Peter Barton

Peter Barton studied musical instrument making under the direction of Roger Rose on the full time course at West dean.

Since 1986 he has been working as a professional luthier making classical and acoustic guitars.
He has also taught guitar making as a part time lecturer at Leeds College of Music and West Dean College.

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