We are a family business in the fourth generation in the beautiful city of Essen, Germany.
In our shop we offer a wide variety of string instruments, very good student instruments as well as fine new
Barbara Gschaider, born in 1971, qualified violin maker
Georg Gschaider, born 1971, qualified violin maker and qualified engineer mechanical engineering
Our studio is located south of Bonn city
Andrea Bischoff discovered her love of music by playing the violin. She had her first lessons at the age of ten. She subsequently engaged in other artistic activities such as drawing and experimenting
Born on June 6, 1960 in Limburg, Germany. Parents: Ingrid and Berthold Egenolf, Balduinstein, the second half of four brothers and
sisters Christoph Egenolf grew up in a musical parental home, the fat
WIECZOREK MISCHA
Mischa Wieczorek,
the “Studio for old string instruments and bows” was
founded in 1992 in Gelsenkirchen – Germany.
Due to extensive connections within Europe
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Michael Yeats was born in Portland, Oregon in 1950. He began music lessons at an early age but switched from player to instrument maker in 1975. He started his building career as a Baroque and Renaiss
AFFOURTIT HISTORICAL BOWS
I was born in Rhoon, The Netherlands in 1963. At the age of 11 I started to learn the violin with Martin Sonneveld. Already during my study of the modern violin at the Royal
MATTHIEU BESSELING VIOLIN MAKER
Matthieu Besseling was born in Amsterdam on 6 December 1951. He began making violins when he was twelve, under the guidance of a violin maker Paul Gerhard Schmidt and h
Jaap Bolink, born in Enschede on 7 February 1946, is the son of artist-violin maker Jan Hendrik Bolink. He made his first violin when he was thirteen. From 1963 until 1967 he followed a violin making
TANJA BRANDON VIOOLBOUW
For over 20 years,Tanja Brandon is specialized in stringed instruments and bows of high quality for professional musicians, teachers, students and pupils of all levels and ages
Contrada Musica is a company with ambition. Craftsmanship and personal attention characterize our daily actions. This applies both when building new violins and cellos and in the repair and restoratio
Ronald de Jongh is specialized in making new violas and violins: My clients are playing in all branches of the musical world: orchestra’s, teachers, amateurs, soloists, ensembles.
When consideri