Only UK degree course in stringed instrument-making to close

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Campaigners say knowledge taught at Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts vital to preserve traditional skills, especially luthiery

The making of stringed instruments will become a critically endangered craft under plans to close new courses at the only UK college teaching the skills as a full-time degree.

The Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts, owned and overseen by Lincoln College, has said it would accept no new applicants for world-renowned courses, including those currently enrolled on its foundation courses.

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