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VIOLINMAKER

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



Thurmond Knight performing on a cello he made named "Ellen Frances"


Thurmond Knight, violin maker, makes hand made violins, violas and cellos in his violin shop nestled among 160 acres of spruce and maple trees 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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New cello in progress
modeled after Domenico Montagnana, 1686-1750

  

FiddleFix

A 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

 

ca 1880 3/4 violin modeled after Antonio Stradivari: for sale $2400


Vermont School of Violin Making: Summer courses: Mid May through end of September

 

Meet our Summer School Students at
the Vermont School of Violin Making
Article in Vermont Life Magazine about Ida Washington commissioning a violin from Thurmond Knight

Restored and new hand-made Small Size Violins for young soloists and prodigies

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