Information archive

More detailed information about stringed instruments and the history of violin making.

Experts

Profiles of the lives and works of great experts in violin and bow making.

“The finest approach to handling wood”: Hieronymus Köstler

W.E. Hill & Sons: on the Mt. Parnassus of the art of violin making

Vatelot-Rampal: on the art of healing violins

Roland Baumgartner, Basel: an expert dedicated to antique violins

Rembert Wurlitzer and the travels of antique violins

Le Canu-Millant, Paris: lutherie and expertise

Jean-François Raffin: ten hours - and not a word

J. & A. Beare, London: expertise during changing times

Eric Blot and Italian violin making