At UK Violins, we pride ourselves in offering our customers good, honest, trustworthy, personal advice. Whether it’s regarding the purchase, repair, restoration, or the valuation of an instrum
Each bow is hand signed and made with the same care that Marco has extended to the company’s ownership and management of sustainable forest and the recycling of old wood from previous agricultural e
GEORGE STOPPANI
George Stoppani inherited his Italian name from his Venetian grandfather, Pietro Faustino, who came to London in the early 1900s. George’s father and mother were respectively a p
I have always had a passion for woodworking and spent most of my childhood weekends in the shed with my dad building toys. At the age of 16 I decided to professionalise my passion.
My first experienc
HELEN MICHETSCHLAGER
After a childhood in London spent making things, playing the cello and going to concerts, I studied at the Newark School of Violin Making. On completing the course in 1980, I set
AYRES VIOLINS
Paul Ayres is a long-established and highly respected craftsman with over forty years of professional experience. A Yorkshireman, he began his training in violin-making, restoration and
HEBDEN SOUND LTD
At Hebden Sound we have adopted a different approach towards the production and sale of our new studio microphones.
Only available directly from us, each meticulously hand built micro
JOHN COCKBURN
I was taught violin making by Neil Értz, and have been building instruments for advanced students and professional players since 2005. My instruments are based on classical Italian mode
STEFANO GIBERTONI
I was born in Milan in 1967. From a musical family, I started playing the violin at the age of 7. My interest spread then to making and in 1987 I enrolled at the Civica Scuola di Liu
ROSS VIOLINS
Established in 2008, Ross Violins are makers, dealers and restorers of instruments of the violin family. We provide a high quality, affordable service for all string players. We cater for
Although I take my inspiration largely from the Old Masters, my approach is to try to get an understanding of their aims, intentions, reasons for doing things in a certain way, then evaluate and, in a
Rudolf began working in wood at the age of fifteen, fascinated by the possibilities of making beautiful things from this natural material. A degree in design in the early 1970’s rounded off formal
