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The violin has 70 parts, 72 if top and bottom plates are each made from two pieces of wood. The most famous violin makers, between the early 16th century and the 18th century included: Micheli family of Italian violin makers, Zanetto Micheli 1490 - 1560, Pellegrino Micheli 1520 - 1607, Giovanni Micheli 1562 - 1616, Francesco Micheli 1579 - 1615 ...
The violin was first known in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection. In Europe, it served as the basis for the development of other stringed instruments used in Western classical music, such as the viola. [1] [2] [3]
Making an instrument of the violin family, also called lutherie, may be done in different ways, many of which have changed very little in nearly 500 years since the first violins were made. Some violins, called "bench-made" instruments, are made by a single individual, either a master maker or an advanced amateur, working alone.
This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence. Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy.
"The first violin maker of the family was his grandfather Laurent Lupot (baptised in Mirecourt, 11 August 1696; died in Orléans, after 1762).He worked in Plombières (near Epinal) about 1725, then in Lunéville for Stanisław Leszczyński's court from 1738 to 1756, and finally in Orléans from 1762 until his death.
One of the earliest known violins made independently by Tobin. Made whilst working in Waterford, where he is thought to have had family ties. Labelled 'Made by Richard Tobin, Mus. Instr. Maker, Waterford'. [2] c. 1800: Cork Made while working for Bartholomew Murphy of Cork. Branded externally 'TOBIN/CORK' beneath the button.
The Violin Makers' Guild filed appeals on three occasions—the first in 1806—to prevent cabinet makers from producing guitars. Johann Martin is mentioned in a surviving submission dated 1832. Although the cabinet makers successfully defended their right to build guitars, C. F. Martin believed that the guild system was too restrictive and ...
Władysław William "Willy" [3] Wilkanowski (November 15, 1886, in Działyń, [4] Poland – December 8, 1954, Long Island, US) [5] was a Polish-American violin-maker, guitar-maker and violinist. He was a very productive luthier , known for making over 5000 violins and 100 violas with his staff at his workshop. [ 6 ]