Fine Violins

This violin was made by Martin Schuster in Melbourne, Australia in 2024. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Martin Schuster came to violin making through...

This violin was made by Martin Schuster in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Martin Schuster came to violin making through music a...

This violin was made by Wei Luk in 2022, in Sydney, Australia. Born in China, Wei Luk developed an early interest in woodworking before becoming in...

This violin was made by Wei Luk in 2025, in Sydney, Australia. Born in China, Wei Luk developed an early interest in woodworking before becoming in...

This violin was made by Hugh Withycombe in 2026 in Canberra. Withycombe is an Australian maker who studied at the Newark School of Violin Making, g...

This violin was made by Hugh Withycombe in 2025 in Canberra. Withycombe is an Australian maker who studied at the Newark School of Violin Making, g...

John Simmers began his career in music studying viola and double bass at the Queensland Conservatorium before working as a repairer in Brisbane. He...

This violin was made by Arthur Edward Smith in 1906, in Maldon, England. Born in London in 1880, Arthur Edward Smith began his career as an enginee...

This violin was made by the ‘father of Australian violin makers’ Arthur Edward Smith in Sydney, in 1958. Born in London in 1880, Arthur Edward Smit...

This violin was made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in c.1845, in Paris. In his time, Vuillaume was one of the most well-known figures in the musical w...

This violin was made by Pierre Silvestre around 1840 in Lyon, France. Silvestre was originally born in Sommerviller in 1801 and began his violin ma...

This violin was made by Giovanni Grancino, probably the most important figure of the Milanese tradition of violin making. Crafted in around 1685, t...

This violin was made by Paul Kaul in 1926 in Paris, France. Originally born 1875 in Mirecourt, Kaul began his violin-making career apprenticing und...

This violin was made in Sydney by Guy Aubrey Griffin in 1937. Born in Worcestershire, England, in 1878, Guy Aubrey Griffin emigrated to Australia i...

This violin was made by Hagen Weise in Baiersdorf, in 2024. Weise has been active since 1991 when he commenced work for the Roderisch Paesold Compa...

This violin was made by Andrea Schudtz in 2026 in Cremona. Schudtz was first introduced to violin making by his father Pavel Schudtz, a luthier who...

This violin was made by Scrollavezza and Zanre in 2025, in Parma, Italy. Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanrè opened their own workshop in Parma in ...

This violin was made by Raquel Salazar Saldivar and Federica Thoeny in 2025 in Lugano-Figino, Switzerland. Salazar, originally from Mexico, and Tho...

This violin was made by the ‘father of Australian violin makers’ Arthur Edward Smith in Maldon, England, in 1907. Born in London in 1880, Arthur Ed...

Originally from the former Soviet Union, Vladimiro Cubanzi relocated to Italy, where he attended the International School of Violin Making in Cremo...

Ricardo Grisales, originally from Colombia, is the nephew of Master maker Giorgio Grisales and moved to Italy in 2000 to pursue violin making. Bet...

Matteo Marsili studied at the International School of Violin Making in Cremona under the guidance of Master Massimo Negroni. After graduating in 20...

This violin was made in the workshop of Mario Gadda in 1997 in Mantova.  It is labeled 'Anno 1997 / Mario Gadda / Fece in Mantova / Modello Person...

This violin was made by Sofia Vettori in Florence in 2017. Vettori was born in Florence in the early 1980's as part of a family steeped in the trad...

Mazzotti learned the craft of violin making while attending the Istituto Liutario ‘A Stradivari’ in Cremona and undertook private lessons with vari...

This violin is from the workshop of Collin-Mezin, one of the most prolific violin-making workshops in France at the turn of the 20th century.The vi...