Online Mandolin Building Course Announced

The Musical Instrument Makers Forum, in association with Michael Lewis Instruments (www.svlg.org/member/lewis/default.htm), announced their next interactive online instrument-making course: Building an F-Style or A-Style Mandolin.

The 20-week course will be taught by master luthier and veteran MIMForum teacher Michael Lewis, and will run from January 30th through June 19th, 2002. This course is not intended for beginners to instrument construction, and it is assumed all students will have built at least one fretted instrument from scratch, including bending the sides and binding the edges, before they take this course. There will be a fee charged for participation.

Lessons will be posted on the MIMForum on a weekly basis, and students will use the Forum to ask whatever questions come up as they build. More information can be found at www.mimf.com/mando.htm.