Lorraine bitaud was born in France in 1986.
Both a musician and from a family of wood workers, I was drawn to violin making from an early age. On deciding to become a violin maker, I left France and c
M AND J HEALEY VIOLINS
Malcolm’s love of Classical music was kindled at school, where he took up the piano trumpet and Double Bass.
Malcolm’s early career was spent as a professional music
MARC SOUBEYRAN
I was born in France and grew up in Lyon, where it’s fair to say that my passion for music and musical instruments began. However, it was not until I served my apprenticeship at t
MARK HICKMAN STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
I have been involved with making and restoring stringed instruments since making a copy of a Renaissance lute while studying to be a design and technology teacher bac
MARK JENNINGS
On leaving school at 18 Mark studied Musical Instrument Technology at Merton College, London, graduating with distinction. He then went on to the internationally renowned Newark School o
I have been making stringed instruments since 1993, graduating from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1999.
I enjoy the process from the draftsmanship side of planning an outline and making a moul
MARTIN RESTALL
The business was first established by Martin Restall as Portsmouth Violin Centre in 1979. Demand for instruments grew quickly and the workshop was always busy with customers repair work
Finding a great sounding violin at a fair price is no easy matter, and choosing the right violin dealer is almost as hard as choosing the right violin.
Whatever your budget, we can help. Professional
Martin is a traditionally trained violin maker & restorer and has been working professionally since graduating with Merit from the internationally renowned Newark School of Violin Making in 2001
MARTYN J BAILEY LUTHIER LTD
Martyn Bailey has over 43 years experience in the violin family restoration trade. He served his apprenticeship as a violin repairer/restorer at J P Guivier & Co Ltd Vi
MATTHEW COLTMAN
Matthew Coltman trained at the Newark School of Violin Making and after graduating in 1977 he joined the world famous firm of W. E. Hill & Sons where he acquired his skills as a bo
At Reiver Instruments we are luthiers with a passion for making beautiful sounding instruments the traditional way
We also work hard to make sure every instrument brought to our workshop for some TLC
