Sprenger Geigenbau is the oldest shop for stringed instruments in Switzerland. The business was established in 1917 in St. Gallen by Fritz Sprenger. Christoph Sprenger and his son Raffael Sprenger are
Imagine a family-friendly music, in a citizen’s house shortly after 1800, in Thalwil or Zurich. One sings, plays on the harp or the hammer piano, chats in between, exchanges ideas. The time is i
Born in Pozzaglio and grew up in Robecco d’Oglio.
Graduated from the violin making school of the hometown (Scuola Statale di Liuteria di Cremona I.P.I.A.L.L.).
Restoration with Gimpel Solomon (class
At the age of 10 I took the first violin lessons and played for several years enthusiastically in youth orchestras. As early as 12, I was firmly
committed : “I want to become a violinist.”
Baumgartner has been a well known name in violin making circles for more than 80 years. Fritz Baumgartner senior opened his business in Basel in 1920 and was later succeeded by his son, Fritz Baumgart
FREDERIC BERTHOD
Frédéric Berthod is born on the 2nd of july 1978 in Sierre in Switzerland.
He completes his violinmaking studies in Cremona at the International Violinmaking School “Antonio S
GEIGEN BAUATELIER MICHAEL RHONHEIMER
Since 1986 I build and restore string instruments in contemporary and baroque style in Baden Switzerland. New violins, cellos or violas are built out of wood which
REINER OETIKER
In our studio, we restore old master instruments and repair defective stringed instruments.
Please get in contact on. We would be happy to advise you.
Contact Reiner Oetiker
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BOGENWERKSTATTE AG
The tradition of the Finkel-Weidhaas bows started in the 19thcentury with Ewald Weidhaas (1869 – 1939). Weidhaas manufactured his bows in the city of Markneukirchen. We know less
GEIGENBAU ATELIER MICHAEL RUTTIMANN
Since January 1st, 2002, my violin maker at Engelplatz 6 in Rapperswil SG has been located in the historical art nouveau house Phoenix, where the company Geberit st
RAST GEIGENBAUER
Rast-violins, or as in German ‚Rast-Geigenbauer‘ was founded in 1969 by Hans Peter Rast and his wife Elisabeth and is located at the Forchstrasse 244 in Zurich.
According to your
