SILVER SPEAR INSTRUMENTS

Silver Spear Instruments are traditional local designer-makers, headed by craftsman Jonathan Letcher, who has lived and worked for many years in the Marches of Wales. Jon trained originally as a boat builder in East Anglia, worked in a number of boatyards in the Norfolk Broads and in New Zealand, and still usually spends part of every year working on classic boat repair and restoration projects, at a boatyard in western Argyll. But his first love has always been music and traditional instruments - he made his first dulcimer (which he also plays) in his spare time at the first boatyard he worked in, at Beccles in Suffolk, over thirty years ago; and has been making harps since 1995... He has written a number of articles about making harps and dulcimers for national magazines; and has talked on BBC Radio 4, the World Service and local TV about the various instrument-based projects, highlighting connections between different cultures, which are his special interest... He has spent three..

Primary location: Bishop's Castle United Kingdom