Fine Violins

This violin was made by Francesco Bissolotti in Cremona in 2012. Bissolotti was born in 1929, and initially trained as a wood-carver early in his l...

Emidio Celani was an Italian maker born in 1866 in Ascoli Piceno, a town in the Marche region. He was self-taught, and mostly made plucked stringed...

This violin was made by the ‘father of Australian violin makers’ Arthur Edward Smith in Sydney, in 1932. Smith was born in 1880 in London and migra...

This violin was made by Gustave Bernardel in Paris, in 1900. Gustave Bernardel, born in 1832, was the son and apprentice of Auguste Sébastien Phili...

This violin was made by Roberto Cavagnoli in 2008 in Cremona. Cavagnoli was born in Brescia in 1975, and after graduating from the International S...

This violin was made by Giulio Degani in year 1902 in Venice. Guilio Degani, son and student of the highly sought-after maker Eugenio Degani, was b...

This violin was made by Cedric Clarke in 1995 in Sydney. Clarke was born in Turramurra NSW in 1929. His father was violin maker C.H.S. Clarke, with...

This violin was made by Mina Mazzolari in 2020 in Cremona. Known professionally as Mina Mazzolari, Minjeong Kang is originally from South Korea. Sh...

This violin was made by John Johnston in 2001, in his workshop in Rozelle, Sydney. Having started out self-taught, making violins from native Austr...

This instrument was made by Charlelie Dauriat in 2019 in Cognac, France. Dauriat is a French maker with a workshop at the Chateau de Gourville, who...

This Instrument was made by Andrea Varazzani in 2023 in Cremona, Italy. Andrea Varazzani is a luthier from Naples working in the Po Valley outside ...

John Simmers graduated with distinction, from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1996. He is a founding member and current treasurer of the Aust...

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. It is...

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...