 From then on, Augund his father trained him, but the boy was so eager his father had to give him away to other fiddlers in the area.Amongst his teachers were the fiddlers Knut Lurås from Tinn," Jon Kjos" from Åmotsdal, "Mattis Flathus" from Sauherad and "Øystein Langedrag" from Bø.The latter had been a soldier in the Napoleonic wars and had some experience with military music, which influenced his style, and to a degree the style of Myllarguten.