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Steven Potter
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: Annual meeting of Canadian violin makers? |
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I came across the site of violin makers in the USA:
http://www.vmaai.com
Their annual meeting/convention is October 14 – 17 in Tucson, Arizona.
Is there a Canadian equivalent? I'd like to attend a similar event, but closer to home.
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Joseph Leahy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: Annual meeting of Canadian violin makers? |
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| Steven Potter wrote: | I came across the site of violin makers in the USA:
http://www.vmaai.com
Their annual meeting/convention is October 14 – 17 in Tucson, Arizona.
Is there a Canadian equivalent? I'd like to attend a similar event, but closer to home. |
Steven
I would be very interested in this too. Have nosed around on the net for a while and I can't find any formal group close by. I'm just east of Toronto.
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Mat Roop
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| sounds like a great idea... maybe it will take root?... I'm in Western Ontario... Mat |
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violinarius
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Manuel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: Cdn Violin makers |
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| I'd be interested in meeting with other makers and attending Trade Show. I heard that London had a Michigan Violin Makers chapter. I plan on at least checking it out to see if it is still active |
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M_A_T_T
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There is a group in BC called The Violin Maker's Association of BC that has meetings every third Friday of the month, except in December and July & August. They meet at the East Hastings Community Center at 7:30PM.
Contacts:
President: Ken 604-433-4645
Secretarty: Aime 604-988-2370
Treasurer: Frank 604-922-6902
The group is only about 20 memeber strong. I met them at an annual woodworking show. I was honestly underwhelmed by their display. Their sign was scribbled on cardboard, and they had what looked like chinese whites setup on the table. There were a couple pieces the guy had made with his homemade duplicarver on display, which was neat, and some templates out. I may go to one of their meetings, but I'm not sure. It's only $20.00 a year to join though.
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Tim McTigue
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Wow, interesting to see a couple of names from online on that page. Sure would be nice if they were categorized geographically (in a smaller unit than Country). It'd be good, for example, to have a list of all makers in the GTA - that would help those interested in getting together...
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