Henk has Hietbrink in Arnhem Conservatory violin studies completed at Heinz Oberdorfer.
In subsequent years, he came into contact with the English sticks maker Brian Tunnicliffe, from whom he learned
Jaap Bolink – Hilversum
“Dat knokken hoor je terug in mijn vroegere instrumenten”
Jaap Bolink, geboren in Enschede op 7 februari 1946 als zoon van de kunstschilder-vioolbouwer Jan H
I was born in Bari, south Italy, in 1980. I started my training in stringed instrument making and repair in 2005, after a Degree in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari. My first teacher was
In 1964 the first Wolf shoulderrest was invented by Willy Wolf at his residence in Amsterdam. Shortly after that the first 500 were ordered and a week after that the next 500! To think that those shou
I’m Maki Ishizuka , violin restoration specialist. During my work in the Atelier René Morel I may restore many Stradivarius. Complex restorations have become my trademark; while the violin is n
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
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
My name is Hubert de Launay and I specialise in making and restoring instruments of the violin and viol family. In the past 10 years I have worked in several workshops in Europe on high quality instr
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
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
Wil je een cello kopen? Een instrument dat je uitdaagt? Een cello die je uitnodigt om steeds mooier te gaan spelen? Of een eigenzinnig instrument, met een heel eigen karakter waarmee je heel eigen kla
