Further Information

After 8 months studying the market of violin making and repairing in Reykjavik and having realized several projects for the Symphonic Orchestra, music schools and particulars, I would like now to raise funds to invest in a proper workshop, to be able to take the step of providing with efficiency and in a long term optic a service that has been missing until now in the musical environment in Iceland.

Numbers

My goal is to reach the amount of 15.000€, which would allow me to significantly improve the workshop.

If any money remains after the investment of fixed assets, it will be used to purchase consumable items necessary for the workshop.

Depending on the amount contributed, you will benefit in the form of discounts for instrument repairs and maintenance.

Below you can find other positive outcomes that this investment would allow.

Short term benefits

As your investment will allow me to work much more efficiently, the speed of repairs and operation will increase enormously. This means you and other customers will get their instruments back faster. Furthermore, the price of certain repairs would be lower depending on your selected choice of support.

Medium and long term benefits

The hardest part of pursuing a career as an independent violin maker and repairer is the initial investment to establish a workshop. Although I have a functioning workshop, the lack of facilities and tools makes my work unnecessarily time-consuming. This means I can finish fewer instruments, so my efficiency has been limited by this until now.

There are already some people here in Iceland interested in learning this profession. This investment would allow me to train apprentices, and it would also be possible to eventually share the space with violin makers from abroad that would be willing to give the experience of exerting in Iceland a try.

This investment would therefore benefit others who want to practice violin making and repairing in Reykjavik, because they would then have access to a state of the art workshop. As said, it’s an investment in infrastructure and non-movable items,so you can be sure that anything paid with this funding will remain in the workshop, and the workshop will remain in Reykjavik, no matter where life takes me in the future.

It would also be possible to organise courses at the workshop aiming to make students better understand their instruments.