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Welcome to our Sounds of Europe Showcase collection. This exquisite collection features instruments and bows by renowned makers such as Vuillaume, Gadda, Degani, Hel, Hill & Sons, Russ, Varazzani, Mezin, Weise, Mazzotti, Sartory, Lamy, Tubbs and many more. Violins start from $10,000, violas from $22,000 and cellos from $36,500.
These instruments will be showcased at a concert held at the Sydney String Centre on the 17th August, 5:30-7pm. Some of our very talented SSC team member will perform pieces by Borodin, Haydn, Bolling and Ysaye, with violinist Jared Adams playing a solo on the 1840 J. B. Vuillaume. Click here to read more about the event and to RSVP!
Exclusive outfit deals on showcase instruments will be available until Aug 31st, so if you're looking for an advanced to professional-level instrument, now is a great time to come in and have a play. Click here to express your interest in trialling these instruments.
This violin was made by Gaetano Gadda in Mantova in 1940. Gadda was born in 1900 in Sorga, Verona, and has been one of the main proponents of the ...
View full detailsThis 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...
View full detailsThis violin was made at the Gand & Bernardel firm in 1876, in Paris. Gand & Bernardel Frères was a firm established in 1866, and was one of...
View full detailsThis violin bow was made by Eugène Sartory around 1935 in Paris. Eugène Sartory was one of the most important and influential bow-makers in the ar...
View full detailsThis violin was made at the Hill & Sons firm in 1889, in London. W. E. Hill & Sons (1887–1992) was a London-based firm that specialised in ...
View full detailsThis cello was made in the workshop of Mario Gadda in 1976 in Mantova, Italy. This cello is labelled ‘Mario Gadda di Mantova – fece in Mantova ann...
View full detailsThis violin was made by Edgar Russ in 2023, in Cremona. Originally from Austria, Edgar Russ developed a passion for musical instrument making at an...
View full detailsThis bow was made by Hipployte Camille Lamy in Paris, in 1935. Born in 1875, H. C. Lamy was the first son of Alfred Lamy, one of the most well-know...
View full detailsThis 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...
View full detailsThis cello was made by Hagen Weise in Baiersdorf in 2022. Weise has been active since 1991 when he commenced work for the Roderisch Paesold Company...
View full detailsThis violin was made by Gustave Bernardel in Paris, in 1900. Gustave Bernardel, born in 1832, was the son and apprentice of Auguste Sébastien Phili...
View full detailsThis viola was made by Hagen Weise in Baiersdorf in 2023. Weise has been active since 1991 when he commenced work for the Roderisch Paesold Company...
View full detailsThis cello was made by master luthier Klaus Clement in 2019. Clement was born in 1956 in Weissenburg, Germany. His love of violin-making developed ...
View full detailsThis violin was made by Mina Mazzolari in 2020 in Cremona. Known professionally as Mina Mazzolari, Minjeong Kang is originally from South Korea. Sh...
View full detailsThis viola was made in the Scrollavezza & Zanre workshop in 2022, Parma, Italy. Elisa Scrollavezza & Andrea Zanrè opened their own workshop...
View full detailsThis violin was made by Roberto Cavagnoli in 2008 in Cremona. Cavagnoli was born in Brescia in 1975, and after graduating from the International S...
View full detailsThis 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...
View full detailsW. E. Hill & Sons (1887–1992) was a London-based firm that specialised in violins and other string instruments, and bows. It was also known as ...
View full detailsBorn in 1965 in Buckingham, Paul Sadka is a modern bow maker currently working in his own workshop in Cornwall. Sadka first studied bow-making with...
View full detailsThe son of notable Mirecourt bow-maker Charles-Nicolas Bazin II, Charles Louis Bazin initially learned the trade as an apprentice with his father a...
View full detailsOriginally from Mexico, Arturo Ponce attended the Taller De Laudeia at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa in 1997 where he learned violin making...
View full detailsThis bow was made in the workshop of Morizot & Fils in Mirecourt for the Collin-Mezin firm around 1945. The Morizot firm was created by Louis M...
View full detailsThis violin was made in the Mirecourt workshop of Jerome Thibouville-Lamy. Commonly known as 'J.T.L', this workshop produced a prolific number of i...
View full detailsThis bow was made by Hermann Wilhelm Prell in Markneukirchen. Hermann Prell is a well-respected German bow-maker, with an extensive background wit...
View full detailsThis bow was made by Dominique "Justin" Poirson around 1900. Born in Mirecourt in 1851, Poirson began his studies under Nicolas Maire at the age of...
View full detailsThis viola bow was made in Markneukirchen in the early 20th Century by the Nürnberger family. Having established themselves in Markneukirchen in th...
View full detailsThis viola bow was made in Markneukirchen in the early 20th Century by the Nürnberger family. Having established themselves in Markneukirchen in th...
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