Hill and Company is one of Hertfordshire’s leading dealers, repairers and restorers of violins, violas, cellos and bows. We are the third generation of a proven family business and have been in
Dating from the end of the seventeenth century, our shop is arranged over four floors encompassing a workshop, two rooms designated for customers to view and try out instruments and bows, and an instr
After establishing Bishops in 2004 we have now relocated to 92/93 Great Russell St, next door to the British Museum, a fantastic location in central London with a large showroom enabling visitors to t
I studied violinmaking at the Geigenbaufachschule Mittenwald. From there I went on to work in various Violinshops, in Chicago at Michael Becker’s and Kenneth Stein’s. After a year in Tobias Festl�
We are Fully Qualified Violin, Viola & Cello Makers & Restorers in the heart of Norfolk.
A wide range of hand-crafted new and antique modern & baroque professional instruments as well as g
ADAM WHONE
Adam Whone Ltd is a specialist shop with over 40 years of personal experience dedicated to the care and sale of instruments & bows of the violin family.
Adam Whone’s passion is to pro
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
From a young age music and art have been a lasting passion for me. From the age of 10 I attended a Waldorf Steiner School which encouraged and developed my artistic senses. This led to a BA Hons degre
While studying musicology and playing the violin I became interested in the making of violins.
I made my first violin with my local violin maker, Göran Tidström, in 2004. After completing musicology
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
As an instrument maker, I know that musicians are looking for particular qualities in an instrument. Beyond the fundamental attributes which show that an instrument works properly and is comfortable t
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
