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,
LEGENDA:
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
|
www.jennerinstruments.com |
12345678
|
| Simone Zopf (Viol maker) |
Hallstatt
|
A
|
www.jennerinstruments.com |
12345678
|
| Michael Papai |
Lichtenwörth
|
A
|
www.violinsandmore.at |
1237
|
| Robert Papai |
Wien
|
A
|
www.antikundmusik.at |
1237
|
| Jean Pierre Gheerardyn (Viol maker) |
Brugge
|
B
|
jpgheerar (at) freegates.be |
12345678
|
| Sergei Rinsoz |
Vuarrens
|
CH
|
sergerinsoz (at) 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
|
www.mbehrle.de | 12345678 |
| Peter Körner |
Mainz
|
D
|
geigenbau-koerner.de |
123467
|
| Penzel KG – Bowmakers |
Ostrach
|
D
|
www.penzel.eu |
3467
|
| Carlos Moreno |
Madrid
|
E
|
www.luthieropera.com |
12345678
|
| Baroco: Pierre Barthel Luthièrs |
Paris
|
F
|
www.baroco.fr |
123467
|
| Olivier Calmeille |
Montpellier
|
F | oliviercalmeille.fr | |
| Arnaud Giral |
Bristol
|
UK
|
arnaudgiral.com |
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
|
www.regazzi.net |
1345678
|
| Liuteria Bresciana (Ugo Ravasio) |
Brescia
|
I
|
www.liuteriabresciana.it | |
| Federico Lowenberger † |
Genova
|
I
|
www.baroqueviolins.com |
12345
|
| Antonino Airenti |
Genova
|
I
|
www.airenti.it |
12345
|
| Martin Sonnenberg |
Cremona
|
I
|
www.martinsonnenberg.it |
1234567
|
| James Beatley |
Dublin
|
IR
|
www.beatley.ie |
1234567
|
| D B |
?
|
Jap
|
134567
|
|
| Bert Dekker (Viol maker) |
Vries
|
NL
|
www.bertdekker.com |
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) |
Dundee, Scotland
|
UK
|
www.theviolinman.com |
12345678
|
|
Owen Morse-Brown(Viol maker)
|
Wiltshire
|
UK
|
www.owenmorse-brown.com |
2345
|
|
Northern Renaissance Instruments (Ephraim Segerman)
|
Manchester
|
UK
|
www.nrinst.co.uk |
12345678
|
|
Steffen Nowak
|
Bristol
|
UK
|
www.nowakviolins.co.uk |
1345
|
|
Peter Ratcliff
|
Brighton
|
UK
|
123456
|
|
|
Brian Tunnicliffe
|
Somerset
|
UK
|
www.tunnicliffebows.co.uk |
34568
|
| Fritz Reuter & Sons (Fritz & Günter Reuter) |
Chicago
|
USA
|
145678
|
|
| John Pringle (viol maker) |
N. Carolina
|
USA
|
www.pringleviols.com |
12345678
|
| Ken Altman (bow maker) |
Silverton, OR
|
USA
|
www.altmanbows.com |
mod. bows
|
| Ralph Ashmead (bow maker) |
Tuolumne, CA
|
USA
|
www.ashmeadbows.com |
36
|
| David Van Zandt |
Seattle,
|
USA
|
www.vanzandtviolins.com |
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
|
128
|
| David Hawthorne (bowmaker) |
Cambridge, Ma
|
USA
|
123457
|
|
| String Works, Inc. (Todd French) |
Los Angeles
|
USA
|
123457
|
|
| Johnson String Instrument |
Newton Center, Ma
|
USA
|
1234578
|
|
| KwonSock Chol |
Korea
|
Korea
|
www.kjviolin.com
|
12578
|
| String Works | Appleton, WI | USA | www.stringworks.com/index.php | 12345678 |
| David Milward |
Marlborough, Wiltshire
|
UK
|
1234567
|
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