Events

We welcome visitors to the annual Violin Makers' Day, sponsored by Barnes & Mullins.

The event is open to all; admission is free and includes a catalogue giving information about the exhibitors.

Violin Makers' Day is an annual showcase for the best of new making in the UK and abroad. Forty makers and associated traders display their work. Practice rooms are available for those who wish to try out instruments in private.

There will be a half-hour concert by a young string quartet at 2pm, on instruments selected from those on display. Entry to the concert is free of charge.

Those taking part include:

Violin makers: Colin Adamson, Alan Beavitt, Marion Bennardo, Yann Besson, Ruth Bowyer, William Castle, John Cockburn, Colin Cross, Neil Ertz, Yves-Antoine Gachet, Martin Hilsden, Andreas Hudelmayer, William John, Florian Leonhard, Douglas Macarthur, Alan McGeoch, Helen Michetschläger, Steffen Nowak, Anthony Perry, Kai-Thomas Roth, Fridolin Rusch, Conor Russell, Jan Shelley, Marc Soubeyran, George Stoppani, Tibor Szemmelveisz, Colin Tulloch, Rod Ward

Bow makers: Emma Alter, Tim Baker, Noel Burke, Chris Halstead, Gary Leahy, Stephen Thomson

Others (including colleges): AR Distribution, Kremer Pigmente, Andreas Pahler (Tonewood), Newark School of Violin Making, South Thames College, The Strad, West Dean College

For details of the venue, visit www.sessionshouse.com/index.html

Now in its 14th year! A great day out for Violinmakers including lectures by Francois Denis, Ben Hebbert and Prof. Jim Wooodhouse plus trade stands, lunch etc etc. See www.violinmaking.co.uk.