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Robin Aitchison developed a deep desire to
become a luthier while learning to play the cello as a child. After working in engineering and business
for ten years, he spent three years training at the Newark School of
Violin Making, from which he graduated with Distinction in 1996.
He then spent two years as Assistant Instrument Custodian at the Royal
Academy of Music in London, where he worked to maintain its renowned
stringed instrument collection. At the Academy he benefited as a maker
from access to world class instruments and gained a profound insight into set-up and sound adjustment.
Robin now runs his own workshop in Ely, Cambridgeshire, where he makes
cellos to commission.
Robin also takes great pleasure in working on
set-up, sound adjustment and
string trials with cellists from all over the UK. For players
wishing to learn more about instrument set-up, he holds
instrument care
seminars.
Every summer he joins the renowned Violin Society of America workshop in
Oberlin, Ohio where he and other luthiers share ideas and develop their expertise.
Robin has
appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and on BBC and ITV television
and radio news. He has also given pre-concert talks for the Academy
of Ancient Music at the Wigmore Hall, London and West Road Concert Hall,
Cambridge.
Sarah Mnatzaganian
studied the cello as a child and read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford and History of Art at
the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. She has a genuine understanding of the
aspirations and needs of cellists and works closely with Robin to provide
customers with a considerate and comprehensive service.
She is a freelance writer for the Strad Magazine.
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