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A Violin Maker’s Paradise
August 3, 2013
Communications Staff
Photo credit: Zach Christy
For nearly 30 summers, ever since noted restorer Vahakn Nigogosian organized a restoration workshop in Oberlin in 1986, the Violin Society of America has run workshops on campus. Extraordinary laboratories for the world’s most talented violin and bow makers, the Oberlin workshops have been likened by some to a “violin maker’s paradise,” says workshop director Chris Germain. Learn more about the Oberlin-VSA connection by watching the video.
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