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Fachschule (Staatliche Fachschule)
Fagnola (Annibale Fagnola)
1865 – 1939   Annibale Fagnola was born in 1865...
Fanfani (Paolo Fanfani)
In 2003, Fanfani graduated from the International School of Violin...
Farina (Erminio Farina)
Farotto (Celestino Farotto)
Ferguson (Anthony Ferguson)
Ferrario (Carlo Ferrario)
Ferroni (Fernando Ferroni)
Fernando Ferroni was born in 1868. He spent most of...
Fetique (Victor Fetique)
Ficker (Johann Gottlob Ficker)
Ficker (Gustav August Ficker)
Gustav August Ficker was an important 20th century luthier. He...
Fiedler (Rudolph Fiedler model)
Finkel (Siegfried Finkel)
Siegfried Finkel was born in Markneukirchen in 1927. He studied...
Finkel (Johannes Siegfried Finkel)
Johannes Siegfried Finkel was born in Markneukirchen in 1947. At...
Fontenele (R. Fontenele)
Fontenele (Aier Fontenele)
Forbes (David Forbes)
Forero (Dario A. Forero)
Forniciari (Forniciari JR, Silver & Ebony (Dodd Model))
Forster (William Forster)
William Forster II, also known as “Old Forster”, is regarded...
Forster (William Forster II)
Foster (Daniel Foster)
Fracassi (Arturo Fracassi)
1899 – 1973   Arturo Fracassi was born in 1899...
Framus (Framus Workshop)
Francais (Eduard Francais)
Francisco (Manoel Francisco)
Manoel Francisco is considered one of the best bow makers...
French (French)
Freymadl (Sebastian Freymadl)
Sebastian Freymadl was born in Luebeck, Germany in 1960. Freymadl’s...
Friedmann (Bénédicte Friedmann)
I was born in Reims in France in 1974. Since...
Fuchs (Wenzl Fuchs)
Furber (Matthew Furber)
Matthew Furber was born in London in 1772. He established...
Furber (John Furber)
Gabriel (J. P. Gabriel)
Gabrielli (Giovanni Battista Gabrielli)
1716 – 1771   Giovanni Battista Gabrielli was born in...
Gadda (Mario Gadda)
1931 – 2008   Mario Gadda was the son of...
Gadda (Gaetano Gadda)
1900 – 1956   Gaetano Gadda was an important figure...
Gagliano (Nicolo Gagliano)
Nicolo Gagliano was born in Naples in 1675 to violin...
Gagliano (Ferdinando Gagliano)
Ferdinando Gagliano was born in Naples in 1706 to Nicolo...
Gagliano (Alessandro Gagliano)
Alessandro Gagliano was born in Naples in 1640. He studied...
Gagliano (Giuseppe Gagliano)
Giuseppe (Joseph) Gagliano was born in Naples in 1726 to...
Gagliano (Antonio Gagliano)
1764 – 1835   Antonio Gagliano was born around 1764...
Gagliano (Joseph & Antonio Gagliano)
Gagliano II (Antonio Gagliano II)
Gaidano (Daniela Gaidano)
Daniela Gaidano is an Italian luthier specialized in Violoncello da...
Gaillard (Jules Gaillard)
Jules Gaillard was born in Mirecourt in 1840 to a...
Galacha (J. Galacha)
Galimberti (Luigi Galimberti)
Luigi Galimberti was born in 1888 in Seveso, Italy. He...
Gallinotti (Pietro Gallinotti)
Gambarin (Alessandro Gambarin)
Alessandro Gambarin was born in July of 1979 in Saint...
Gamberini (Claudio Gamberini)
Gand (Charles François Gand)
Charles François Gand was born in Versailles in 1787 to...
Ganshirt (William Ganshirt)
Gardener (Gardinieri) (Victor E. Gardener)
Garimberti (Ferdinando Garimberti)
1894 – 1982   Ferdinando Garimberti was born in Mamiano...
Garotti (Giuseppe Garotti)
Gatti (Giorgio Gatti)
1868 – 1936   Born in Chieri in 1868, Giorgio...
Gauchet (Fabienne Gauchet)
Fabienne Gauchet trained at the Newark School of Violin Making...
Geary (Wm. G. Geary)
Geipel (Hermann Geipel)
Hermann Geipel was born in Germany in 1862. He apprenticed...
Gemünder (George Gemünder)
George Gemünder was born in 1816 in Germany to a...
Gemünder (August Gemünder)
Genin (Michel Genin)
Genovese (Riccardo Genovese)
Riccardo Genovese was born on June 22, 1883 in Montiglio...
Germain (Emile Germain)
Born in Paris in 1853, Emile Germain was the son...
Germain (Christopher Germain)
German (German)
Gewa (Gewa workshop)
Giambalvo (Giacinto Giambalvo)
Gianotti (Alfredo Gianotti)
Giaroni (Elviro Giaroni)
Gibertoni (Stefano Gibertoni)
Gilis (Gilis freres)
Gill (Heinrich Gill workshop)
Gillet (Louis Gillet)
Giovanni (Alessandro Giovanni)
Giudici (Carolus Giudici)
Glaesel (Ludwig Glaesel Workshop)
Ludwig Glaesel II was born in 1872 in Markneukirchen. His...
Glaesel (Phillip Emmanuel Glaesel)
Phillip Emmanuel Glaesel was born in 1875 in Markneukirchen into...
Glier (Robert Glier workshop)
Gliga (Vasile Gliga Workshop)
The Gliga Workshop was established by Vasile Gliga, a Romanian...
Glodek (Andrzej Glodek)
Glogowski (Roman Glogowski)
Gobetti (Francesco Gobetti)
Francesco Gobetti was a Venetian violin maker and a pupil...
Goffriller (Matteo Goffriller)
Matteo Goffriller was born in 1659 in Bressanone. In 1670...
Goldberg (Briana Goldberg)
Brianna Goldberg is a bow maker from Los Angeles, California....
Goldsmith (Melvin Goldsmith)
Gonzalez (Fernando Solar Gonzalez)
Fernando Gonzalez was born in 1921 in Asturias, Spain. He...
Götz (Conrad Götz)
Gouthro (David Gouthro)
Grandjon (Jules Grandjon)
Greiner (Stefan-Peter Greiner)
Gros (James Gros)
Grubaugh & Seifert (Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert)
Grunke (Richard Grunke)
Grünke (Klaus Grünke)
Guadagnini (Giovanni Battista Guadagnini)
The details of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini’s life are often contested...
Guarneri (Pietro Guarneri)
Guarneri (Andrea Guarneri)
Guastalla (Dante Guastalla)
Dante Guastalla was born in Reggiolo in 1893. He studied...
Guerra (Evasio Emilio Guerra)
1875 – 1956   Evasio Emilio Guerra was born in...
Guersan (Louis Guersan)
Guillaume (Pierre Guillaume)
Guillaume (Guillaume Workshop)
Gutermann (W. Theodor Gutermann)
Gütter (Georg Walter Gütter)
Born in 1890, Gutter trained as a maker with Oskar...
Guy Cole Workshop (Guy Cole Workshop)
Haide (Jay Haide workshop)
Halligan (Joseph Halligan)
Hannings (Lynn Hannings)
Member, American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers Member, Entente...
Hawkes (Hawkes & Son)
The Hawkes & Son factory was established in Edgware, North...
Heberlein (Heinrich Theodore Heberlein, Jr)
Heinrich Theodore Heberlein Jr. was born in the Vogtland region...
Heberlein (Heberlein Workshop)
Heesom (Edward Heesom)
Hel (Pierre Jean Henri Hel)
Hel (Pierre Hel atelier)
Hel (Joseph Hel)
Herculano (Camilo Herculano)
Camilo Herculano is a highly skilled bow maker who studied...
Herculano (C. Herculano)
Herrmann (E. L. Herrmann)
Herrmann (Karl Herrmann)
Herrmann (Franz Albert Herrmann)
Hilaire (Paul Hilaire)
Hill (W.E. Hill & Sons)
Hill (Hill School)
School of Jos. Hill.
Höfner (Karl Höfner)
Höfner (Karl Höfner model)
Holder (Thomas Jacques Holder)
Holtier (Eugene Holtier)
Holtier began his career as a violin-maker after moving to...
Hough (Mark Langdale Hough)
Hoyer (Thomas Hoyer (Werkstatt))
The workshop of master violin maker Thomas Hoyer, graduate of...
Hoyer (R. F. Hoyer)
Hums (Albin Hums)
Husson (Charles Claude Husson)
Charles Claude Husson was born in Mirecourt in 1847. Early...
Husson & Buthod (Husson & Buthod)
Husson-Buthod-Thibouville (Husson-Buthod-Thibouville)
Imberti (W. Imberti)
Italian (Italian)
Jacobs (Hendryk Jacobs)
Jacquemin (Rene Jacquemin)
Rene Jacquemin was born in Mirecourt in 1886. He first...
Johnson (Lincoln Johnson)
Jombar (Paul Jombar)
JonPaul (JonPaul)
Jost (Marianne Jost)
Born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1993 she moved to Cremona,...
Jovanovic (Jovanovic & Son)
Juzek (John Juzek)
Jan Juzek was a Czechoslovakian violin maker. He exported many...
Juzek (Juzek Workshop)