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My Space: Peter & Rory Boardman’s Donaghadee workshop

2024-08-07T08:31:00

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The father and son duo present their Northern Ireland workshop

Our workshop dates from 1979, when Peter built it next to his house and garage. He’s entirely self-taught as a luthier, having studied Edward Heron-Allen’s Violin-Making as It Was and Is, and made his first violin at the age of 29. Rory played the violin from an early age but studied engineering at university and now works half the year on superyachts…

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