Violin Makers

Fiddlemaker.com are violins made ut of Eugene, Oregon. He found his love for violin through his own daughter who started playing the violin when she was six. Since then he fell in love with violin and started to make them. He offers one violin call the Alternative Acoustic VioLynn.

Jonathan Cooper is a fine maker of violins, violas, and cellos. They offer six different models of violins, four different models of violas, and one cello model. Models resemble makers such as Joseph Guarnieri Del Gesu, King Joseph, Antonio Stradivari's, Daniel Pearl, and Bescian,

Joseph Curtin Studios is a fine maker of concert violins and violas. He offers seven different instruments and two violins from Curtin and Alf. Models include Guarneri del Gesu, Maggini, and Evia.

KC Strings offers five different series of violins, violas, cellos, and bass: the K.C. series, the Heartland series, the Richard Williams series, the William and Krutz series, and the Anton Krutz series. The K.C. series are made specially for student musicians. The Heartland series are graduated and fitted with an advanced bass bar. The Richard Williams series are made with a higher level of craftsmanship from European tone woods. The William and Krutz series utilize fully professional materials and precise specifications, which give them the strong sound and tonal flexibility desired by advanced students and rising professionals. The Anton Krutz instruments bring together the best in materials, design and construction to create the powerful, expressive sound sought by soloists and professional ensemble players.

Kevin Joseph Kelly is the maker of fine handmade violins. His models resemble the works of Stradivari and Guarneri and are made with no power tools.

Lawrence Wilke is a fine cello maker. His cellos are built according to the classical Italian method of violin making which uses an inside mold. The top is made from spruce cut in the mountains of British Columbia. Well aged, flamed maple is used for the back, ribs and scroll. Many of the Stradivarius model cellos are built with poplar for the back, maple for the ribs, and beech or cherry for the scroll. He offers four different models: the Montagnana,the Goffriller, the Stradivarius Forma B, and the Stradivarius Forma B Piccola.

Leroy Douglas offers five different models of violins. Top woods include Sitka and Italian spruce. Back/ribs/scroll woods include European, Bosnian, Czechoslovakia, and western maple.

Michael Darnton is a fine violin maker. He uses traditional methods used 400 years ago to construct his violins and uses traditional materials such as European woods. He offers six different models: the Antiqued Strad model, the Cannone del Gesu model, the Strad modle viola, the Transitional classical Stradivari model, the Baroque Brother Amati model, and the Baroque Brother Amanti model detail.

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

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

Moroz Violins offers handmade violins made from techniques similar to those employed by the Italian violinmakers of three hundred years ago. They use only the finest materials: tops are European spruce, aged over 25 years, the backs, sides and necks, are flamed red maple from the northeast U.S., and the instruments are finished with a beautiful natural resin oil varnish, which takes weeks to apply and cure.

Nelle O’Neill offers 8 different models of violas and six different models of violins. All her instruments are fully guaranteed and are available for a trial period before purchase. Her instruments have won several awards and competitions.

Paul Stevens has a huge selection of violins, violas, cellos, and basses. Such models are by Franz Konometer, Luigi Liugetti, Danilo Guatelli, John Sipe, Xaveri Wagner, Jean Bauer, Xaveri Wagner, Medio Fino, Stephane Blondet.

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

Rivinus offers five different models of custom violins. They are the pellegrina, the Riviola, the Six String riviola, the maximilian, and the pellegrina pomposa.

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

Thurmond Knight is a fine maker of violins, violas, and cellos. He offers three different models made from figured maple and willow. He is constantly making new models, but they are sold rather quickly, so the first one who offers to purchase gets the instrument.

William Townsend violins are made by hand, following the ideals and working methods of the early Italian masters, while utilizing today's advanced scientific and technological techniques to provide an instrument that satisfies the violinist's playing needs. Only the finest varnishes are used, carefully applied over a proprietary mineral ground that effectively recreates the chemical composition of the ground used by Antonio Stradivari. He uses Bosnian maple and Swiss or Italian Spruce.

The Dudley 4-sting is a standard 4/4 size concert violin for the professional musician or advanced student. It is built using traditional techniques and tools. The violin has a sweet rich tone and is very even across the stings.