About Tom
"Loving fiddle music so much, I wanted tremendously to learn how to play. Once I began playing the violin, with its intricate character and graceful lines, it hooked me. I knew then I had to learn more by building plus learning how to set-up, repair and proper maintainence."
Tom Pierce
"My violin making and repair studies started in 2000 at the Violin Craftsman Institute, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. I studied violin making under the direction of Karl Roy, master craftsman from Mittenwald, Germany, and set-up, maintenance, repair and restoration under Horst L. Kloss, a Mittenwald-trained Master Violin Maker."
Bow rehairing and repair under the direction of Lynn Hannings a professional bow maker and retired bassist from Freeport, Me.
A retired submarine electronics technician, Tom Pierce moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, from South Berwick, Maine, to pursue a second career as a violin maker and instrument restoration.
For five years before moving to Louisiana, Tom set up, repaired and restored violins at his workshop in Maine. Now, he continues his passion in the culture-rich community of Arnaudville, Louisiana.