Guitar Company
5905 Hwy. 9
Felton, CA  95018
Email: classes@hillguitar.com
Web: www.hillguitar.com
10-day intensives, 3 or 4 times/year, hands-on classical guitar building; all levels
Anthony J. Huvard
PO Box 130
Sandston, VA 23150
(804) 737-4032
Email: ahuvard@cybozone.com
Web: www.cybozone.com/luthier
1 and 2 year independent study and private apprenticeships on all aspects of guitar design and construction.
Indiana University School of Music - Violinmaking and Repair Program
Thomas Sparks, Instructor
Bloomington IN 47405
(812) 855-7565
2 years; Instrument construction, music theory & playing - long term classes
Email: thsparks@indiana.edu
Web: www.indiana.edu/~vlnshop
Drew Johnston
P.O.Box 6297
Kennewick, WA 99336
(509) 634-1227
Home study video guitar building course
Email: uudrew@mac.com
Kamimoto String Instruments, Hideo Kamimoto
609 N Fourth St.
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 298-8168; (800) 892-3199; fax (408) 298-8198
Private consultation on guitar repair
Email: kamimoto@saturn.he.net
Web: www.kamimotostrings.com
Leeds Guitarmaker's School
8 Easthampton Road
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 582-0034
1 day - 13 week classes, and 1 on 1 tutorials in flattop, archtop, and classical construction, repair, and finishing
Email: info@leedsguitar.com
Website: www.leedsguitar.com
London Guildhall University
Sir John Cass Faculty of Arts
41 - 71 Commercial Rd.
London E1 1LA
England
Full and part time courses in musical instrument technology
Luthiers International Guitar Repair and Building School - John Marshall
2357 Stene Dr.
Lilburn, GA  30047
(888) 588-4437; (770) 982-0007; fax (770) 982-0581
Web: www.luthiersinternational.com
2 - 4 - and 8 week courses in repair and construction
The Luthiers Workshop
99 Moody St.
Waltham, MA 02154
(617) 894-4292
Thomas Knatt and Al Carruth offer a variety of options
The Maine Guitarmaker's School
Nick Apollonio
Marine Park PO Box 791
Rockport, ME 04856
(207) 236-6312
1 or 6 week guitar course; 6 string, 12 string, or classic.
The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Violin Repair
375 Church St.
N. Adams, MA 01247
(413) 662-5543
4 - 1 week summer sessions in violin setup, repair with H. Nebel
Email: lll@mcla.edu
Web: www.mcla.edu/lifelong
Midwest Guitar Repair and Building School
Mike Boggeman
731 Dale Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
(877) 453-8119
1-month to 1-year guitar construction; apprenticeships in guitar construction and repair; individual instruction
Email: midwestguitar@aol.com
Web: www.midwestguitar.com
Minnesota State College Southeast Technical
Red Wing Campus
Mike Boggeman
308 Pioneer Rd.
Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 385-6300; (800) 657-4849; fax (651) 385-6377
9-month electric and acoustic guitar repair and construction; 9-month violin repair; 2-month mandolin, violin, or archtop guitar construction
Email: dvincent@rdw.tec.mn.us
Web: www.southeasttech.mnscu.edu
Mirecourt - Ecole Nationale de Lutherie
5 Avenue Graillet
Mirecourt 88500
France
A five year course. Three years spent learning to make new instruments, two years learning to varnish, repair and restore violin family instruments
Mittenwald - Berufsfachschule fur Geigenbau
Partenkirchener Strasse 17
D - 82481 Mittenwald
Germany
Long Term Violin Making School
Musical Instrument Makers Forum (MIMF)
Web: www.mimf.com
On-line instrument making courses
National String Workshop String Repair Clinics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
720 Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon St.
Madison WI 53703
(608) 263-2790
7 day sessions - beginning to advanced violin family and bow repair
Email: cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu
Web: www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/nsw
Newark School of Violin Making
Robert Payn, Director
Newark and Sherwood College
Friary Road
Newark, Notts. NG24 1TB
England
A 3 year course in violin making and repair; also a one year basic course in violin making.
New World School of Violin Making, Brian Derber
6970 Red Lake Rd. HC1-119 A
Presque Isle, WI  54557
(715) 686-7732
Web:  www.newworldschool.com
3 - 3 1/2 years violin family
North Bennet Street School
Violin Making and Restoration Program
39 North Bennet Street
Boston MA 02133
(617) 227-0155
3 year - violin and bow construction and repair
Email: nbss@nbss.org
Web: www.nbss.org
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Rd.
PO Box 5005
Costa Mesa, CA  92628
(714) 432-0202
Email: eknich0ls@cs.com
Web: www.orangecoastcollege.com
4 semesters once/week, nylon or flattop guitar making
Oregon State University, OSU/MU Craft Center
James Condino and John Bigelow
10 Memorial Union East
Corvallis, OR  97331
(541) 737-2937
Email: craft.center@mu.orst.edu
Web: osu.orst.edu/dept/munion/craftcenter
9-month once/week flattop guitar construction; 3-month once/week electric guitar construction
Perkins School of Piano Tuning and Technology
Robert Perkins, Director
PO Box 175
Akron, OH 44309-0175
Peters Valley Craft Center
19 Kuhn Rd.
Layton NJ 07851
(201) 948-5200
8 - day session; summer, acoustic guitar construction.
Planet Bluegrass
500 W Main
Lyons, CO  80540
(800) 624-2422; fax (303) 823-0849
4-day A-style mandolin building with M. Hornick
Email: planet@bluegrass.com
Web: www.bluegrass.com
Randy Potter School of Piano Technology
Randy Potter, President
61592 Orion Dr.
Bend, OR 97702
(503) 382-5411 Fax: (503) 382-5400
Red Wing Technical College
Nancy Swanson, Admissions
Highway 58 @ Pioneer Rd.
Red Wing MN 55066
(612) 388-8271 (800) 657-4849
10 month - guitar construction/repair course; violin repair course; band instrument repair course; or electronic musical instrument repair course
Joseph Regh
36 Sherwood Heights
Wappingers Falls, NY  12590
(845) 297-2521
2-week bow-making course by individual arrangement.
Email: reghj@aol.com
Renton Technical College
Associate Dean, Beth Arman
http://www.renton-tc.ctc.edu/index.htm
Daryl L. Hickman, Instructor
dhickman@rtc.ctc.edu
3000 NE 4th St.
Renton, WA 98056
(425) 235-2352
11 month - Repair of Woodwinds, Brasswinds and Percussion
Ribbecke Guitars
PO Box 2215
Healdsburg, CA  95448
(707) 433-3778
7 - day intensive session; archtop guitar construction course.
Email: ribguitar@aol.com
Web: www.ribbecke.com
7-day intensive course, archtop guitar construction and limited private instruction
Rizsanyi Guitars
R.R. 2, New Germany, 3330 Hwy. 10
Pinehurst, NS BOR 1E0 Canada
(902) 527-0614
Email: rizsanyiguitars@hotmail.com
Web: www.rizsanyiguitars.com
8-week acoustic guitar construction
Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
4011 S. 16th St.
Phoenix AZ 85040
(602) 243-1179 Fax (602) 304-1175
4 or 5 month, guitar construction and repair
Email: rvschool1@aol.com
Web: www.roberto-venn.com
5 months, guitar making and repair
Sergé Guitars, Sergé Michaud
50 Ave. Boutin sud
Breakeyville, PQ G0S 1E3 Canada
(418) 832-6080
Email: smichaud@sympatico.ca
Web: www3.sympatico.ca/smichaud
7-week, acoustic, classic, archtop guitar building seminars, individual instruction
Ervin Somogyi
516 52nd St.
Oakland, CA  94609
(510) 534-4445
Individual consultation on guitar construction and repair.
Email: esomogyi@aol.com
Web: www.esomogyi.com
South Plains College
John Hartin
1401 College Ave.  Box 53
Levelland TX 79336
(806) 894-9611 ext. 280
1 year - guitar construction/repair on all fretted instruments.
Stringed Instrument Restoration Workshop
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin College
Oberlin OH 44074
(216) 775-8044
4 week summer program on violin family repair
Summit School of Guitar Building and Repairs
Sigmund Johannessen/Mike Jarvis
240 Goodyear Rd.
Qualicum, BC V9k 2A3 Canada
(250) 757-8807  (888) 901-9903
1 day to 6 month courses, 1 or 2 students
Email: luthiersintl@bcsupernet.com
Web: www.luthiers-international.com
Timeless Instruments
David Freeman
Box 51
Tugaske, Saskatchewan
S0H 4B0  Canada
(306) 759-2042
7 week course - guitar construction and repair
Email: rockpile.prairie@sk.sympatico.ca
Web: www3.sk.sympatico.ca/timeless
Vermont Instruments, George Morris
P.O. Box 115
Post Mills, VT  05058
(802) 333-4308
Email: vermont.instruments@valley.net
Web: www.vermontinstruments.com
2-week courses.  Beginning, intermediate, and advanced guitar making.
Violin Craftsmanship Institute
U. of New Hampshire
Div. of Continuing Ed.
24 Rosemary Lane
Durham NH 03824
(603) 862-1088  Fax (603) 862-1495
Email: learn.dce@unh.edu
Web: www.learn.unh.edu/Violin
One week sessions (summer) on violin and bow-making and repair led by internationally renowned craftsmen.
The Violin Making School Of America
308 East 200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(800) 801-3651 (801) 364-3651 Fax: (801) 364-3652
3 - 4 year, fulltime program
The Violin Making School of America
David Webber, Webber Guitars
1385 A Crown Street
North Vancouver, BC V7J1G4 Canada
(604) 980-0315
Email: David@axion.net
Web: www.webberguitars.com
Employer of guitar builders and apprentices
Western Iowa Tech Community College
PO Box 265
Sioux City, IO 51102
(712) 274-6400
Band Instrument Repair; 10 month course.
White River Artisans School
2519 Denton Ferry Rd.
Cotter, Arizona 72626
Email: artisans94@centurytel.net
Web: www.mtncom.com/artisans
1-week classes in bow making and bow repair
Tim White
Chrysalis Guitar Company, Inc.
146 Lull Rd.
New Boston, NH 03070
(603) 487-2312
Email: tpwhiteco@aol.com
Web: www.chrysalisguitars.com
Individual research projects creating new instrument forms and manufacturing methods; housing available.
Bob Zatzman Guitar Repair
8024 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 247-5010
Apprenticeships by private arrangement.


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