The Malden School Of Musical Instrument Repair

(Llangunllo – Powys – Wales)

Specialist short courses in Musical Instrument Repair

Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, Powys LD7 1SR.
Tel: 01547 550 622
Mobile: 07971 083 089 E-mail: trevorhead@btinternet.com
Director of courses: Trevor Head. Cert.Ed.
(Visit my website: www.trevorhead.co.uk)

Musical Instrument Repair Courses 2008

Foundation Courses (5 Days):

These courses are suitable for complete beginners, or those with a little experience of instrument repair.
You will be part of a group of no more than six students, enabling considerable one to one tuition and a spacious working environment.
A thorough grounding in repair and maintenance procedures will be given; using tried and tested tools and techniques.

Open House Workshop Sessions (2 Days):

New Courses

These are two days workshops for those with some previous repair experience: The courses aim to provide a relaxed workshop environment in which students bring their repair problems and questions to be addressed. These are ideal ‘follow up’ sessions for anyone who has already completed a foundation course, and possibly needs to recap on certain techniques and procedures. Detailed demonstrations will be given, and you will be given help with your own repairs. In terms of the level of these courses; they fall between the foundation and advanced. No more than six students will be accepted on these courses. Courses are more relaxed and less formally structured then Foundation and Advanced courses. Students will benefit from the multitude of repairs addressed by the group.

Advanced courses (2/3 Days):

These courses are suitable for those with some previous repairing experience.

Diagnostic and repairing skills are developed to a higher, more professional level. The content will be geared in part, to the specific needs of the students.

All Other Courses

All other 2 day courses are suitable for those with no previous repairing experience; however a good level of general practical skill is desirable.
For courses concerned with Orchestral and Fretted stringed instruments you will need to have good woodworking skills. Please enquire for more information on this.

Brass Instrument Repair Courses and Tool making

Course Title	Dates
Open House Workshop	Feb 15th and 16th
Advanced Brass Repair	March 15th and 16th
Brass Repair: Foundation	March 31st to April 4th
Open House Workshop	May 9th and 10th
Brass instrument tool making	May 23rd to 25th
Advanced Brass Repair	June 7th and 8th
Brass Repair: Foundation	July 28th to August 1st
Open House Workshop	Sept 12th and 13th
Brass instrument tool making	Nov 14th to 16th

Woodwind Instrument Repair Courses

General Woodwinds: Foundation	April 7th to 11th
Saxophone Repair	April 12th to 13th
Advanced (inc double reeds and saxophones)	July 12th to 14th
Open House Workshop	July 15th to 16th
General Woodwinds: Foundation	August 11th to 15th
Saxophone repair	August 16th to 17th
General Woodwinds: Foundation	October 27th to 30th
Open house Workshop	November 1st to 2nd

Orchestral stringed instrument and Bow Re-hairing courses

Bow re-hairing	April 26th and 27th
Violin fitting up and minor repair	April 28th and 29th
Orchestral stringed instrument repair: Foundation course	June 23rd to 27th
Open House Workshop	June 28th and 29th
Bow re-hairing and repair	August 4th and 5th
Violin fitting up and minor repair	August 6th and 7th
Orchestral stringed instrument repair: Foundation course	September 22nd to 26th
Open House Workshop	September 27th and 28th

Fretted Instrument Repair Courses - (Includes: Guitars, Banjos Mandolins etc)

Instrument setting up and minor repair	April 30th to May 1st
Fretted instrument repair (acoustic and electric): Foundation course	June 23rd to 27th
Open House Workshop	June 28th and 29th
Instrument setting up and minor repair	August 8th and 9th
Re-fretting: Any fretted Instrument	November 7th to 9th

Trevor Head: Training In Musical Instrument Repair