Summer Program
JULY – AUGUST (2-5 WEEKS)
The Canadian Violin Making Institute offers exceptional programming and instruction for aspiring Canadian and international luthiers.
JULY – AUGUST (2-5 WEEKS)
- Stradivarius model violin templates
- Instruction in the German school tradition
- Hand tool construction
- Work toward instrument completion (minimum 8 weeks)
- Beginner to intermediate levels
- 35 instructional hours per week
- Institution hours 9-4 Mon-Fri
- Cost: Cost per week: $750 ($3,500 – Full 5-week session)
- Two week minimum
Skills Taught
- Hand-eye coordination
- Hand tool skills (knives, planes, chisels, gouges, files, reamers, scrapers, etc.).
- Sharpening
- Power tool use, safety, maintenance
- Varnish making
- Tool making
- Jig design and creation
- Mould and counter-form design and creation
- Purfling making
- Draftsmanship
- Instrument construction
Registration