Southern Violin Association
association of violin makers in the Western Hemisphere

Bulletins

BULLETIN - JANUARY 2021

ANNOUNCING THE 3RD BIENNIAL

VIOLIN MAKERS' COMPETITION

SPRING 2021


****WITH LIVE STREAMING****


PREPARE YOUR ENTRIES FOR OUR THIRD BIENNIAL

OPEN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN MAKERS COMPETITION

OUR TARGET DATE IS FIRST OF MAY, 2021, IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A.

THE SOUTHERN VIOLIN ASSOCIATION IS PREPARING TO HOST ITS THIRD COMPETITION AROUND THE FIRST OF MAY 2021. IT WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA.


WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING TO LIVE STREAM MOST OF THE COMPETITION WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS WITH MEMBERS AS THE JUDGES GO THROUGH THEIR ROUTINES.



ALL ENTRIES WILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFERENCE. THIS COMPLIES WITH RECOMMENDED COVID-19 GUIDELINES FOR THE LIFESPAN OF THE VIRUS ON WOOD AND MOST RELATED OBJECTS. THIS ALLOWS THE JUDGES TO HANDLE THE INSTRUMENTS.


  1. THIS WILL BE VIOLINS AND VIOLAS ONLY

  2. INSTRUMENTS MUST BE LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD

  3. A MAXIMUM OF TWO INSTRUMENTS MAY BE ENTERED IN THE COMPETITION. THEY MAY BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY (I.E. TWO VIOLINS OR TWO VIOLA) OR SPLIT - ONE VIOLIN AND ONE VIOLA.

  4. OTHERWISE RULES FROM LAST COMPETITION REMAIN THE SAME,

  5. INSTRUMENTS MUST BE OWNER-INSURED. WE WILL HANDLE THEM WITH THE SAME CARE WE WOULD DEVOTE TO OUR OWN INSTRUMENTS, HOWEVER THE ASSOCIATION TAKES NO LIABILITY FOR INSTRUMENTS LOST, DAMAGED, OR DESTROYED.


IN ADDITION TO FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACE AWARDS IN BOTH WORKMANSHIP AND TONE, WE WILL ALSO AWARD A NOVICE AWARD TO THE HIGHEST RATED VIOLIN AND VIOLA SUBMITTED BY A "NOVICE" MAKER (HAVING COMPLETED NO MORE THAN TEN INSTRUMENTS AT THE TIME OF THE COMPETITION.)


THERE WILL BE A SOUTHERN MAKER AWARD GIVEN TO THE HIGHEST RATED VIOLIN AND VIOLA SUBMITTED BY A SOUTHERN MAKER (SEE RULES).


SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HAVE YOUR ENTRIES COMPLETED BY EARLY APRIL.


JUDGES FOR WORKMANSHIP WILL INCLUDE JAIME GONZALES OF MEXICO, FIRST PLACE WINNER IN OUR 2019 COMPETITION. TONE JUDGES WILL COME FROM THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY, AND WILL LIKELY INCLUDE OUR OLD FRIEND, JUAN RAMIREZ, TONE JUDGE FOR OUR PREVIOUS TWO COMPETITIONS. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON VENUE AND JUDGING STAFF.


LET US KNOW IF YOU INTEND TO SUBMIT ENTRIES BY NUMBER AND TYPE -- PLEASE EMAIL THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE. THIS WILL HELP US WITH OUR PLANNING.


We will post updates and more information over the coming months on our webpage. Click here for Website

BULLETIN #14

SUNDAY MAY 25, 2014

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Huthmaker’s Violins, Duluth, Georgia

10AM – 3140 Main St, Duluth, GA, Sunday May 25.

  • BUSINESS MEETING - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS – We are now two years old, and all new directors need to be elected in accordance with the by-laws. Let me know if interested david@ccvn.com
  • “FIRST GENERATION VIOLIN SHOP” – a presentation by owner, William Mason, of Mason Violins in Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • “APPALACHIAN RED SPRUCE” David Chandler will give a presentation on the characteristics of, and how and where he collects Appalachian Red Spruce in the North Carolina Mountains. You’ll learn all you need to go and get your own.
  • FREE TOP SPRUCE -- A BLOCK OF APPALACHIAN RED SPRUCE, ENOUGH FOR ONE VIOLIN OR VIOLA TOP, grades “A” THROUGH “AAA” GRADE -- FIVE PIECES WILL BE GIVEN FREE BY DRAWING DURING THE MEETING. These pieces were collected from dead and down trees at 5000’ elevation in North Carolina that may have been dead for a decade or more. Stored inside since 2009-2010.
  • PIZZA LUNCH at a restaurant right across the street. Pizza courtesy the association, but you buy your own drinks.
  • MAKERS CHOICE COMPETITION -- After lunch. Maximum one of each type instrument per person, any string instrument, from any time period, as long as it hasn’t received any type of award in the past.

Membership Fees – REDUCED to $35.

You can send your membership fees to me at 201 Riverlinks Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714 or bring them to the meeting on May 25. Checks should be made out to Southern Violin Association. If you’ve paid your dues, and have not received your membership card for 2014, please email me. If you paid the higher fees, let me know and we’ll adjust that back to you, or give you credit toward next year fees. I felt that the higher fees may have been holding some back from participation, so after consulting with the board, I have lowered the fees from $50 to $35. We still have plans for some major events in the Atlanta area in the future that will require significant costs to the association -- but we also need more participation in all events to make that a possibility.

Employment opportunity for a Violin Maker/repairer

I have been approached by a very busy violin shop here in our area to help them find a repairman to start part time, with advancement to full time probably within one year. Sorry to be vague, but you’ll have to attend the May 25 meeting to get further information on this lead.

UPDATING WEBSITE – No more free rides!

We will be updating the website after the May meeting, and anyone that is listed in our contacts/membership lists that are not current with their dues will be deleted from those lists.

 

David Chandler, President

david@ccvn.com

828-675-0449

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