DAVID BRUCE JOHNSON
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*b.1956 in Waterloo Ontario
Canada. *1975 Completed secondary High School with main interest in landscape painting, pottery, & a broad musical experience learning piano, french horn, cello, clarinet, saxophone and flute, before settling on guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and eventually the violin. David had his first retrospective exhibition 'Land-escapes' at the Custard Factory in Dec 1999. He plays many styles of music, following his Canadian roots in Cape Breton traditional style fiddling and Irish Traditonal music.
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Scottish Borders View -2000 |
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* 1975-76. Studied at the
Nova Scotia College if Art & Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There he took the foundation in Fine Art but also broadened his interests in ceramics and woodworking. He completed his first acoustic steel strung guitar. *1976-78 Continued to pursue guitar making from workshop in Ottawa, Ontario
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~Acoustic Guitar ~Headstock~1977
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| *1978-81 3 Yr Certificate in Musical Instrument Technology ,
London, U.K, making his first
acoustic violin.
Panormo Copy and interior ,1991 |
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Violin 1987 |
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| *1981-86 Employed as full time Violin
Restorer before opening own business in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham
in 1986.
. 6 String Cutaway Guitar~ 1986
Restoration Duke of Wellington Cello,1984, Rosehill Strings
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Regents Place Workshop , Birmingham, 1986-1993 |
| *1986-1992 Maker and restorer of
all stringed instruments including violin family, guitar, mandolin,
lute, & dulcimer. Exhibited at the Early Music Show in London
1991. ......Development and research into electric
violins...
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Lute Rosette
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Course Renaissance Lute ,1990 |
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EARLY VIOLECTRAS 1992
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