International Guide to Instrument Makers:
Luthiers, Dealers, Restorers of
Historical Musical Instruments


Instrument makers all over the world have been asked to comment briefly on their services. Positive answers are listed below under Factors. This list is intended to help our visitors find a suitable luthier for his personal needs in his own area. We hope to enlarge this list,
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1. Violins, historical or copies
2. Violas da gamba, historical or copies
3. Bows, historical
4. Restororation & repair of hist. instruments
5. Builds new historical instruments and/or bows
6. Apraisals (for insurance)
7. Accessories (strings, rosin, etc.)
8. Renting of student instruments

Name
City
Country
website
Factors
Helge Marcel
Vienna
A
www.violadagamba.info
134567
Marcel Richters
Vienna
A
marcel.richters(at)chello.at
12345678
Nupi Jenner
Vienna
A
Nupi Jenner
12345678
Simone Zopf (Viol maker)
Hallstatt
A
Simone Zopf
12345678
Michael Papai
Lichtenwörth
A
www.violinsandmore.at
1237
Robert Papai
Wien
A
http://www.antikundmusik.at
1237
Jean Pierre Gheerardyn (Viol maker)
Brugge
B
jpgheerar (at) freegates.be
12345678
Sergei Rinsoz
Vuarrens
CH
sergerinsoz@vtxmail.ch
1245
Pavel Cely sr. & jr.
Brno
CZ
Pavel Cely sr. & jr.
12345678
Petr Vavrous & Jan Stejskal
Prague
CZ
Petr Vavrous & Jan Stejskal
12345678
Dr. Mathias Behrle
Freiburg i.B.
D
http://behrle.dyndns.org
12345678
Peter Körner
Mainz
D
www.geigenbau-koerner.de
123467
Penzel KG - Bowmakers
Ostrach
D
www.penzel.eu
3467
Carlos Moreno
Madrid
E
Carlos Moreno
12345678
Baroco: Pierre Barthel Luthièrs
Paris
F
http://www.baroco.fr
123467
Atelier Sous l'Ecorce - Olivier Calmeille & Arnaud Giral
Montpellier
F
http://atelier.souslecorce.free.fr
1234578
Jean Christophe Graff
Strasbourg
F
www.luthier-graff.com
12345678
Roland Houël
Mirecourt
F
rghouel-lutherie(at)yahoo.fr
1234567
Roberto Regazzi (Violin maker)
Bologna
I
Roberto Regazzi
1345678
Liuteria Bresciana (Ugo Ravasio)
Brescia
I
Liuteria Bresciana
Federico Lowenberger
Genova
I
www.baroqueviolins.com
12345
Antonino Airenti
Genova
I
www.baroqueviolins.com
12345
Martin Sonnenberg
Cremona
I
www.martinsonnenberg.it
1234567
James Beatley
Dublin
IR
http://www.beatley.ie
1234567
D B
?
Jap
xxx
134567
Bert Dekker (Viol maker)
Vries
NL
Bert Dekker
12345678
Basil de Visser (bow maker)
Amsterdam
NL
www.baroquebows.com
3
Matje Sipos
Bratislava
SK
msmaestro (at) azet.sk
123457
Chung, Dai-Ting
Taiwan
TW
vmbm8889(at)giga.net.tw
146
Graham D. Welsh (Violin maker)
Maybole, Scotland
UK
Graham D. Welsh
12345678
Owen Morse-Brown(Viol maker)
Wiltshire
UK
Owen Morse-Brown
2345
Northern Renaissance Instruments (Ephraim Segerman)
Manchester
UK
Northern Renaissance Instruments
12345678
Steffen Nowak
Bristol
UK
www.nowakviolins.co.uk
1345
Peter Ratcliff
Brighton
UK
www.theamaticollection.com
123456
Brian Tunnicliffe
Somerset
UK
www.tunnicliffebows.co.uk
34568
Fritz Reuter & Sons
(Fritz & Günter Reuter)
Chicago
USA
http://www.fritz-reuter.com
145678
John Pringle (viol maker)
N. Carolina
USA
John Pringle
12345678
Ken Altman (bow maker)
Silverton, OR
USA
www.altmanbows.com
mod. bows
Ralph Ashmead (bow maker)
Tuolumne,CA
USA
http://www.ashmeadbows.com
36
David Van Zandt
Seattle,
USA
David Van Zandt
1234578
Terry Borman
(specialises in new instruments)
Fayetteville, AR
USA
New Instr.
Charles Rufino
(specialises in new instruments)
New York C.
USA
New Instr.
Mark Moya
New York C.
USA
mark.moya(at)gmail.com
129
David Hawthorne (bowmaker)
Cambridge,Ma
USA
123457
String Works, Inc. (Todd French)
Los Angeles
USA
123457
Johnson String Instrument
Newton Center, Ma
USA
12345789

updated 16.10.2007