MARK E RUSSELL VIOLINS

Led me to Boston, where I worked alongside Roger Johnson, in their string repair department. Returning to Bloomington in 1984, I founded my current business: Mark E. Russell Violins, where I became acquainted with many of the faculty at Indiana University.

In 1987, I was awarded a Fulbright grant, leaving for England to attend the famed Newark Technical Institute, completing a violinmaking diploma, while receiving private extensive