ALKIS RAPPAS VIOLIN MAKER

I am Alkis S. Rappas, American maker of fine hand crafted violins and violas. I make violins and violas exclusively intended for professional musicians, advanced students and passionate amateur players... I have been passionate about violins ever since starting violin lessons at the age of nine. Shortly after, I received three years of violin training at the George Enescu School of Music, Bucharest. However, at the age of seventeen I decided instead to pursue a career in chemical engineering and chemistry while continuing playing the violin in community orchestras. With a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University, Athens, Greece and a Ph.D. from Yale University, Engineering and Applied Science, I embarked on a successful career as an R&D engineer and inventor for the next 40 years in the USA... I established my parallel violin making career in early 1980's, prompted by Carleen Hutchins' work on the acoustics of violins. At several of Ed Campbell's Chimneys..