This violin was made by and labeled Christopher Jacoby, Auburn, NE, 2017. Christopher Jacoby is a violinmaker. After attending the Violin Making School of America, he started his training doing restoration under Peter Prier next door. There, and in museums…
This violin is labeled Michael Weller, 1980. Michael Weller was born in the Netherlands and trained in violin making at the Mittenwald School in Germany, graduating in 1971. Upon graduation, he moved to the United States to work for Hans…
Kristin Siegfried Ballenger is a Boston based Violin Maker and former Instructor at the Chicago School of Violin Making. She is a graduate of the Chicago School of Violin Making as well as Illinois Wesleyan University. While still in school…
Award-winning maker Michele Dobner was trained in violin making in Milan under Luca Primon, and now lives and works in Cremona. Throughout his life he has studied great Italian instruments, and is particularly fond of creating quartets of instruments, looking…
After teaching himself to build instruments, Gaetano Sgarabotto moved to Milan to work with famed makers Riccardo Antoniazzi and Leandro Bisiach. He made many instruments for Bisiach throughout his life, and his journey took him through Vincenza, Brescia and Parma,…
Violin labeled & by Philippe Girardin, Milan 2014 Trained at the Violinmaking School of Cremona, Philippe Girardin makes instruments that are highly sought after by demanding professionals. He maintains workshops in Milan and Neuchâtel where he and his associates research…
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