SASKIA SCHOUTEN VIOOLBOUW
Welcome to Saskia Schouten’s webpage, maker of violins, violas and cellos.
Next to making violins, violas and cellos, she also has been performing reparations, restorations
I have been making fine violins for twenty-five years. In the tradition of the ancient masters. Each of my instruments is completely unique.
Excellent quality of materials, exact proportions and the
AFFOURTIT HISTORICAL BOWS
I was born in Rhoon, The Netherlands in 1963. At the age of 11 I started to learn the violin with Martin Sonneveld. Already during my study of the modern violin at the Royal
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
I started a cello on Christmas morning 2013. It’s a new model for me. A forma B Stradivarius based on the Countess of Stanlein, played for many years by Bernhard Greenhouse of the Beaux Arts T
TANJA BRANDON VIOOLBOUW
For over 20 years,Tanja Brandon is specialized in stringed instruments and bows of high quality for professional musicians, teachers, students and pupils of all levels and ages
MATTHIEU BESSELING VIOLIN MAKER
Matthieu Besseling was born in Amsterdam on 6 December 1951. He began making violins when he was twelve, under the guidance of a violin maker Paul Gerhard Schmidt and h
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
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
Bartolomé Straatemeier, born in 1956, was trained by Patricia Naismith at the Department of Musical Instrument Technology of the London College of Furniture, at present a part of the London Guildhall
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
My name is Hubert de Launay and I specialise in making and restoring instruments of the violin and viol family. In the past 10 years I have worked in several workshops in Europe on high quality instr
