MEZZO-FORTE STRINGED
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We have been dealing with stringed instruments and accessories for more than eight years now.
In 2009, with growing success of carbon fiber bows, we built up a develop
The Geigenbauatelier 1930 by Herbert Franke in Halle (Saale) and was founded in 1958 taken over by Joachim Schade. After studying with his father and the successful completion of his master’s ex
THORSTEN THEIS CELLOBAU
Thorsten Theis
I was born in 1971 in Waldbroel, Germany, amid a landscape filled with valleys, woods, rivers, and lakes. At the same time, this area is located in one of the ol
Hans Weisshaar provides generations of musicians, teaching institutions, insurance companies, collectors, and investors with reliable valuations of prized instruments based on the firm’s expertise a
The studio for violin and bow making is the culmination of two complementary personalities, careers and work ethics founded in 2007.
Nicholas Gooch and Irina Feichtl are not only colleagues, but have
On 1 January 2010, Klaus Ludwig Clement will open a new master workshop in the music city of Leipzig. Under the umbrella of the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, founded in 1807, he now works together
Ian Crawford McWilliams is a Canadian living 80 km west of Berlin in the historical town of Brandenburg an der Havel. He finished his schooling in Vancouver and left for England in 2002 on a path of l
Gael Francais devotes his complete attention to the musician’s needs, applying his uncompromising standards of craftsmanship and expertise to the professional, student, and amateur alike.
His sh
Raffaello di Biagio, born in Campiglia Marittima (Italy) in 1976, moved to Cremona in 1994, where he was trained in the art of violin making in the workshop of Stefano Conia. In 1998 he completed his
 Instruments of the highest artistic level have been made here since 1985. The studio creates a space in which something new and fascinating can emerge every day. Images, details or impressions, an
BERBUER GEIGENBAU
In June 2017 we opened our master violin making workshop in Leipzig.
Here we carry out repairs at the highest level, hair your bow professionally and unfold the tonal potentialÂ
The quality of the wood is an essential prerequisite for the creation of a high-quality instrument.
Since I am the third generation to run the workshop, I am in the fortunate position of being able to
