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…
Dutch violin Maker, Marten Cornelissen, started his education studying engineering. This led to a natural curiosity in the construction of stringed instruments, and he studied violin making in the Czech Republic. He eventually moved to Northampton, Massachusetts where he lives…
This viola is labeled and by Ada Quaranta, Boves 2021 and its body length measures 16 ⅜”. It is accompanied by a certificate from the maker. Ada Quaranta studied violin making at the Antonio Stradivari International Violin Making School in…
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