Carleen Hutchins (née Maley) was Carleen Maley Hutchins (May 24, – August 7, ) was an American high school science teacher, violinmaker and researcher, best known for her creation, in the s/60s, of a family of eight proportionally-sized violins now known as the violin octet (e.g., the vertical viola) and for a considerable body of research into the acoustics of.
 was)
Born May 24, 1911 The book, American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins — the Art and Science of the Violin (ForeEdge ; see ), was shortlisted by PEN America as one of the 10 best biographies of and was awarded the
Mrs. Hutchins, who began her In the s Carleen Maley Hutchins was a grade school science teacher, amateur trumpet player, and New Jersey housewife. When musical friends asked her to trade a trumpet for a $75 viola, she decided to try making one, thus setting in motion a surprising career.
She graduated from Bryn Mawr College American Luthier, Carleen Hutchins—The Art & Science of the Violin, written by Quincy Whitney (primary arts writer for the Boston Sunday Globe NH Weekly), provides a biographical account of the violinmaker and scientist, Carleen Hutchins.
Among the major developments to American Luthier, Carleen Hutchins—Th e Art & Sci-ence of the Violin, written by Quincy Whitney (primary arts writer for the Boston Sunday Globe NH Weekly), provides a biographical account of the violin maker and sci-entist, Carleen Hutchins. In Carleen asked Ms. Whit-ney to write her biography and provided her with valuable.
CARLEEN MALEY HUTCHINS: MASTER LUTHIER. Editor’s note: Author D. Quincy Whitney ’74 will be at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) April 6 at 6 p.m. as part of a Southern book tour to launch her new biography, “American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins — the Art and Science of the Violin.” The following story is from
Carleen Maley Hutchins is
Carleen Maley Hutchins was an American former high school science teacher, violinmaker and researcher, best-known for her creation, in the s/60s, of a family of eight proportionally-sized violins now known as the violin octet (e.g., the vertical viola) and for a considerable body of research into the acoustics of violins. She was born in. In 1948 a former physics Mrs. Hutchins died on Friday at The death, at her home in Wolfeboro, N.H., where she had lived recently, was confirmed by her daughter, Cassie Coons.