Violin & Bow Makers Homepages

If you're looking to acquire a new instrument I believe my instruments will compare favorably to any of the makers listed below. If you care to explore how I may help you with a successful instrument or are simply interested in finding out more about my work please call or e-mail me.

• Antonino Airenti, baroque Bow Maker in Genova, Italy
• Robin Aitchison and Sarah Mnatzaganian, Violin Makers in Cambridgeshire, UK
• Aubrey Alexander, Violin Maker in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Gregg Alf, Violin Maker in Ann Arbor, MI
• Ken Altman, Bow Maker in Silverton, OR
• Morgan Andersen, Bow Maker in Rosalia, WA
• Hratch and Artak Armenious, Violin Makers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Merion David Attwood, Viol, Violin and Bow Maker in the U.K.
• Ralph Ashmead, Period Bow Maker in Tuolumne, California
• Sandro Asinari, Violin Maker in Cremona, Italy
• David Ayache, Violin Maker in Montpellier, France
• Kari Azure, Violin Maker in Raleigh, North Carolina
• William Bartruff, Violin Maker in Minneapolis, MN
• Peg Joanne Baumgartel, Bow Maker in Rosalia, WA
• Adèle Beardsmore & Alan Coggins, Violin Makers in Blackheath, Australia , including a Directory of Australian Violin and Bow Makers
• James Beatley, Violin Maker in Dublin, Ireland
• Francis Beaulieu, facteur de violes et d'instruments baroques, in Montreal, Canada
• Carl Becker and Son, Violin Maker in Chicago
• Steven Beckley, Bowmaker in Little River, California
• Rainer Beilharz, Violin Maker in Guildford, in central Victoria, Australia
• Hans and Eric Benning, Violin Makers in Studio City, CA
• Matthieu Besseling, Violin Maker in Amsterdam, Holland
  
• Eric Blot, Violin Maker and Author in Cremona, Italy
• Terry M. Borman, Violin Maker in Fayetteville, AR
• Esther Bornand, Violin Maker in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Paul Bradley, Violin Maker in Galway, Ireland
• Thomas Brenneur, Violin Maker in Montreal, Canada
• Martin Brunkalla, Violin Maker in Marengo, IL
• David Burgess, Violin Maker in Ann Arbor, MI
• Josep Carbonell, Violin Maker in Barcelona, Spain
• Andrew Carruthers, Violin Maker in Santa Rosa, CA
• David Chandler, Violin Maker in Burnsville, NC
• Robert M. Childs, Violin Maker in Cambridge, MA
• Gabrielle Kundert-Clements, Violin/Viola Maker in Olney, MD
• Donald M. Cohen, Bow Maker in Alexandria, VA
• Joseph F. Conrad II, Violin Maker in Warren, NJ
• Jonathan Cooper, Violin Maker in Gorham, Maine
• Marco Coppiardi, Violin Maker in Cambridge, MA
• Thomas O. Croen, Violin Maker in Berkeley, CA
• Randy Crosby, electric 5-string Ranolin Maker in Burlington, VT
• Joseph Curtin, Violin Maker in Ann Arbor, MI
• Jacob Curtz, Violin Maker in New York, NY
• Fabio Dalla Costa, Violin Maker in Breganze, Italy
• Frank Davis, Violin Maker in Minneapolis, MN
• Keith Davis, Violin Maker in Stambaugh, MI
• Frank Daniels, Violin Maker in Boise, ID
• Michael Darnton, Violin Maker in Chicago, IL
• Stepan Demirdjian, Violin Maker in Plovdiv,Bulgaria
• Hildegard Dodel, Violin Maker in Cremona, Italy
• Michael Doran, Violin and Cello Maker in Duval, WA
• Leroy Douglas, Violin Maker in Eugene, OR
• Christopher Dungey, Cello Maker in Pocatello, Idaho
• Gregory Eckes, Violin Maker in Visalia, CA
• Rock Eggen, Violin Maker in Denver, CO.
• Warren Ellison, Violin Maker in Jericho, Vermont
• Christopher English, Bow Maker in Port Townsend, WA
• Neil Kristóf Értz, Violin Maker in Cambridge, England
• Charles Ervin, Violin Maker
• Yair Hod Fainas, Violin Maker in Paris, France
• Adam Faller, Viola da Gamba maker in Marinette, WI
• Filippo Fasser, Violin Maker in Brescia, Italy
• Irina Feichtl, Bow Maker in Munich, Germany
• Renate Fink, Viola da Gamba Maker in Cambridge, UK
• David I. Folland, Violin Maker in Northfield, MN
• Jonathan S. Franke, Violin Maker in Monroe, OR
• Tanguy Fraval, Violin Maker in Brussels, Belgium
• David Frederick, Violin & Bow Maker in Lincoln, NE
• Paul Abou Gharib, Violin Maker in Beirut-Lebanon
• Thomas M. Gerbeth, Bogenmachermeister in Wien 
• Stefano Gilbertoni, Violin Maker in Sheffield, UK
• Sergio Gistri, Viola da Gamba Maker in Siena, Italy
• Alan Goldblatt, Violin Maker in Hartland, Vermont
• Nicholas Gooch, Violin Maker in Munich, Germany
• Peter Goodfellow, Violin Maker in Sydney, Australia
• Todd Goldenberg, Violin Maker in North Berwick, ME
• Melvin Goldsmith, Violin Maker in Maldon, Essex, England
• Marc Gregoire, Violin Maker in Barre, Vermont
• Daryl Griffith, Violin Maker in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
• Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert, Violin Makers in Petaluma, California
• Jean Grunberger, Bow Maker in Angers, France
• Harry Grabenstein, Bow Maker in Williston, VT
• Ilja Grawert, Violinmaker in Brisbane, Australia
• Gabriela Guadalajara, Baroque Violin and Gamba Maker in New York City, NY
• David Gusset, Violin Maker in Eugene, Oregon, with lots of useful information!
• Salve Haakedal, Violin Maker in Birkeland, Norway . Also makes Violas d'Amore.
• Andreas Hampel and Susanne Riebesehl, Violin Makers in Hamburg, Germany
• Lynn A. Hannings, Bow Maker in Maine
• Henner Harders, Viola da Gamba maker in Mansfeld / Putlitz, Germany
• Roger Hargrave, Violin Maker in Schwanewede-Meyenburg, Germany
• John Harrison, Violin Maker in Redding, California
• Martina Hawe, Violin Maker in Penzberg, Germany
• David Hawthorne, Bow Maker in Cambridge, MA
• Jamie Herrmann, Violin Maker in Portland, Oregon
• John Hill, Violin Maker in Phoenix, Oregon
• Ulrich Hinsberger, Violin Maker in Ringschnait, Germany
• Mark Hollinger, Violin Maker in Missoula, MT
• Andreas Hudelmayer, Violin Maker in London, UK
• In Memory of Peter Huetmannsberger (1962 - 2011), Viola da Gamba Maker
• Philip Ihle, Violin Maker in London, UK
• Feng Jiang, Violin Maker in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Timothy Jansma, Violin Maker in Fremont, Michigan
• Hans Johannsson, Violin Maker An informative and well thought out set of Pages!
• Brian Johnson, Bow Maker in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
• William Johnston, Violin Maker in Texas
• Ole Kanestrom, Bow Maker in Port Townsend, WA
• Kevin Kelly, Violin Maker in Boston, MA
• Beate Kienitz, Violin Maker in Tuscany
• Oded Kishony, Violinmaker in Barboursville, VA
• Thurmond Knight, Violin Maker in Vermont
• Felix Krafft, Violin Maker in Berlin, Germany
• Anton Krutz, Violin Maker & K.C. STRINGS Homepage
• Klaus Martin & Michèle Kuhn, Violin Makers in Diessenhofen, Switzerland
• Bernd-Albrecht Kühne, Violin Maker in Suhl, Germany
• Francis Kuttner, Violin Maker in San Francisco, CA and Cremona, Italy
• Ivan Labussiere, Violin Maker in Brazil
• Peter Lam, Violin Maker in New York City, NY
• Eric Lane, Bowmaker in Boston, MA
• Dan Larson, Violin Maker in Duluth, Minnesota
• Silvio Levaggi and Anna Tartari, Violin Makers in Cremona, Italy
• Brian Lisus, Violin Maker in Santa Barbara, California
• Joseph Liu, Violin Maker in Los Angeles, CA
• Federico Löwenberger, Violin Maker in Genova, Italy
• G. Lucchi & Sons, bow makers in Cremona, Italy
• Leif Luscombe, Violin Maker from Mt. Elgin, Ontario, Canada
• Peter Lynch, Violin Maker in Manchester, MI
• Duncan MacDonald, Violin Maker in Seattle, WA
• Stephen A. Marvin, Maker of Modern and Period Bows in Toronto, Canada
• Ed Maday, Violin Maker in Woodmere, NY
• Matteo Mazzotti, Violin Maker in Piacenza, Italy
• James McKean, Cello Maker in Greenwich, CT
• Luke Mercier, Violin Maker in Spring Brook, Ontario, Canada
• Helen Michetschläger, Violin Maker in Manchester, England
• Chasha Mindlin, Violin Maker in Lake Sherwood, CA
• Jacob Mitas, Bow Maker in Portland, OR
• The Moes & Moes, Violin Makers, in Stamford, CT
• Rodney D. Mohr, Bowmaker in Mansfield, Ohio
• Mark Moreland, Violin Maker in Battle Ground, WA
• John Moroz, Violin Maker in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Robert Morrow, Bow Maker in Port Townsend, Washington
• Sally Mullikin, Violin Maker in Raleigh, NC
• Howard Needham, Violin Maker in Silver Spring, Maryland
• Brian Newman, Violin Maker & Winston-Salem Violins Homepage
• Charlie Ogle, Viola da Gamba Maker in Oregon
• Nelle Doak O'Neill, Violin Maker in Carson Valley, Nevada
• John Osnes, Violin Maker in Anchorage, Alaska
• In Memory of Keith Peck (1953 - 1998), maker of fine bows
• Petko Petkov, Violin Maker in Kazanlak, Bulgaria
• Valentina & Plamen Petrov, Violin Makers in Kazanlak, Bulgaria
• Michael Phoenix, Violin Maker in Mold, Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom
• Jeff S. Phillips, Violin Maker in Salt Lake City, UT
• Tim Phillips, Violin Maker in Newton, Powys [Mid-Wales], United Kingdom
• Hans Nikolaos Pluhar, Salzburg, Austria
• David Prentice, Violin Maker in Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
• Kevin Prestwich, Violin Maker in Boise, ID
• Paul Prier, Bowmaker in Salt Lake City
• Peter Paul Prier, Salt Lake City Violin Maker
• John Pringle, Stringed Instrument Maker in Efland, NC
• Guy Rabut, Fine Violin Maker in New York City, New York!
• Douglas Raguse, Bow Maker in Cedar, Michigan
• Alkis Rappas, Violin Maker in Kingwood, TX
• Roberto Regazzi, Violin Maker in Bologna, Italy A wonderful resource for Books, Instruments, Professional Services, and Other Web Links. Why not!
• David Rivinus, Viola Maker in Newberg, Oregon With some very interesting ideas about viola design!
• Antonio Rizzo, Violin Maker in Torrance, California
• Arthur Robinson, Violin Maker in CHIDLOW, Western Australia
• Jeffrey Robinson, Violin Maker in Flagstaff, AZ
• Brian Roche, Violin Maker in Derbyshire, England.  With some very good resources!
• Rémi Rouleau, Violin Maker in Neuville, Québec City, Canada
• Don Roy, Violin Maker in Gorham, Maine
• George Rubino, Bow Maker in Pownal, Maine
• Charles J. Rufino, Violin Maker
• Sibylle Ruppert, Violin Maker in Paisley, Ontario, Canada
• Benjamin Ruth, Violin Maker in Boston, MA
• Jordan Sandquist, Violin Maker in Anchorage, Alaska
• Anna Sandys, Violin Maker in Portland, OR
• Martin Schleske, Violin Maker in München, Germany (in German)
• Raymond Schryer, Violin Maker in Hilton Beach, Ontario
• William R. Scott, Violin maker in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Sigrun Seifert & Joseph Grubaugh, Violin Makers in Petaluma, California
• Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak, Bow Maker in Philadelphia, PA
• John Simmers, Violin Maker in Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia
• Colin Skofield, Violin Maker in Brighton, MA
• Nathan Slobodkin, Violin Maker in Bangor, ME
• Florian Schneidt, Bow Maker in Almere, Netherlands
• Jean-Benoît Stensland & Thérèse Girard, Violin Maker & Bow Maker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Jens Stenz, Violin Maker in Aarhus C, Denmark
• Glenn Robert Stevens, Violin Maker in Middleton, WI
• George Stoppani, Violin Maker in Manchester, England
• Bartolome Straatemeier, Dutch Violin Maker A very informative Page. Including a fine violin bibliography and biographical information on Dutch makers, and lots of other violin related Web Links.
• Henry Strobel, Violin Maker Author of several books on violin construction and maintenance.
• Kenneth E. Sullivan, Violin Maker in Rochester, NY
• S.V.I.T.(Swedish Violinmakers Italian Tradition) Homepage, a listing of several Swedish Makers.
• Eric Swanson, Bow Maker in Chicago, IL
• Maurizio Tadioli, Violin Maker in Cremona, Italy
• Anna Tartari and Silvio Levaggi, Violin Makers in Cremona, Italy
• Jean-Luc TAUZIEDE, Bow Maker in Anglet, France
• Marco Ternovec, Viola da Gamba Maker in Iddergem, Belgium
• Joseph A. Thrift, Violin Maker in Dobson, NC
• Nicholas M. Tipney, Electro-Acoustic Violin Maker in Nova Scotia
• R. Kim Tipper, Violin Maker in Victoria, B.C., Canada
• Otis A. Tomas, Violin Maker on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
• William Townsend, Violin Maker in Austin, TX
• David Tseng, Violin Maker in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Alessandro Urso, Violin Maker in Bologna, Italy
• Michael Vann, Bow Maker in Gabriola, B.C., Canada
• David Van Zandt, Modern and Baroque Violin Maker in Seattle, WA
• The Vettori Family, Violin Makers in Firenze, Italy
• Marcello Villa & Vittorio Villa, Violin Makers in Cremona, Italy
• Jason Viseltear, Violin Maker in New York City
• Basil de Visser, Period Bow Maker in Amsterdam
• Alessandro Voltini, Violin Maker in Cremona, Italy
• Stephan von Baehr, Violin Maker in Paris, France
• John Waddle, Violin Maker in St. Paul, MN
• Bernard Walke, Bow Maker in Ottawa, Ontario
• Gregory T. Walke , Violin Maker in Paisley, Ontario, Canada
• Rod Ward, Maker of Violins, Violas, and Cellos, in Guilden Morden, England
• Matthew R. Wehling, Bowmaker
• Jacek Wesolowski, Violin Maker in Gdansk, Poland
• Peter and Irene Westerlund, Violin makers in Norberg, Sweden
• Christopher White, Violin Maker in Boston, MA
• Kurt Widenhouse, Violin Maker in Belmont, NC
• David Wiebe, Violin Maker in David City, Nebraska
• Isabelle Wilbaux, Violin Maker in Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Gwyneth Wilbur, Violin Maker in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
• Lawrence Wilke, Cello Maker in Clinton,CT
• Colin Wills, Violin Maker in Somerset, England
• Michael Yeats, Bow Maker in Portland, OR
• George Yu, Violin Maker in Toronto, Canada
• Doug Yule, Violin Maker in Seattle, WA
• Ute Zahn, Violin Maker in Minneapolis, MN
• Bernhard Zanders, Violin Maker in Nettetal - Hinsbeck, Germany
• Torbjörn Zethelius, Violin Maker in Stockholm, Sweden

If a link to a maker on this page has been broken or changed, or if you are a maker with a web presence please contact me at: dvz@vanzandtviolins.com

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