I was born in Duisburg in 1954. My family moved to Hamburg, when my father was appointed concertmaster at the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Between the age of nine and eighteen I learned to play the
An instrument should be a friend of the musician. Reliable, but also exciting, so that together they make the world ring. To do this, it must have a soul and tell a story.
My great passion is buildi
After initial training as a violin maker in Cremona I learned bow making in the West Dean workshops (Sussex, England) from 2006 to the present, under the guidance of Tim Baker and Derek Wilson. I have
For the violin and the viola,as soon as the size of the instrument has been chosen,a great care is taken to adjust the chin rest and the shoulder rest,so that the player feels comfortable.
A master violin or a master cello is an instrument that is personally made by a craftsman in all essential parts by hand. These are unique pieces that represent the personality of their master in sou
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
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.”
GEIGENBAU J G LEUTHOLD
Johannes G. Leuthold is part of a worldwide network of independent top specialists in string instruments and works as a consultant and restorer.
In the past, the determination
ILVIOLINO, ATELIER FUR STREICHINSTRUMENTE GMBH
Pasquier and Scheurenberg met in 1992 at the violin maker Otto Karl Schenk. Philippe Pasquier absolved his apprenticeship in violin making with Schenk, a
GEIGENBAU MARCUS WYRSCH
From a very small age, I was fascinated by eliciting the most diverse materials. I built fantasy instruments made of boards, shoe boxes and metal pieces. The affinity to the wo
GEIGENBAU ATELIER KELLER
At the business sign on the house wall the tooth of the time has gnawed since the company founded in the spring of 1988, but the business trend remained the same.
The violin m
GEIGENBAU ATELIER M & M KUHN
In the middle of the old town of Diessenhofen you will find our Geigenbau-Atelier in a 400-year-old craftsman’s house at Hintergasse 39. The ambience of the hous
