Roy Courtnall Summerfield

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roy Courtnall Summerfield
Occupation	Luthier
Date Of Birth	Dec 31, 1953(1953-12-31)
Age	71
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Capricorn

Roy Courtnall Summerfield Biography

Roy Courtnall Summerfield is one of the most popular and richest Luthier who was born on December 31, 1953 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Roy Courtnall Summerfield is a luthier, author, teacher and lecturer in musical instrument technology, and has worked mainly in the research and construction of the Spanish classical guitar. He is the author of two books: Making Master Guitars (1993) and The Art of Violin Making (1999), both of which are widely used by luthiers and cited.

In 1994, Courtnall was asked by the Newark School of Violin Making in the United Kingdom to write the syllabus and set up a new course in Classical Guitar Making. After an initial intake of twelve students, the course rapidly expanded to become the leading vocational course in guitar making in the United Kingdom, now awarding a BA (Hons) Musical Instrument Craft qualification through the University of Hull. In 2008 he retired from Newark College in order to teach privately.

Roy Courtnall Summerfield Net Worth

Roy Courtnall Summerfield is one of the richest Luthier from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roy Courtnall Summerfield 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Cape Town, South Africa on 31 December 1953, Courtnall is the third of four children. He was educated at St. Stithians College in Johannesburg (1959–68) and South Africa’s first multi-racial high school, Woodmead School in Rivonia (1969–71). This was the time of South Africa’s Border War; school- leavers were required to undertake military service, implying support of apartheid. To avoid this, at the age of 18 he relocated to the United Kingdom, studying for A levels at Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire (1972–73), before attending the University of London Goldsmiths College for a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Sculpture. It was during this period that his interest in building stringed musical instruments arose and he adopted Courtnall as a professional name, being a reference to his grandfather who had taught him woodwork as a child. A family background in education was responsible for his interest in teaching guitar making as well as making instruments himself; his mother, Sonia Machanick, was an educational psychologist who founded Japari School, a special school in Johannesburg and his father, Hillel Abbe Shapiro was Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of South Africa.

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Ruslan Ranked on the list of most popular Luthier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Roy Courtnall Summerfield celebrates birthday on December 31 of every year.