Violin Making (Basic Course)
Course No.:
KU1242601
Brand:
Sonstige
€899.00 €755.46
per piece
Exclusive benefit: As a workshop participant, you will receive a 10 % discount on all purchases in our shop during the course and for one week after it ends. Your workshop booking will also be credited to your bonus card. Learn more about your benefits here.
Further course dates are available on request. Our customer service team is happy to assist you Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:30, by phone on +49 (0)9931 4058-981 or by email at info@dictum.com.
Course details
Using rough parts and kit components, you will practise the typical steps involved in making a handcrafted violin:
Jointing the top plates, creating the arching profile, drilling the thickness reference holes, carving the arching using gouges, arching planes and scrapers, laying out and cutting the f-holes, bending the ribs on a bending iron, fitting the bass bar, preparing and assembling the rib garland in the outside mould, fitting the linings, shaping the blocks, gluing, partial work on the neck and scroll, setting the neck, fitting and gluing the fingerboard, the nut, purfling, bridge, tailpiece, drilling and reaming the peg holes, fitting the pegs and the soundpost, and discussing specialist questions.
Each participant is advised to bring a Stradivari-model kit made from well-seasoned tonewood, or to purchase one on site at the start of the course. This makes it possible to complete steps that cannot be practised on rough parts due to time constraints, allowing you to achieve a usable result.
Note: Participation in the course cannot replace professional training in violin making.
Jointing the top plates, creating the arching profile, drilling the thickness reference holes, carving the arching using gouges, arching planes and scrapers, laying out and cutting the f-holes, bending the ribs on a bending iron, fitting the bass bar, preparing and assembling the rib garland in the outside mould, fitting the linings, shaping the blocks, gluing, partial work on the neck and scroll, setting the neck, fitting and gluing the fingerboard, the nut, purfling, bridge, tailpiece, drilling and reaming the peg holes, fitting the pegs and the soundpost, and discussing specialist questions.
Each participant is advised to bring a Stradivari-model kit made from well-seasoned tonewood, or to purchase one on site at the start of the course. This makes it possible to complete steps that cannot be practised on rough parts due to time constraints, allowing you to achieve a usable result.
Note: Participation in the course cannot replace professional training in violin making.
The violin is not only one of the most sophisticated instruments for playing music on, manufacturing a violin is also a considerable challenge. A master instrument requires a minimum of 200 hours of work. A one-week course can therefore only afford you a few basic insights into the fascinating world of violin making.
Course locations
A mere 10 minutes drive from our company headquarters in Plattling, it is situated idyllically between the river Danube and the Natural Reserve Bavarian Forest and offers ideal conditions for undisturbed creative work.
The former stable of the Monastery Niederalteich is optimally equipped with
- Bench room,
- Turning workshop,
- Sharpening room,
- Machine room,
- Kitchen and Sanitary rooms.
DICTUM-Kurswerkstatt
St. Ursulaweg 19
94557 Niederalteich
Ausstattung
- Ausstattung 1
- Ausstattung 2
- Ausstattung 3
- Ausstattung 4
- Ausstattung 5
Niederalteich
St. Ursula-Weg 19, 94557 Niederalteich,
DICTUM-Parkplätze - Mauritiushof 2
