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
Our collection includes a varied selection of old and new German, Czech, French and Hungarian instruments and a variety of hand-crafted new instruments selected Eastern European or Asian workshops. Vi
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
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
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
