Student/Recent Graduate Forum - 2026

Lutherie is keen to support violin making students, and those new to the industry.

Our Student Forum will take place at Newark Town Hall on Friday 1st May 2026.

• Tool sale by the RAB Trust www.rabtrust.org, where students can buy

donated tools, books and materials at well below market price.

Venue: Newark Town Hall, Market Place, Newark-on-Trent NG24 1DU

Programme:

10.00 - Tool sale for students and recent graduates only, organised by the RAB Trust

11.00 - Will Szott - Holding it together: Glue in violin Making

An overview of modern and historical glues, application methods and how to avoid getting stuck.

12.30 - Lunch - please bring your own lunch or go to one of the local cafés

13.30 - Malcolm Siddall - The history and development of the violin scroll

The origins and development of the violin scroll, and how its interpretation and execution is an aid to identifying individual makers and areas of making.

15.00 - RAB tool sale, now open to all

16.00 - End

To book a place, please go to Eventbrite‍ ‍