Information archive

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

Masters

Profiles of the lives and works of great names in violin making.

The Laberte family companies

The fathers of Bazin: the great name of Mirecourt bow making

The brothers Gemunder

Savoir-faire: The Chanot family of luthiers

Pierre Hel: notes on his life and work

Morizot père et frères: the short history of a great family of bow makers

Matthias Klotz and pre-modern violin making in Mittenwald

Ludwig Bausch: the "German Tourte"

Joseph Hel: a master in the Vuillaume tradition

Joseph Alfred Lamy père: a key figure in modern bow making

John Dodd: a legend of oyster shells and silver spoons

Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy – J.T.L.

Jean Baptiste Vuillaume: notes on his life and work

James Tubbs: the classic name in English bow making

Hopf: a dynasty of Vogtland violin makers

H. R. Pfretzschner – a biographical sketch

François Nicolas Voirin and the new French bow

Eugène Nicolas Sartory: the modern classic of bow making

Ernst Heinrich Roth: a rediscovered master

Couesnon: The third defining element in modern violin making in Mirecourt

Bazin’s grandchildren: bow making in turbulent times