Paul Collins has been making fine violins, violas and cellos since graduating from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1984 , one of the world’s most prestigious colleges of lutherie.
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My passion for music and instruments, my musical training at the Avignon conservatory, in violin making at the Mirecourt school, as well as my years of experience with recognized luthiers in France an
Born in 1798 in Mirecourt in a family of luthiers for 5 generations, he was trained as a luthier like three of his four brothers, in the studio of his father Nicolas-François.
Very gifted, when the P
You will notice when you play a Kloo violin or viola, that it has a very balanced sound: full but also clear, warm but also crisp. The sensitivity and dynamics of the instrument makes it possible to
PATRICK CHARTON LUTHIER
My new instruments quickly attracted many soloists and musicians from French and foreign orchestras.
They have earned me numerous awards in various international competitions.
Through these pages I can take you on a virtual visit of my workshop…
I will tell you about the way I see my work, the contribution I hope to make to restoration and the specific features I have dev
The desire to achieve an instrument can be born of the encounter between a musician and luthier or by the personal journey of the luthier that seeks to recreate the sound that inhabits it, to master a
Located in old Clermont, a stone’s throw from the Notre-Dame-du-Port basilica, the Sidoluth lutherie workshop adjusts, maintains, restores, rents, buys and sells instruments and bows of the
Former workshop of Frédéric Becker, Atelier Scordatura is located in Montpellier (Hérault, France) in an exceptional setting: the Hôtel Faulquier, a 19th century private mansion, a stone’s
Violin, viola and cello rental in all sizes. Possibilities to rent baroque instruments.
The assembly of a study instrument is essential. These instruments have variable acoustic qualities but they m
Arriving from Italy , the Savaresse family moved to Paris . It manufactures rectified gut strings by hand , open ropes and begins production of wound strings . Arrival of nylon , Introduction of mode
