YOUTH INSTRUMENT BUILDING

Workshops OPEN

The Instrument Building Process

has an incredible offering

for young people

Instrument Shop walks students through every step of the building process: from a pile of raw boards and hardware, to the beautiful completed instrument.

instrument building instructor Ben

Ben Simon (1980) has been working with musical instruments for the better part of his life. He began building them in 2005 when he got a job in the custom woodworking shop, Burch Company Wood Studio in Waxhaw, NC. Ben worked for the group home system Youth Homes here in Missoula from 2016-23, and holds a bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Montana.
Ben Simon
Program Administrator

Contact Ben!

Instrument Shop
2412 River Rd, Suite F
Missoula, MT 59804
Tax ID: 86-2400545
(406) 210-5381
ben@youthinstrumentbuilding.org