Professional Violins

After working as a award winning carpenter, Luk began his career as a luthier in 1974. He was invited to relocate to Australia in 1990 to teach car...

After working as a award winning carpenter, Luk began his career as a luthier in 1974. He was invited to relocate to Australia in 1990 to teach car...

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...

Klaus Clement began learning the art of violin-making in the workshop of Karl Hoefner/Paesold in Bubenreuth, Germany. In 2010 Clement opened his ow...

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...

This violin was made in the workshop of Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanrè in 2024 in Parma. Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanrè opened their own ...

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

This violin was made by Matteo Mazzotti in 2024 in Piacenza, Italy. Mazzotti learned the craft of violin making while attending the Istituto Liutar...

This violin was made by Hagen Weise in Baiersdorf in 2018. Weise has been active since 1991 when he commenced work for the Roderisch Paesold Compan...

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

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 Rainer Beilharz in 2025 in Castlemaine, Australia. Beilharz began instrument making in 1982 at 18 years of age in Melbourne...

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

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

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

This violin was made by Paul Jombar in 1906 in Paris, France. Jombar began his violin making career as a pupil of Nestor Audinot between 1882 and 1...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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