PRO ARTE
Pro Arte is characterized by its very extensive range of string instruments. We continuously present more than 300 violins and violas in all price ranges.
You can, as always, place ord
Jan Strick was first noticed by Jacques Bernard in 1977 for his commitment to and gift for violin-making, and followed his advice to train in France, at Mirecourt and Angers, in the purest French trad
Erik Buys holds a degree in Social and Cultural Agogical Sciences from the Free University of Brussels (VUB).
After studying and conducting research in the Brussels Musical Instrument Museum, he speci
The violin maker Thomas Bertrand creates violins, violas, and cellos of the highest quality, in the tradition of the 17th and 18th century Italian masters of Cremona and Venice.
He is also a master of
KEES VAN HEMERT BOWS
Kees van Hemert received initial training at the workshop of Matthijs de Jong and worked in the position of bowmaker for the internationally recognised firm of Bouman’s, before
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
Gert Schrijvers was trained in the French violin making tradition
tradition and worked in Parisian workshops for many years.
In 1992, he settled in Hasselt as a restorer of fine stringed instruments.
RENEZAAL
From 1978 to 1981 René Zaal(Wageningen, 18 september 1956) followed a violinmaking course at the Newark School of Violinmaking in England. He then worked for 2 years with violinmaker Loerakk
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
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 studio builds new instruments, completely hand made. Katrien Vandermeersch specializes in the making of the violoncello and the bassviolin (bas de violon). Also the tenoralto has been the subject
