Schools, Classes & Individual Instruction Online Schools U.S. Schools Canadian Schools Int'l Schools Beginning or Aspiring Luthiers Just getting started? See our FAQ and see our essays on getting started and choosing a lutherie school. Join the Guild! Lutherie Schools Inside Canada Robert Anderson Guitars Victoria BC, Canada (250) 383-5659 Info@robertandersonguitars.com Individual instruction in Lutherie to selected students in a working atelier. Steel and nylon string acoustic guitars, including Ukulele and Archtop construction; Violin family instruments; french polishing. Weekly evening or afternoon sessions. Weekend and week-long sessions by arrangement Blackwood Guitar Making School 340 County Road 5 Mallorytown, ON, K0E 1R0 Canada 613-292-1985 5-week acoustic guitar making class, up to 6 students Burghardt Luthiery, Géza Burghardt Granville Island Studio 1645 Duranleau St., Vancouver, BC, V6H 3S3 Canada ph/fax 604-683-1135 Individual instruction, occasional apprentice; guitars, violin family; repair and construction Sergei de Jonge School of Lutherie 56 Ramsay Rd., Chelsea, Quebec, J9B 2J1 Canada 815-827-4911; info@dejongelutherie.com 5-week sessions 4x/yr., classical and flattop guitar construction and French polishing Ecole Nationale de Lutherie 299 3rd Avenue, Quebec City, PQ, G1L 2V7 Canada 418-647-0567; fax 418-647-4880 bleonard@metierdart.com 3-years violin family making and maintenance Fretworks, Miles Jones 4027 4th St. SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 2W4 Canada 403-243-5839; 888-fretworks miles@fretwork.com Short- and long-term comprehensive guitar repair and construction; specialty hand tool, jig, and fixture building Hamm-tone Guitar Building School Winnipeg, Manitoba 204-894-3834 jeremyhammtone@gmail.com Offering 4 and 5 week acoustic guitar construction and 3 week solid body electric guitar construction courses Dan Richter, Dragonfly Guitars 604-741-1056; dan@dragonflyguitars.com Six-week course covering all aspects of the process from design to construction to finishing of a flat-top guitar. Tuition is $3000 and includes all materials except tuning machines, electronics and case Summit School of Guitar Building and Repairs Sigmund Johannessen/Mike Jarvis 240 Goodyear Rd., Qualicum, BC, V9K 2A3 Canada 250-757-8807; 888-901-9903 (toll free) luthiersintl@bcsupernet.com 1-day to 1-year courses, 1 or 2 students Timeless Instruments’ School of Luthiery, David Freeman Box 51, Tugaske, SK, S0H 4B0 Canada 888-884-2753 (toll free); david@timelessinstruments.com 7-week, 4x/yr. hands-on, acoustic and resophonic guitar, and harp design and construction; housing included Toronto Lutherie, Guitar making school founded by Behrad Gorgani former instructor at OCAD University 1431 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M6H 4C7 Canada Individual/group classes for acoustic and electric guitars Whitney School of Guitar Building, Michael Whitney 10304 Dale Meadows Place Summerland, BC, V0H1Z8 Canada 250-462-9322; mike@whitneyguitars.com Offering varying on-site guitar building courses to suit both your schedule and depth of interest
