Eric Caldwell is a fabulously talented contemporary American violin maker. He is a young man and has a brilliant future ahead of him. American violin makers...
Chappuy was a very fine French violin maker. He worked in Mirecourt throughout much of his life and is considered one of the best French violin makers...
D. Cardinet was active in the Mirecourt, France violin-making scene during the early to mid 1800s. Mirecourt schools produced instruments that are among...
Carolyn Field (b.1926, d.2016) was born in Houston, Texas and began musical studies early in life. In the late 1970s her beloved cello was damaged and...
Karl Josef Hellmer (b. 1739, d. 1811) was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) to luthier Johann Georg. His father trained him in the craft...
Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (1857 – 1928) was born in Markneukirchen, Germany, where he apprenticed as a violin maker with J. Kretzschman. He later worked...
The Stadlmann family was a famous Viennese house of luthiers. Michael Ingatius (b.1756, d.1813) and his grandfather Daniel Achatius (b.1680, d.1744) are...