The Frenchman François Tourte (1748–1835) is for bow makers what Stradivarius is for violin makers. He laid down the standard for the modern bow and was the first to use Pernambuco wood, which give
Contrada Musica is a company with ambition. Craftsmanship and personal attention characterize our daily actions. This applies both when building new violins and cellos and in the repair and restoratio
VIOOLBOUW EN RESTAURATIE ATELIER AC HENDRIKSEN
The construction of a violin takes an average of 250 hours, for a cello this is a quickly double or more. For this you have a completely hand-built instr
Ronald de Jongh is specialized in making new violas and violins: My clients are playing in all branches of the musical world: orchestra’s, teachers, amateurs, soloists, ensembles.
When consideri
For more than twenty years I have been making historical bows in my atelier situated in the heart of Amsterdam, my hometown. I began playing the violin at the age of 12, and later went on to study vio
ULRIKE WIEBEL VIOOLBOUW
My studio is located in the Thieleman and Dros complex in the city of Leiden. Here I work as an independent violin maker since 1994. We are mainly engaged in the craft of violi
A GRUTTER STRIJKSTOKKEN
I have been making bows for over 30 years now. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they are good, but I have thought continuously about all the different aspects of bow making
We are a family business specialised in the making, restoring and selling of bowed instruments of the violin family ( viola, cello etc) and their accessories.
Hendrik Woldring (Hein) is first and fore
KEES VAN HEMERT BOWS
Kees van Hemert received initial training at the workshop of Matthijs de Jong and worked in the position of bowmaker for the internationally recognised firm of Bouman’s, before
RENEZAAL
From 1978 to 1981 René Zaal(Wageningen, 18 september 1956) followed a violinmaking course at the Newark School of Violinmaking in England. He then worked for 2 years with violinmaker Loerakk
Henk has Hietbrink in Arnhem Conservatory violin studies completed at Heinz Oberdorfer.
In subsequent years, he came into contact with the English sticks maker Brian Tunnicliffe, from whom he learned