Terry Borman

Terry Borman has been making violins in the United States for well over a quarter century. His training involved apprenticeships in various shops in France during the 1970's and 1980's. One of his apprenticeships was with the renowned Baroque instrument maker [http://murphylutes.free.fr/english.html Stephen Murphy] . He is also a graduate of the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. After 19 years of living in Utah, he moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas.

He quickly established himself as a notable maker by selling violins to the likes of Jaime Laredo and Pinchas Zukerman who have, over time, acquired multiple Borman instruments. A short list of other well-known musicians that play instruments by Borman include Kyung-Wha Chung, Lin Cho-liang, Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank and Peter DeSotto (Quartetto Gelato).

Borman was among only a handful of makers invited to show their instruments at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, [http://www.violin.org/2006comp/violin_makers.html Spotlight on Today's Makers] This hands-on exhibition highlighted the world's leading violin makers from Canada, France, Germany, and the United States. The exhibit provided a rare opportunity to try violins by master makers of our time in one location.

He is very involved in scientific research to further the capabilities of the Violin, specifically towards the needs of the violin in the 21st century. His research work is focused on the material properties of the wood used to create violins using Densitometry and computer aided tomography (Computed tomography). Additional research in the field of Dendrochronology may yield exciting results as well. These topics of research may lead to a better understanding of the properties of historical instruments in order to more accurately reproduce their tonal qualities in modern instruments.

Publications

"The Strad (magazine)", September 2005 "Path Through the Woods, The Use of Medical Imaging in Examining Historical Instruments [http://smitech.org/index.php?journal=rrSMITech&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=29]

"The VSA Papers" (Violin Society of America) Summer 2005 "High Resolution Photography for Violin Makers" [http://www.bormanviolins.com/journalarticles.asp]

"The Public Library of Science, PLoSOne, July 2, 2008 "A Comparison of Wood Density between Classical Cremonese and Modern Violins" [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002554]

References

[http://www.violinist.com/luthiers/terry_borman/ Violinist.com]

[http://smitech.org/index.php?journal=rrSMITech&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=29 Research Repository of Stringed Musical Instrument Technology]

External links

* [http://www.bormanviolins.com/index.asp Official Website]