CHRIS JOHNSON came to violin making through making guitars as a
hobby. He attended Newark School of Violin Making and graduated
with a distinction. Since then he has established a workshop in
Leicestershire where he makes violins in modern and baroque forms,
and exact copies of fine instruments. He also repairs and restores
old instruments.
ROY COURTNALL is a luthier, writer and lecturer in musical
instrument technology. After obtaining a BA Hons degree in
sculpture from London University he went on to develop his
instrument-making skills, establishing himself as a luthier. He has
published a collection of plans of musical instruments, and is now
a self-employed guitar maker, producing handmade instruments to
order.
ADRIAN LUCAS obtained a degree in architecture at Leeds Polytechnic
in 1978. He has worked as a musician for many years and has also
run his own architectural business. Most of his time is now
occupied making and repairing guitars and teaching guitar making at
an adult education class. He was the illustrator for Making Master
Guitars by Roy Courtnall.
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