North American Workshop

Seraphinoff Historical Instruments, Bloomington, Indiana

Upcoming Dates

August 4 - 8  (Monday - Friday) 2025

The Bloomington workshop in August of 2025 is now full. If you would like to be on the waiting list in case of a cancelation, please send an email to seraphinoff@gmail.com

Course details

The Bloomington workshop takes place at the instrument making workshop of Seraphinoff Historical Instruments, in Bloomington, Indiana.

The design which participants make is based on an original by the Nuremberg maker Hanns Hainlein (1632). Familiarity with tools and metal working techniques is desirable, but not by any means necessary. In past workshops everyone has been able to complete a playable instrument over the course of the week. The work schedule consists almost exclusively of hands-on workshop time from 9:00am to 5:00pm each day, Monday through Friday. Most participants finish their instruments by Friday early afternoon, making it possible to depart from Bloomington that afternoon or evening. At noon on Friday we play trumpet ensemble pieces on our newly made trumpets for all who want to play. There are parts in the ensemble music for every skill level of brass player. The music we play on Friday can be found at https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Seraphinoff%2C_Richard

Tuition for the Bloomington workshop is $1100.00, which includes all materials, tools, and supplies, a finished C crook for your trumpet, and a copy of the textbook for the course "Making a Natural Trumpet" published by Loose Cannon Press. Enrolment is limited to 10 participants, and reservations are made on a first come, first served basis.

To reserve a space, email seraphinoff@gmail.com for inforfomation on sending a deposit. The deposit of $100.00 will be refundable until July 1st, 2025. The balance of $1000.00 will be due on the first day on the workshop. Non-US participants may reserve a space and pay the entire amount on the first day, due to the costs of currency exchange and transfers.

A list of local motels and a map of Bloomington, as well as travel information, will be sent to all who sign up for the course.

Richard Seraphinoff