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VIOLINMAKER

Handmade Violins, Violas and Cellos
802-525-3386
385 Hinman Road, Glover, Vermont 05839



Thurmond Knight (right) with his teacher,
Master Violin Maker Karl Roy
Thurmond Knight, violin maker, makes hand made violins, violas and cellos in his luthier shop nestled among 160 acres of spruce and balsam forest in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.  Here, he builds and repairs stringed instruments, and teaches violinmaking at the Vermont School of Violin Making.  From 1992 to 2000, Thurmond was German Master Violinmaker Karl Roy's teaching assistant at the University of New Hampshire Violin Craftsmanship Institute.  
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FiddleFix

A brand new downloadable online book by Burt Porter and Thurmond Knight, guides the musician in violin and bow maintenance and minor repairs. In the market for a violin?  FiddleFix clearly outlines, for the buyer, what to look for and what to avoid in an instrument.  It is also a guide for musicians to decide when professional care of their instrument is necessary, where to find such care, what to expect from the repair shop and approximately how much it should cost.

Click here for info needed to download book

 


Mary Rowell and Katherine Winterstein performing on violins made by Thurmond Knight 

The Craftsbury Chamber Players, performing on a quartet of instruments made by Thurmond Knight, has recorded Brahms Scherzo for Piano Quintet.  Click on link below for the free audio download.

http://www.violinviolacello.com/audio/track05.wma

 

 


Markneukirchen, Saxony violin for sale, ca.1880

 

 

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Southern Maine Youth Ensemble

Novel about a violin maker by Donald Angell

Step-by-step photos of the making of a violin
by Thurmond's student, Don Orr

Restored Instruments for Sale

Movie Star!!  Bethany Violin

Strad model cello in progress

Maggini model 17 3/8" viola in progress