Violins & Fiddles

Mickey Sussman's Koa violin represents his lifework, and the connection with 100 generations of ancestral legacy. Inspired by the instruments of Stradivari and Guarneri, the maple back, sides, and neck of Mickey's fiddles are carved from Hawaiian koa.

Barry Dudley offers a 5 string violin based on the “del Gesu Cannone” made in 1743. This violin was named and made famous by Niccolo Paganini who claimed it was the greatest fiddle ever made. The Dudley 4 string is a standard 4/4 size concert violin for the professional musician or advanced student. It is built using traditional techniques and tools. This fiddle has a sweet rich tone and is very even across the strings.

The Buxton Violin shop, in the Peak District market town of Buxton, sells Colin Cross violins and violas, while also maintaining a wide stock of instruments by other makers in all price ranges. The owner of the Buxton Violin Shop, Colin Cross, has worked extensively as a restorer, repairer and maker of fine fiddles. His instruments are bought and played by principal musicians in many national orchestras, including the Opera North, Liverpool Philharmonic and the Halle.

David Gobler offers new and restored violins, as well as set-ups and repairs. New violins are made from quality maple, spruce and ebony. David also offers new and used Hardanger fiddles.

Anthony Lane is a skilled violin maker that specializes in the copy of older historical violins. Some of his clients include Valerie Dimond of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Kay Stern, Concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

Michael Klein handcrafts fine violins from the woods of the Pacific Northwest forests. He uses maple for the backs and necks, spruce for the tops, willow blocks, ebony trim, and mountain mahogany pegs and fittings. Michael makes everything on the violin himself except for a few metal parts and the strings.

Michael Darnton is a violin maker using traditional methods and woods to construct his violins. Michael offers six different models: the Antiqued Strad, the Cannone del Gesu, the Strad model viola, the Transitional classical Stradivari, the Baroque Brother Amati, and the Baroque Brother Amanti violin.

David T. Van Zandt is a maker of Baroque, Classical and Modern violins, violas and cellos. His shop is located in Seattle, WA. David's fiddles are available for purchase in violin shops in Ann Arbor, Portland, New York, and Seattle.

John Hill is a violin, viola and cello maker from Phoenix, OR. All fiddles are crafted by hand. Setup and tonal adjustments, and bow rehairing are just some of the services available.

David Burgess is a custom violin maker with multiple awards. He also makes Violas and Cellos. David is out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The sound of a David Burgess fiddle is usually targeted toward that of the world's great concert instruments.

Gregoires violin shop is run by Marc Gregoires and is located in Barre, Vermont. It is a a full service violin making and repair shop. In addition to fiddles, Marc Gregoire offers a large selection of new and used violas and cellos in a variety of price ranges.

Leroy Douglas builds concert quality fiddles and offers a variety of models. Top woods include Sitka and Italian spruce. Back/ribs/scroll violin woods include European, Bosnian, Czechoslovakian and Western maple.

Guy Rabut was raised in a musical family and started playing the cello at nine. He went to the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1984 he established his own store in New York City and has been making violins ever since.

Antonio Rizzo is a custom violin maker offering his Guarneri del Gesu (1730),  Guarneri del Gesu (1730) "Kreisler", A. Stradivari (1716), and Domenico Montagnana (1730) fiddle models..

Nelle O’Neill, out of Carson Valley, NV, offers a wide variety of violins and violas. All of her instruments are fully guaranteed and are available for a trial period before purchase. Her fiddles have won several awards and competitions.

Joseph Curtin is a maker of concert violins and violas. He builds several different instruments and violin models include Guarneri del Gesu, Maggini, and Evia. Joseph's client list includes Kam-Lung Cheng, Csaba Erdelyi, Hugh Ewart, Erick Friedman, Ily Kaler and many, many others.

Richard Gagliardi, out of Maywood, NJ, offers fine quality violins, violas, cellos and bows. He builds each violin with individual preference and body types. Much time is spent matching the player with exactly the right fiddle.

Terry Borman makes violins, violas and cellos that are crafted in the style of the Cremonese Italian violin makers and luthiers. His fiddle models are influenced by the work of Guarneri del Gesu. Terry uses only Bosnian maple and spruce, and uses varnish from Venetian turpentine.

Thurmond Knight is a violin maker in Vermont. He also builds violas and cellos. Thrumond builds violins modeled after the greats, like Guarneri del Gesu and Stradivari, as well as his own designs. Aside from offering new instruments for sale, he also has restored fiddles available for purchase.

C & L offers one model violin that puts out an old soul sound. C&L also does restorations.

Michele Ashley makes fine handmade violins, violas and cellos in the Italian tradition.