Rachel Spitz-Becker

Rachel Spitz-Becker is a maker and restorer of fine instruments in Jersey City, NJ. She received degrees from Bard College in cello performance and physics, after which she enrolled and graduated from the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City. Rachel worked as a restorer for six years at Reed-Yeboah Fine Violins in New York City, where she gained skills and experience performing complex restorations on high end instruments. In 2021, Rachel left RYFV to set up Spitz-Becker Violins, where she continues to work on restorations in addition to making new instruments. She has recently attended the prestigious Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop and been featured several times in the Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition in New York City. Outside the workshop, she spends her time rock climbing and gardening with her wife.