M. Willibald Schmidt

sku Product SKU:  21138

Max Willibald Schmidt was born and trained in Markneukirchen but came to America in 1913 during the great migration. He established his shop in San Francisco where he worked for a number of years before moving to Seattle.

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Fine old French

sku Product SKU:  2291

In the late 19^th. And early twentieth centuries, there were a number of excellent workshops in Mirecourt. This violin probably dates from the early twentieth century.

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Marcello Bellei

sku Product SKU:  13553

Over the years we have been proud to have sold a number of violins and cellos by the gifted young maker Marcello Bellei. Born in 1976, he was trained by maker by Renato Scrollavezza at the violin making school in Parma where a number to today's best makers are trained. Since then he has won a number of awards for his fine instruments.

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Ch J.B.Collin Mezin

sku Product SKU:  14755

This fine violin is an excellent example of the Collin-Mezin "Le Victorieux" model made under the direction of Charles Collin-Mezin.

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Carlos Funes

sku Product SKU:  18356

Carlos was born in Honduras and came to the U.S. as a child. He made his first stringed instruments in high school on his own. Excited by his early success he went to Cremona, Italy to study violin making at the renowned International violin making school, graduating in 1983. He stayed in Italy as a violin maker before returning to this country over thirty years ago. Even after all these years, his instruments show the finest qualities of the Italian violin makers who influenced him.

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Fine old German

sku Product SKU:  19229

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Mario Frosali

sku Product SKU:  23035

Trained originally as a violinist, Frosali established as a violinmaker in Florence in 1932 having studied with Giuseppe Scarampella. Emigrating to America, he worked first in New York where he worked for Emil Herrmann. While there he worked alongside Simone Sacconi. He moved to Los Angeles in 1939 working at Wurlitzer in their violin department, establishing his own shop in 1954. In 1949 he was the only American maker to win an award at a major competition in the Hague.  He was enormously successful and his instruments were (and still are) in great demand both in the Los Angeles area as well as here in the Bay Area.

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Herbert Chanon

sku Product SKU:  23171

Herbert Chanon was born in Macon, France and studied violin performance at the Lyon Conservatory. He then trained as a violin maker with J.F.Schmidt in Lyon, but his real interest was bow making so he traveled to New York to work with Bill Salchow. He set up his workshop in Sherbrooke,  Quebec in 1978. His bows are used by musicians all over the world. He won a number of awards at competitions including the Violin Society of America.

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Andrea Castagneri *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23207

Andrea Castagneri was born in Turin in 1696, but moved to Paris in 1720 becoming very successful as both a maker and dealer. In spite of the fact that he spent almost all of his career in France his instruments maintained many Italian characteristics.

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Harry Robbins 16" *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23064

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Vittorio Formaggia

sku Product SKU:  23218

Vittoria Formaggia’s family has been working in the field of musical instruments for three generations. Vittorio graduated from the Cremona school of violin making in 1978 having worked with Giorgio Scolari and Morassi. He has had his own workshop in Crema ever since and has won several awards at competitions.

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Maurizio Tadioli

sku Product SKU:  23224

Maurizio Tadioli started his training as a violin maker as a child with his grandfather Carlo Pizzamiglio. He graduated from the Cremona School of Violin Making with highest honors in 1985. Since then he has become one of the most important and respected makers in Italy. The long list of awards and honors he has won at international competitions is most impressive.

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Gustav August Ficker

sku Product SKU:  18990

The Gustav August Ficker instruments were made for William Lewis & Sons of Chicago, one of the largest and most important violin shops in the U.S.  They opened in the 1890’s and continued for almost a century. The Ficker violins, violas and cellos were always of the highest quality and always in demand.

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German

sku Product SKU:  23065

This beautifully made German violin bears a facsimile Stradivarius label but is clearly very much in the style of the best work from the Ernst Heinrich Roth workshop in Markneukirchen.

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James Tubb

sku Product SKU:  23180

Along with John Dodd, James Tubbs was the most important maker in the history of English bow making. This bow is highly unusual in that both the head and the frog are beveled so that the hair makes greater contact with the strings giving the player more stability, producing a fuller, richer sound.

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W.E. Hill & Sons

sku Product SKU:  23217

Made by Edgar Bishop. Bishop began his career at Hills right after the first world war in 1918 and soon became one of  the best maker in that important workshop. Along with Albert Leeson he was responsible for many of the beautiful gold and tortoise fleur d’lys bows. 

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Paul Herrmann *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23213

The Herrmann family of bow makers was one of the most respected and important in Saxony and were closely associated with the Knopfs. Paul Herrmann was the son of Friedrich August Herrmann. After working with his father, he set up his own workshop in 1921, working there until his death in 1972.

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Song

sku Product SKU:  23176

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Marilyn Wallin 15 ⅞"

sku Product SKU:  23268

Marilyn Wallin is one of the key figures in American violin making. After receiving a degree in viola performance, she studied violin making with Tschu Ho Lee at the Chicago School of Violin Making, graduating in 1985. Since then she has had a very successful career, wining numerous awards at international competitions. She has also been the president of the Violin Society of America. This viola has an exceptionally fine tone. It is very easy to play, very responsive with that full, even, robust viola tone that so many violists are looking for.

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Heinz Dölling

sku Product SKU:  23252

Heinz Dölling worked with his father Otto and established his own workshop in 1938. He was highly respected for his elegant workmanship. Even though the GDR was not favorable towards individual craftsmen developing their own personal style, he was able to establish an international reputation through major trade fairs. This excellent example has a beautiful horn frog.

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Fine Old German *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23247

A beautiful gold-mounted bow

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André Lavoye *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23179

André Lavoye began his career as a violin maker in 1980 in Quebec. In 1988 he went to Paris and studied violin making with Serge Boyer and bow making with Jean François Raffin. He then worked for makers in Brussels and Hong Kong before returning to Quebec City in 1994. He has since taught at the National School of Violin Making in Quebec City and has become highly respected both as a violin maker and a bow maker.

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John Greenwood

sku Product SKU:  23246

John Greenwood is well known to string musicians all over the Bay Area and beyond. He studied making with Jean Grunberger in Paris continued at the Oberlin bow making workshops.

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Richard Grünke

sku Product SKU:  23251

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