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The apartment over the shop
Shop Apartment: The view from the kitchen.

Located in Post Mills, VT, Vermont Instruments is a short walk from Lake Fairlee, a beautiful swimming lake in East-central Vermont. The quiet rural setting is complimented by proximity to the cultural offerings of Dartmouth College, making for a relaxed but stimulating environment. Our grounds are covered with flower and vegetable gardens, and the cats keep strict order at all times.

There are two living quarters for students to choose from right here on campus. The shop apartment, directly over the shop, has three separate rooms. The music room space, as we call it, is a 1000 sq. ft. performance building with a rap-around balcony each side of which has a semi-private sleeping area. Both apartments have their own kitchen, bath, and living areas. Each group of students decides how to organize their cooking, cleaning, and food shopping. There are telephones and WiFi in each apartment. Please note that we have no room for student spouses or over-night guests, or pets.

View of performance area
Performance Building: Looking from the kitchen into the performance area. A good place to practice.
Bedrooms over the performance area
Performance Building: Looking across the performance area into one of the balcony bedrooms and the kitchen

 

 


Lake Fairlee is a short walk from Campus
Campus Flower Gardens
Flower gardens line the path from the Performance Building to the shop (shown before addition).
 
The Shop Print E-mail

 


The original shop.
The shop is the heart of the school. Ours is simple and flexible. It is not a production shop, but one that crafts one-of-a-kind instruments. Each of us has his or her own bench and tools, and easy access to the stationary tools and the few specialized tools that we use to do our work. We emphasize and rely on the skillful care, use, and sharpening of the common hand tools and small routers to keep ourselves flexible and ready for new work. We present a method of working that seeks to maximize innovation and distinction, not production runs.

 

 

A view of the new shop
A view of the new shop
The one or two-person version of this shop fits easily into a garage, large bedroom, or basement. The finishing methods are non-toxic, and non-aromatic, and can be used without respirators, spray-equipment, or buffing wheels. We want graduates to be able to continue their own creative work as soon as possible without the need for a large investment in expensive tools and equipment, or building lots of jigs. The shop is open everyday from 8am to 10pm. The typical day runs from 8 AM to 6 PM and begins with a lecture/demonstration, and Q&A about the day's tasks, followed by everyone completing those tasks on their own instruments under the supervision of George and Adam. We work six days a week and follow a strict schedule to get us finished and strung-up on time.

 


The original shop with it's upstairs apartment and the new shop addition in their private setting.

George demonstrates to students

 

 
 


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