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
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
MAKIISHIZUKA
Serge was fascinated by violinmaking at a very young age. So in 1965, after high school, he leaves for the prestigious Mittenwald school of violinmaking. He graduates after 4 years. There
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
Mijn naam is Alberdina Boontje-Kok, in de wandelgangen Dien(tje). Sinds 1985 geef ik met veel plezier, vioolles aan basisschoolleerlingen en volwassenen. Aan beginners en gevorderden.
Mijn opleiding
She grew up in a family of musicians, played the cello since childhood, is professionally trained and has more than twenty years experience: this explains both the demand and the appreciation for Kath
De vorm en constructie van strijkinstrumenten boeide me al, nog voordat ik met vioolspel mijn interesse had verdiept. Toen ik hoorde van het bestaan van een opleiding muziekinstrumentenbouw in het Bel
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
Violin making in the Netherlands is a flourishing profession to which the NGV wishes to make a positive contribution.
Membership of the NGV offers musicians the certainty that they are dealing with a
VOGELSANGS VIOLIN BUILDING is a small-scale craft company founded in 1985.
You can contact us for the purchase, repair and rental of stringed instruments.
We specialize in violin and cello.
We als
It has been set up for ensembles of friends, with violinists or other string players. Other acoustic groups are also included.
It is mediation with short lines between musicians and customer: fast, e
Jaap Bolink, born in Enschede on 7 February 1946, is the son of artist-violin maker Jan Hendrik Bolink. He made his first violin when he was thirteen. From 1963 until 1967 he followed a violin making
