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Pabst (Christian Pabst)
Pabst completed a three year apprenticeship in Markneukirchen, Germany, before...
Paesold (Paesold Workshop)
Roderich Paesold was born in 1891 in the Bohemian “Musikwinkel“...
Palmieri (Armando Palmieri)
Pampolin (T. Pampolin)
Parravicini (Piero Parravicini)
Piero Parravicini was born in Bovisio, Italy in 1889. He...
Paulus (Johannes Otto Paulus)
Pavlou (Marios Pavlou)
Peak (Sean Peak)
Sean Peak studied at the Chicago School of Violin Making...
Peccatte (Dominique Peccatte)
Peccatte (Charles Peccatte)
Pecha (František Pecha)
Pedrazzini (Giuseppe Pedrazzini)
1879 – 1957   Giuseppe Pedrazzini was an Italian violin...
Pedrini (Marco Pedrini)
Marco Pedrini was born in 1983 in Codogno, Italy. From...
Pellacani (Giuseppe Pellacani)
Giuseppe Pellacani was born in Italy in 1900. He is...
Penzel (Karl Gerhard Penzel)
Karl Gerhard Penzel (1929-2017) was the son of bow maker...
Pereira (M. Pereira)
Peresson (Sergio Peresson)
Born in Udine, Italy in 1913, Peresson began his violin...
Persoit (Jean Pierre Marie Persoit)
Pevere (Ernesto Pevere)
Ernesto Pevere was an Italian violin maker born in 1891....
Pfretzschner (Hermann Richard Pfretzschner)
1857 – 1921   H.R. Pfretzschner was born in Markneukirchen...
Pfretzschner (F. C. Pfretzschner)
Phillips (Benjamin Phillips)
Benjamin Phillips started making high quality instruments in 1910. He...
Piccagliani (Armando Piccagliani)
Armando Piccagliani was born in 1879 in Modena, Italy. During...
Piccolo Maestro (Piccolo Maestro)
Pierce (Rebecca Pierce)
Piernot (Louis Piernot)
1880 – 1959   Piernot was born in 1880. He...
Pilat (Paulus Pilat)
Pistucci (Giovanni Pistucci)
Giovanni Pistucci was one of the most significant napolean luthiers...
Poast (Ron Poast workshop)
Poellmann (E.M. Poellmann)
Poggi (Ansaldo Poggi)
Politi (Enrico Politi)
Pollastri (Gaetano Pollastri)
Gaetano Pollastri was born in Bologna in 1886. He began...
Postacchini (Andrea Postacchini)
Postiglione (Vincenzo Postiglione)
Vincenzo Postiglione was born in Naples in 1831. He may...
Poullot (Monique Poullot)
Prager (Gustav Prager)
Pralea (Gabriel Pralea)
Precub (Florea Precub)
Pressenda (Giovanni Francesco Pressenda)
Giovanni Francesco Pressenda was born in Lequio Berria, Italy in...
Preti (Sabino Preti)
Primavera (Alfredo Primavera)
Prokop (Ladislav Prokop)
Pucino (Gaetano Pucino)
Gaetano Pucino graduated from the Gubbio School of Lutherie in...
Puglisi (Michelangelo Puglisi)
Michelangelo Puglisi was born in 1879 in Catania, Sicily. His...
Puglisi (Concetto Puglisi)
Concetto Puglisi was born in 1882 in Catania, Sicily. He...
Pyne (George Pyne)
Quagliano (Giuseppi Quagliano)
Giuseppi Quagliano was born on March 12, 1966, and attended...
Quaranta, (Ada Quaranta)
Quercinola (Catalin Quercinola)
Catalin Quercinola trained with Ken Beckmann (Mission, Kansas) for five...
Quintus (Quintus Stringed Instruments)
Radighieri (Otello Radighieri)
Raffin (Sandrine Raffin)
Ragazzi (Fabrizio Ragazzi)
Raposo (Marco Raposo)
Ravizza (Carlo Ravizza)
Rehaag (Irmgard Rehaag)
Renaldi (“Francesco Renaldi” model)
Renaldi (“Giuseppe Renaldi” model)
Richardson (Arthur Richardson)
Richaume (André Richaume)
André Richaume was born in Mirecourt in 1905. He served...
Richelieu (V. Richelieu)
V. Richelieu instruments are made at Vermont Violins in Burlington,...
Richter (Eckart Richter)
Maestro Eckart is director of the violinmaking school in Markneukirchen,...
Rickert (Don Rickert)
Riedel (Stöhr Illner Riedel)
Rieger (Antonius Rieger)
Riggal (R.W. Riggall)
Rocca (Giuseppe Rocca)
Giuseppe Rocca was born in 1807 in Barbaresco, Italy. He...
Rockwell (David B. Rockwell)
Rodgers (Gregory Rodgers)
Rolland (Benoit Rolland)
Rolland (Benoit Rolland)
Roma (Andrei Roma)
Romano-Rinaldi (Marengo Romano-Rinaldi)
Rossi (Stelio Rossi)
Roth (Ernst Heinrich Roth)
1877 – 1948   Ernst Heinrich Roth was born in...
Roth (E.H. Roth Workshop)
The Roth Workshop was established in 1902 in Markneukirchen by...
Roth (Stefan Roth model)
Rovatti (Luigi Rovatti)
Rovescalli (Azzo Rovescalli)
Rubio (David Rubio)
Ruppert (Sibylle Ruppert)
Having completed the 3 year course at the Welsh School...
Salchow (William Salchow)
William Salchow was born in America in 1926. In 1959,...
Salerno (Lillo Salerno)
Lillo Salerno was born in Sicily, Italy. He studied at...
Salerno (Lillo Salerno workshop)
Sandner (Franz Sandner)
In 1924, Franz Sandner established his company in Schönbach, Germany....
Sandro Luciano model (Sandro Luciano model, J & J String Instruments)
Sandys (Anna Sandys)
Anna studied violin making at North Bennet Street School of...
Sannino (Vincenzo Sannino)
Vincent Sannino was born in Naples in 1879, and moved...
Sartory (Eugene Sartory)
Scarampella (Stefano Scarampella)
Stefano Scarampella was born in 1843 in Brescia into a...
Scarampella workshop (Scarampella workshop)
Schäffner (K. Schäffner)
Schicker (Horst Schicker)
Schiller (Hans Schiller)
Schmidt (E. Reinhold Schmidt)
Schmidt (C. Hans-Karl Schmidt)
Schnabl (Reinhold Schnabl)
Schönfelder (Schönfelder)
Schroetter (Andrew Schroetter)
Schroetter (Anton Schroetter Workshop)
Schuster (Gotthard Schuster)
Schuster (Adolf Schuster)
Schuster (Wilhelm Schuster)
Schwarz (Giovanni Schwarz)
Scoggins (Carrie Scoggins)
Carrie grew up playing the violin, and then viola, in...
Scolari (Scolari Workshop)
Scrollavezza (Elisa Scrollavezza)
Elisa Scrollavezza graduated from the Parma School of Violin-Making in...
Scrollavezza and Zanre (Scrollavezza and Zanre)
Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanre are both dedicated to the...
Sderci (Luciano Sderci)
Luciano Sderci was born in Florence in 1917. Following the...
Sderci (Igino Sderci)
Igino Sderci was born in 1884 in Gaiole in Chianti,...
Seidel (K.F.W.B. Seidel)
Seifert (Lothar Seifert)
Seifert (Seifert Workshop)
Serdet (Paul Serdet)
Paul Serdet was born in 1858 in Mirecourt. He apprenticed...
Sgarabotto (Gaetano Sgarabotto)
Gaetano Sgarabotto was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1878. He...
Shen (Samuel Shen)
Samuel Shen established himself in 1989, opening his first violin...
Siefried (Paul Martin Siefried)
Sikora (Bogdan Sikora)
Silveira (D. Silveira)
Silvestre (Pierre Silvestre)
Pierre Silvestre was born in 1801 in Mirecourt. At the...
Silvestre (Hippolyte Silvestre)
Hippolyte Silvestre was born in 1827 near Nancy, France. He...
Simon (Pierre Simon)
Simpson (James & John Simpson)
Sipe (John Sipe)
Siqueira (V. Siqueira)
Siqueira (V. Siqueira)
Sironi (Ambrogio Sironi)
Ambrogio Sironi was born in Milan, Italy in 1901 and...
Skalský (Josef Skalský)
Skreko (Theodore Skreko)
Snow (Snow Workshop)
The Snow Workshop was established in Beijing, China in 1989....
Soares (G. Soares)
Sobal (Lev Sobol)
Sokolowski (Wieslaw Sokolowski)
Solcà (Daniela Solcà)
Daniela Solcà was born on October 14, 1977 in Mendrisio,...
Soto (Alan Soto)
Spitz-Becker (Rachel Spitz-Becker)
Rachel Spitz-Becker is a maker and restorer of fine instruments...
Stainer (Jacob Stainer)
Stanley (Robert Stanley)
Stefanini (Giuseppe Stefanini)
Giuseppe Stefanini started training as a luthier as an employee...
Stefanini (Raffaello Stefanini)
Steinel (G. Rudi Steinel)
Stewart (C.G. Stewart)
Storioni (Lorenzo Storioni)
Lorenzo Storioni was born in Cremona in 1751. He worked...
Stoyanov (Boiko Stoyanov)
Stradivari (Stradivari model)
Strossi (Joseph Strossi)
Sturm (Gottfried Sturm)
Suciu (Sorin Suciu)
Suss (Carl Suss)
Symphony (Symphony)
Szepessy (Bela Szepessy)
Tabor (Nate Tabor)
Nate Tabor specializes in historically informed setups often in the...
Tadioli (Maurizio Tadioli)
Maurizio Tadioli was born in Cremona, Italy, on September 16,...
Tarasconi (Giuseppe Tarasconi)
Giuseppe Tarasconi (born Parma 1851 – died ca. 1920) started...
Taylor (David Taylor)
Taylor (Malcolm Taylor)
Testoni (Claudio Testoni)
Claudio Testoni was born in Marano sul Panaro in 1957....
Testore (Carlo Antonio Testore)
Thibout (Jacques Pierre Thibout)
Jacques Pierre Thibout was born in Caen in 1777. He...
Thibouville-Lamy (Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy Workshop)
Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy was a Mirecourt-based workshop that merged the talents...
Thier (Josef Thier)
Thoma (Arthur Thoma)
Thomassin (Louis Thomassin)
Thomassin (Claude Thomassin)
Todorov (Hristo Todorov II)
Hristo Todorov II was born on September 10, 1986 in...
Todt (Heinrich Hermann Todt)
Tomaszewski (Marek Tomaszewski)
Tonev (Sofi Tonev model)
Tononi (Carlo Tononi)
Topa (Wojciech Topa)
Wojciech Topa has been making instruments of exceptional quality since...
Topa (Topa Workshop)
Toto (Francesco Toto)
Francesco Toto was born in Lecce, Italy in 1972. At...
Tourte Workshop (Tourte Workshop)
Trabucchi (Stefano Trabucchi)
Tramonti (Rodolfo Tramonti)
Rodolfo Tramonti was born in 1901. He lived and worked...
Tresoldi (Federico Tresoldi)
Tricou (Vincent Tricou)
Tsonev (Miro Tsonev)
Tubbs (James Tubbs)
Unterkofler (Claudia Unterkofler)
Urbaniec (Urszula Urbaniec)
Utili (Nicola Utili)
Nicola Utili was born in 1888 in Castel Bolognese, Italy....
Vaia (Ernesto Vaia)
Valdecir (Jose Siqueira Valdecir)
van de Geest (Jacob Jan van de Geest)
Jacob Jan van de Geest was born in 1924, likely...
van Hoof (Alfonse van Hoof)
Vandermeersch (Katrien Vandermeersch)
Katrien Vandermeersch was born in 1956 in Canada. She received...
Vasich (Nicholas Vasich)
Ventapane (Lorenzo Ventapane)
Lorenzo Ventapane is often considered to be the most important...
Vespa (“Sergio Vespa” model)
Vettori (Lapo Vettori)
Lapo Vettori was born in Fiesole in 1984. He is...
Vettori (Paolo Vettori)
Paolo Vettori was born in Firenzuola, Italy in 1945. He...
Vettori (Dario Vettori II)
Dario Vettori II was born in Fiesole in 1979. He...
Vettori (Dario Vettori)
Dario Vettori was born in Firenzuola, Italy, on November 19,...
Vettori (Sofia Vettori)
Sofia Vettori was born in Fiesole in 1981 to accomplished...
Vigneron (Joseph Arthur Vigneron)
Joseph Arthur Vigneron was born in Mirecourt in 1851. He...
Villa (Marcello Villa)
Marcello Villa was born in Monza, Italy in 1965. He...
Villa (Vittorio Villa)
Vittorio Villa was born in Monza, Italy in 1961. He...
Villaume (Gustave Villaume)
Vincent (Francois Vincent)
Virzi (Giovanni Battista Virzi)
Visintini (Alessandro Visintini)
Vivo (Vivo)
Voigt (Arnold Voigt)
Voigt (Werner Voigt)
Werner Voigt was born in Germany in 1911. He was...
Voirin (François Nicolas Voirin)
1833 – 1885   François Nicolas Voirin was born in...
Voller (Voller brothers)
Voss (Stephanie Voss)
Vuillaume (Gustave Vuillaume)
Gustave Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt in 1899. Gustave was...
Vuillaume (J.B. Vuillaume)
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt in 1798. His...
Vuillaume (Nicolas Vuillaume)
As a member of the Vuillaume family of makers and...
Vuillaume (Vuillaume Workshop)
Watson (William Watson)
Werner (Erich Werner)
West Coast (West Coast String Instruments)
Whedbee (William Whedbee)
White (Asa Warren White)
Wilbaux (Isabelle Wilbaux)
Isabelle Wilbaux has been crafting her violins, violas, and cellos...
Wilkanowski (William Wilkanowski)
Williams (Alexander Williams)
Willmann (Oswald Willmann)
Wilson (Garner Wilson)
Withers (Edward Withers)
Witkowski (Jerrold Witkowski)
Jerrold Witkowski is the luthier at A Violin Maker’s Workshop,...
Woldring (Hendrick Woldring)
Wonner (Harald Wonner)
Wultur (Calin Wultur)
Wurlitzer (Rembert Wurlitzer)
Zabinski (Roger Zabinski)
 
Zahn (Ute Zahn)
Zanetti (Gianluca Zanetti)
Gianluca Zanetti was born in Mantua, Italy in 1977. He...
Zanoni (F. Zanoni)
Zarkov (Dimitar Zarkov)
Dimitar Zarkov is a native of Bulgaria who studied violin...
Zhao (Quisheng Zhao)
Zimmerman (Julius Heinrich Zimmerman)
Zoller (Peter Zoller model)
Zucolotto (R. Zucolotto)
Zucolotto (W. Zucolotto)