Kim's Strings is comprised of string instrument making and repair specialists from the Chicago School of Violin Making and has specialized in violin making and the repair and restoration of string instruments since 1997.
Kim Tae-seok
Career
1993 Meister John Eric Traelnes (Swiss, Lausanne) Repair Training
1993-1996: Worked as a musical instrument making assistant to Master Tschu Ho Lee
Repair Manager, Austin's Violin Shop, Sugar Grove, Illinois, 1994-1996
1995 graduated from the Chicago School of Violin Making
1994-1996 Worked at the Chicago School of Violin Making
26 videos were produced on the violin making process in 2017.
Sasa
Master Tschu Ho Lee (Founder of the Chicago School of Violin Making, Juho Lee)
Brian Derber (Founder of New World School of Violin Making)
Master John Eric Traelnes
Kim Soyoung
Career
1994: Worked at Thompson & Seman Violin Inc. (Skokie, Illinois)
1995-1996: Worked at Austin's Violin Shop (Sugar Grove, Illinois)
1995 graduated from the Chicago School of Violin Making
Sasa
Master Tschu Ho Lee (Founder of the Chicago School of Violin Making, Juho Lee)
Brian Derber (Founder of New World School of Violin Making)
Main tasks
Custom-made string instruments, string instrument repair and restoration, string instrument condition reports (X-ray imaging), string instrument photography
