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Adam (Jean “Grand” Adam)

Albanelli (Franco Albanelli)

1933 – 2007 Franco Albanelli was born in Castel...

Albani (Joseph Albani)

Albrecht (Johann Albrecht)

Almeida (Raymundo Almeida)

Amati (Amati model)

Amber Strings Workshop (Amber Strings Workshop)

Amber Strings Workshop traces its roots to the 1980s, when...

Andrew (Paris Andrew)

Paris was born into a very artistic family and grew...

Antionazzi (Gaetano Antionazzi)

1825 – 1897 Gaetano Antoniazzi was born in Cremona...

Antoniazzi (Romeo Antoniazzi)

1862 – 1925 Romeo Antoniazzi was born in Cremona...

Apparut (George Apparut)

1877 – 1948 Georges Apparut was born at Juraincourt...

Artino (Artino)

Artino bows are made from carbon fiber for excellent durability...

Aubert (Aubert Lutherie)

Aubrey (Joseph Aubry)

1873 – 1937 Joseph Aubry was born in Mirecourt...

Audinot (Nestor Audinot)

1842 – 1920 Nestor Audinot was born in Mirecourt...

Avila (Itzel Avila)

Itzel Ávila is a Mexican-Canadian violin maker established in Toronto,...

Baader (J.A. Baader workshop)

Badea (Valeriu Badea)

Bailly (Paul Bailly)

1844 – 1907 Paul Bailly was born in Mirecourt,...

Bailly (Charles Bailly)

1879 – 1957 Charles Bailly was born in 1979...

Ballenger (Kristin Siegfried Ballenger)

Kristin Siegfried Ballenger is a Boston based Violin Maker and...

Bandini (Mario Bandini)

Mario Bandini worked in Italy in the 20th century. His...

Banks (Benjamin Banks)

1727 – 1795 Benjamin Banks was born in England...

Barbé (Francois-Jacques Barbé)

Barbé (Télesphore Amable Barbé)

Barbieri (Armando Barbieri)

Bardella (Elena Bardella)

Elena Bardella was born in Cremona in 1966, she graduated...

Barjonnet (Georges Barjonnet)

1903 – 1987 Georges Barjonnet was born in 1903....

Baur (Martin Baur)

1793 – c. 1875 Martin Baur was born in...

Bazin (Louis Bazin)

Bazin (Charles Nicolas Bazin)

1847 – 1915 Charles Nicolas Bazin was born in...

Bazin (Charles Louis Bazin)

1881 – 1953 Charles Louis Bazin was born in...

Becker (Carl Becker)

1887 – 1975 Carl Becker was a renowned American...

Beckert (Herman Beckert)

Bednarski (Wladyslaw Bednarski)

Bednarski (Adam Bednarski)

Beilke (Martin Beilke)

1897 – 1979 Martin Beilke was born in 1897...

Bellarosa (Vittorio Bellarosa)

Bellei (Marcello Bellei)

Marcello Bellei was born in Modena, Italy in 1976. He...

Bellini (Luiz Bellini)

Bergonzi (Riccardo Bergonzi)

Riccardo Bergonzi is one of many contemporary makers living and...

Bernard (J.P. Bernard)

J.P. Bernard bows come from Pierre Guillaume’s workshop in Brussels,...

Bernardel (Gustave Bernardel)

1832 – 1904 Gustave Bernardel was born in Paris...

Berton (Virginie Pezet Berton)

Virginie Pezet Berton discovered her passion for the violin in...

Besseling (Matthieu J.R. Besseling)

Betts (John Betts)

1752 – 1823 John Betts was born in Stamford,...

Beuscher (Paul Beuscher)

Beuscher (J.P. Beuscher)

Bianchi (Nicolò Bianchi)

Bisiach (Giacomo Bisiach)

1900 – 1995 Giacomo Bisiach was born in 1900...

Bisiach (Leandro Bisiach I)

1864 – 1946 Leandro Bisiach was an extraordinarily influential...

Bisiach (Giacamo & Leandro Bisiach)

Bisiach Jr. (Leandro Bisiach Jr.)

Bissolotti (Maurizio Bissolotti)

Bittner (Josef Bittner)

Blondelet (H. Emile Blondelet)

1875 – 1928 Hughes Emile Blondelet was born in...

Blondelet (E. Blondelet a Paris)

Bohemian (Bohemian)

Bohemian (Bohemian workshop)

Böhme (Thomas Böhme model)

Bottali-Roth-Pelitti (Bottali-Roth-Pelitti)

In 1919, Bottali-Roth-Pelitti combined the talents of three established luthiers...

Botturi (Benvenuto Botturi)

1882 – 1976 Benvenuto Botturi was born in 1882...

Bozzi (Raffaelo Bozzi)

Brasil (John Brasil)

Breivik (Olav Breivik)

Olav Breivik was born in Norway in 1898. He moved...

Breton (Roger Breton)

Breton (Francois Breton workshop)

Briggs (James W. Briggs)

1855 – 1935 Born in Wakefield in 1855, he...

Brobst (Gerald Brobst)

Gerald Brobst was interested in the world of music from...

Brobst (David Emile Brobst)

David Brobst is a restorer, maker and connoisseur with a...

Brückner (Fritz Arnold Brückner)

Fritz Arnold Brückner studied under his father Heinrich August Brückner...

Brugère (Charles Brugère)

Bruno & Son (C. Bruno & Son)

C. Bruno & Son was a large manufacturer of instruments...

Burak (Wayne Burak (Workshop))

Burke (Noel Burke)

Buthod (Charles Louis Buthod)

1810 – 1889 Charles Louis Buthod was one of...

Buthod (Charles Louis Buthod)

Buthod workshop (Buthod workshop)

Buzatto (P. Buzatto)

Calace (Raffaele Calace)

1863 – 1934 Raffaele Calace, born 1863, continued the...

Calace & Figlio (Raffaele Calace & Figlio)

Calcagni (Bernardo Calcagni)

Caldwell (Eric Caldwell)

Eric Caldwell is a contemporary American maker, born in Kansas...

Candi (Oreste Candi)

1865 – 1938 Oreste Candi was born in 1865...

Capela (Antonio Capela)

Antonio Capela was born in Espinho, Portugal in 1932. He...

Capellini (Virgilio Capellini)

Virgilio Capellini was born in Cremona in 1928. He studied...

Capicchioni (Marino Capicchioni)

Caponnetto (Stefano Caponnetto)

Carbow (Carbow)

Carbow designs bows with an in-depth knowledge of the physics...

Carcassi (Carcassi family)

Cardoso (Cardoso)

Caressa & Francais (Caressa & Francais)

Felix Albert Caressa, born 1866 in Nice, and Henri Francais,...

Carlesso (Alessandro Carlesso)

Alessandro Carlesso produces bows for the Brazilian firm, Arcos Brasil....

Carletti (Genuzio Carletti)

1905 – 1996 Genuzio Carletti was born in Pieve...

Carletti (Natale Carletti)

1904 – 1979 Natale Carletti was born in Pieve...

Carloni (Assunto Carloni)

Assunto Carloni of Forli was born in 1932. Carloni is...

Carvalho (A. R. Carvalho)

Carvalho (A.R. Carvalho)

Casale (Giovanni Casale)

Casara (R. Casara)

Castagneri (Andrea Castagneri)

Castagnino (Giuseppe Castagnino)

1883 – 1966 Born in 1883, Giuseppe Castagnino learned...

Cavalli (Aristide Cavalli)

Aristide Cavalli was born in Oneglia in 1856. As a...

Cavani (Vincenzo Cavani)

Vincenzo Cavani was born in 1889 in Spilamberto, Italy. He...

Cavelli (Sergio Cavelli)

Ceci (Ornella Ceci)

Ornella Ceci was born in Bari, Italy, in 1980. She...

Ceruti (Giovanni Batista Ceruti)

Giovanni Batista Ceruti was born in 1755 in Sesto, Italy,...

Chagas (D. Chagas)

Chagas (C. Chagas)

Chanot (F.W. Chanot)

Frederick William Chanot was born into a large family of...

Chanot (George A. Chanot)

George Chanot was born in Mirecourt in 1801. He trained...

Chappuy (Nicolas Augustin Chappuy)

Nicolas Augustin Chappuy was born in 1730 in Mirecourt, France....

Chaudière (Frédéric Chaudière)

Chen (Yanbing Chen Workshop)

Chevrier (Claude Chevrier)

Childs (Robert M. Childs)

Chin (Yung Chin)

Chipot-Vuillaume (Jean Baptiste Chipot-Vuillaume)

Jean Baptiste Chipot-Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt in 1847. He...

Chorlian (Jonathan E. Chorlian)

Cirilo (Leomar Cirilo)

Cirilo (H. Cirilo)

Cirilo (Cirilo)

Claudot (Charles Claudot I)

Clement & Weise (Clement & Weise)

Instruments by Clement & Weise of Bubenreuth, Germany are rapidly...

Clutterbuck (John Clutterbuck)

John Clutterbuck was born in 1949. He was apprenticed to...

Coda (Coda Bow Marquise)

Coda Bow Diamond (Coda Bow Diamond)

Cohen (Donald Cohen)

Colin (J.B. Colin workshop)

Collin-Mezin (Charles J.B. Collin-Mezin)

Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin was born at Mirecourt in 1841....

Collin-Mezin (Collin-Mezin Workshop)

A workshop established in Paris in the 19th century by...

Collin-Mezin III (Charles J.B. Collin-Mezin III)

Collin-Mezin III was the son of Charles Collin-Mezin, Jr. and...

Collini (Roberto Collini)

Roberto Collini is a violin maker working out out of...

Colombo (Camillo Colombo)

Coné (Georges Coné)

Georges Coné was born in Mirecourt in 1896. He moved...

Conia (Stefano Conia, Jr.)

Stefano Conia, Jr. was a pupil of his father, Stefano...

Conia (Stefano Conia)

Stefano Conia was born in Hungary on January 10, 1946....

Consort Sofia (Consort Sofia)

Contino (Alfredo Contino)

Alfredo Contino was born in Venice in 1890. He started...

Cooper (Jonathan Cooper)

Cornelissen (Marten Cornelissen)

Correia (F. Correia)

Corrochano (Alvaro Corrochano)

Alvaro Corrochano is a young maker with extraordinary talents making...

Craske (George Craske)

George Craske was born in Bury St. Edmands, England in...

Crowder (N.D. Crowder)

Cuniot-Hury (Eugene Cuniot-Hury)

Curtius (Fredo Curtius)

Fredo Curtius was born in 1907 in Zwickau, Germany. He...

Cuypers (Johannes Theodorus Cuypers)

Johannes Theodorus Cuypers is considered to be the most important...

Daber (J.F. Daber)

Daber (J.F. Daber Workshop)

dal Canto (Giustino dal Canto)

Dambra (Salvatore Dambra)

Danielson (Marit Danielson)

Daoglio (Mario Daoglio)

Mario Daoglio was born in the 1920s in Suzzara, near...

Dario Giovanni model (Dario Giovanni model, J & J String Instruments)

Darte (Jean-August Darte)

Darte (Jean-Auguste Darte)

Davoli (Lino Davoli)

de la Dyle (de la Dyle)

De La Dyle (Les ateliers de la Dyle)

De Luccia (Gennaro De Luccia)

De Marchi (De Marchi)

de Mori (Frederico de Mori)

Born in 1959, Federico de Mori attended the International School...

Degani (Eugenio Degani)

Son of maker Domenico Degani, Eugenio Degani was born in...

Degani (Giulio Degani)

Giulio Degani was born in 1875 and worked with his...

Delaune (Nicolas Delaune)

Delaune (Vincent Delaune)

Delivet (Auguste Delivet)

Auguste Delivet was born in Mirecourt in 1861. He studied...

Demeter (Petru Cristian Demeter)

Denti (Alberto Denti)

Alberto Denti was born on March 10, 1968 in Milan,...

Derazey (Justin Derazey)

Derazey (Derazey school)

Desideri (Raffaele Desideri)

di Labio (Ezia di Labio)

Ezia di Labio attended the Bologna School of Artistic Violin...

Di Lelio (Armando Di Lelio)

Di Meo (Andrea Di Meo)

Dietl (Anton Dietl)

Dieudonne (Amédée Diéudonné)

Amédée Diéudonné began his study of violin making at the...

Dieudonne (Diéudonné Workshop)

Diéudonné Workshop was established in Mirecourt in 1920 by Amedée...

Dignan (Thomas Dignan)

1953 – Present Thomas Joseph Dignan was born in...

Dimitrova (Ani Dimitrova)

Dobner (Michele Dobner)

Born in 1967 in Vicenza, Italy, Michele Dobner completed his...

Dodd (Thomas Dodd)

Dodel (Hildegard Dodel)

Doetsch (Rudoulf Doetsch model)

Dolling (Heinz Dolling)

Doná (Bruno Doná)

Dörfler (Egid Dörfler)

Dörfler (D. Dörfler)

Dörfler (Andreas Dörfler)

Dorfler (Egidius Dorfler)

Dötsch (Michael Dötsch)

Michael Dötsch was born in 1874 in Neuenbrand, Czech Republic....

Dotschkail (Reinhold Dotschkail)

Dubois (J.L. Dubois Workshop)

Dugarde (Aubry Dugarde)

Aubry Dugarde was born in 1921. The Dugarde workshop made...

Duke (Richard Duke II)

Dunov (Ivan Dunov Workshop)

The Ivan Dunov Workshop is based in Reghin, Romania. The...

Duron (Juley S. Duron)

Dürrschmidt (Wilhelm Dürrschmidt)

August Wilhelm Dürrschmidt, the son of maker Heinrich Georg Dürrschmidt,...

Durrschmidt (Otto Dürrschmidt)

Dvorak (Karel Josef Dvorak)

Karel Dvorak was born on May 19, 1887 in Prague....

Eastman (Eastman Workshop)

Eastman produces its instruments in the tradition of 17th century...

Eberle (Tomaso Eberle)

Ecoviolin (Ecoviolin)

Ellison (Warren Ellison)

Emilescu (Roman Emilescu)

Emilescu (J.B. Emilescu)

English (English)

Erician (Martin Erician)

Martin Yeritsyan: The oldest luthier in Armenia June 12, 2018...

Ernst (Werner Ernst)

Escalante (Alvaro Escalante)

Exley (Scot Exley)