Here is a workshop like no other. • Here, what matters is the Musician’s ear. To listen to his wishes, his desires and the voice he carries within. • Here, everything is about searching and reve
In 1989, the workshop opened its doors in Gennevilliers, very close to Paris and the city’s conservatory.
The couple joined forces for 10 years with a third luthier, Michele Mecatti, who is curr
“Tradition is the passing on of the flame, not the worship of the ashes” Gustav Mahler
Based on the riches of yesterday’s violin making, Bodo Vosshenrich master violin maker in
Marcello Zerilli has been passionate about violin making since his youngest age and is always searching for new recipes and know how to perfect his art.
He multiplies the research and the experience w
Jean Schmitt founded our Manufacture in 1981. Jean-François Daber is now a leading reference regarding high level bows.
We aim at helping musicians produce the sound they imagine getting the most out
JOHN MOLINEUX
1947 Born in Los Angeles, California
1950 Family moved to England
Instrument – making
1972 – 74 Training : Newark School of Violin Making.
Pass with distinction.
Music and Story-tell
Through these pages I can take you on a virtual visit of my workshop…
I will tell you about the way I see my work, the contribution I hope to make to restoration and the specific features I have dev
Born in 1798 in Mirecourt in a family of luthiers for 5 generations, he was trained as a luthier like three of his four brothers, in the studio of his father Nicolas-François.
Very gifted, when the P
JEAN-PASCAL NEHR
For more than thirty years now, I have been
Consisting of a stock of several hundred rods
Of pernambuco wood. Each of these chopsticks was
Rigorously selected according to my criteria
Violin making in the 21st century has reached a crucial point. Never in history has there been such an abundance of precise and valuable data so easily accessible to makers. By the medium of Internet,
From early childhood, Savine felt intense pleasure when listening to master works of the violin repertoire. JS Bach’s sonatas and partitas played by Nathan Milstein, Mendehlson’s violin concerto
Emmanuel Carlier began his bow-making apprenticeship in 2005 with Gilles Duhaut in Tours. He then joined the Maison Bernard in Brussels and became assistant to Pierre Guillaume with whom he developed