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René A. Morel (11 March 1932 – 16 November 2011) was an experienced and influential luthier who was highly regarded by leading international string players, [1] [2] who had been described as "arguably the best violin restorer in the world". [3]
Anthony Wrona - (b. 1926 - d. 2000) was an influential American Luthier (violin maker) and Archetier (bow maker). He was born in Buffalo, NY. As a youngster, was fascinated by making instruments (of the violin family). He served in World War II, and came back a paraplegic (after a spinal injury).
For around 300 hours in 2023, the stringed instruments maker concentrated on each part of the violin which he will ultimately submit to the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, with the ...
The word luthier is originally French and comes from luth, the French word for "lute".The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be used in French for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family (including violas, cellos, and double basses) and guitars.
The Jackson Guldan Co. of Columbus, Ohio [1] was a manufacturer of stringed musical instruments, operating in the first half of the 20th century.Most notably, the company produced violins, fiddles, and violas [2] as its primary product.
He has been on the jury of a number of contests for luthiers, including the 10th International Competition of the Violin Society of America at Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1992), [7] the Freiburg Baden-Wurttemberg Internationaler Geigenbauwettbewerb Jacobus Stainer (1996), the 5th Baveno Violin Making Competition, [8] the 2nd Concourse in S.M. della ...
Greiner built his first violin at the age of fourteen. He completed his training in Bonn. In 2013 he moved his workshop from Bonn to London, where he worked with several renowned experts and auction houses. Since 2018, Greiner has been managing the violin making company W. E. Hill & Sons, London, together with Robert Brewer Young.
Brian Lisus is a violin maker born in South Africa, who started the first violin making School in South Africa. He is currently teaching in Ojai, California, US, and ...