Personal Vitae

I was with a heavy heart that, due to health reasons, I was forced to retire from actively making new instruments. I still work with Borman owners to keep their instruments in top condition.

My formal training began when I apprenticed to a French violin maker in the 1970's and was followed by seven years of apprenticeship with various violin makers in France. Aside from the instruments of the violin family, I have built many instruments of its historical family to better understand the evolution in the production of sound to its culmination in the instruments of Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu.

After this period, and after having graduated from the Violin Making School of America I set up shop in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1986. My shop remained in Salt Lake City for the following 19 years after which I relocated to the Ozark Mountains just outside of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

I was a violin maker for over 44 years and I am proud of the reputation built. I am especially proud of the fact that many of today's most well known musicians have acquired multiple instruments of mine over the years; affirming the fact that not only do my instruments retain their sound quality but that they improve with time.

Documentary "Maker: The Art of Terry Borman". Click "full screen" to view in the largest size your device will allow.