FELIX KRAFFT
1989 Felix Krafft began his apprenticeship in violinmaking in Gubbio, in the province of Umbria, Italy. He finished three years later with a diploma „Maestro Liutaio“. Following that
WOLFGANG SCHNABL
From September 1984 to February 1988 he studied at the ‘Staatliche Fachschule für Geigenbau’ in Mittenwald. In his semester were also Jan Spidlen and Gertrud Reuter.
In t
HAGEN WEISE
Welcome to Hagen Weise Violins in Möhrendorf near Bubenreuth, the center of contemporary violin making. Here, in the heart of the Nuernberg metropolitan region and very close to the unive
In 1952 the company was founded in Bubenreuth by Heinrich Gill to distribute classical and traditional musical instruments. The company grew bigger and soon became quite successful. The first internat
Bernd Dimbath — violin maker
My passion as a violin maker is not only the pursuit of technical and stylistic perfection, it also applies to the complex topic of acoustics.
In every culture music
GENTGES & SCHEIT GEIGENBAUER
Since 1994 there is the Geigenbau-Werkstatt Gentges & Scheit in Berlin.
For many years this workshop lay in the quiet but dark backyard of Paul Robeson Street 47;
HUMMEL VIOLINS
Thomas Hummel Has been working as a violin maker for more than 30 years.
He provides his rich experience in restoring old stringed instruments and, above all, sound optimization, now al
STEFAN KRATTENMACHER
With each symphony I hear vibrating with energy, with every musician who visits my workshop, with a particular late-night concert, or when encountering an unexpected street musici
THILDEVAN NOREL
Thilde van Norel nurtures from her childhood a close relationship to the violin, playing in orchestras, quartets and duos. While studying political science, she also learned to play th
WIECZOREK MISCHA
Mischa Wieczorek,
the “Studio for old string instruments and bows” was
founded in 1992 in Gelsenkirchen – Germany.
Due to extensive connections within Europe
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