Henry Thouvenel

sku Product SKU:  18464

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Labeled Carlo Micelli 1922

sku Product SKU:  19582

In the 1920's a number of important workshops in Markneukirchen made excellent violins using Italian trade names. We especially like the Carlo Micelli violins for their excellent artistic quality.

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Eduard Reichert

sku Product SKU:  20710

Instruments labeled Eduard Reichert were made in Markneukirchen and Dresden. The G.A.Pfretzschner firm exported many of them to this country.

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Silvio Barbieri

sku Product SKU:  13182

Silvio Barbieri was taught by his father Bruno who learned his craft under Gaetano Gadda.

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Wolfgang Schiele

sku Product SKU:  10942

After graduating from the Mittenwald violin making school, Wolfgand Schiele worked for important makers and dealers in Paris, New York and for Peter Biddulph in London. He opened his own workshop in Munich in 1990 and has since become one of the most important makers in Germany.

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Justin Derazey

sku Product SKU:  18709

Justin Amédée was the son and pupil of his father Honoré. This violin is a classic example of high quality Mirecourt workmanship.

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Paolo Virgoletti

sku Product SKU:  19577

Paolo began his training with his uncle Arturo Virgoletti in 1999. Moving to Cremona, he worked with Elio Severgnini. While there, he had the opportunity to restore fine old instruments and study closely the work of the masters. He worked with master makers in Tokyo and Madrid before opening his own workshop in S.Polo d’Enza near Parma. This beautifully made violin has the full, rich tone that we expect from his instruments.

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G. Gloede

sku Product SKU:  21387

Although not much is known about this maker, Chicago was the home of many first class makers during the late 19th. and early to mid 20th. centuries.

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Alfred Lanini

sku Product SKU:  12250

Although born in California, Lanini studied in Italy, first with Romeo Antoniazzi and then with Farotti in Milan from 1911 to 1914 before returning to San Jose. This violin is a handsome example of Lanini's work, and has many characteristics of the maker's masters.

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Ernst Heinrich Roth

sku Product SKU:  22644

For the past 100 years, the firm of Ernst Heinrich Roth has made excellent quality string instruments first in Markneukirchen and after the late 1940's in Bubenreuth. This violin is a fine example of their more recent work.

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Andrea Zanre

sku Product SKU:  12112

Andrea studied violin making at the Parma violin making school with Renato Scrollavezza. In 2002 he formed a partnership with Renato's daughter Elise Scrollavezza. He has since become famous in the violin world not only as a maker, but as a teacher and expert.

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Riccardo Antoniazzi

sku Product SKU:  21650

Born in 1853, Riccardo Antoniazzi was the eldest son of Gaetano with whom he studied. He spent some time working in Nice with N. Bianchi before setting up his own workshop in Milan in 1881. Among his students was Leandro Bisiach. with whom he worked for a number of years. He was a major figure in the establishment of the modern Milanese school of makers and trained some of the major figures of the nest generation. Riccardo Antoniazzi is considered one of the finest and most important makers of his time in Milan. This fine violin has a powerful and resonant tone with a nice texture and is very responsive and easy to play.

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Lawrence Cocker 16 ½"

sku Product SKU:  22722

Lawrence Cocker was highly respected by both musicians and his fellow violin makers all over England. He won a Diploma of Honour at the Hague in 1947. Cocker worked with violist Lionel Tertis in developing the "Tertis Model" viola of which this viola is an excellent example.

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John Albert

sku Product SKU:  15636

Eugene John Albert emigrated to the U.S.A. from Germany as a child in 1855 with his father John. He worked with his father and took over the business in 1887. He became one of the most important American violin makers of the latter part of the 19th century.

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Francois Jaques Barbé

sku Product SKU:  9112

Avallon mid 19th century

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Giustino dal Canto

sku Product SKU:  9807

Castelfranco di Soto (Pisa)

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Léon Bernardel *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  20380

The Bernardel family was one of the most important dynasties in Parisian violin making for well over a century, not just as makers but as some of the most important dealers in Paris. Léon Bernardel worked at first with Derazey before joining the family firm Gand et Bernardel Frères. He opened his own shop in 1899 and was very successful and respected following the style of Lupot. This violin is an especially fine example of his work.

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Nicolas Duchêne*SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  9079

Branded " à la Ville de Padoue" Mirecourt

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Silvio Barbieri

sku Product SKU:  13173

Mantua, 1998.

The Barbieri family includes eight violin makers. Born in 1947, Silvio Barbieri studied violin making with his father Bruno. His instruments are beautifully crafted using the finest materials.

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Ernst Heinrich Roth Workshop *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  21228

This violin bears the Ernst Heinrich Roth brand internally and is labeled: Made in Germany

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Julius Heinrich Zimmerman *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  15092

Branded Remy, late 19th century.

Zimmerman established workshops in Russia (St Petersburg and Moscow) as well as Leipzig in addition to Markneukirchen the center of German violin making. Because he employed only the very finest craftsmen, Zimmerman became famous for the very high quality of his instruments and bows.

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Thomas Hoyer Workshop *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22757

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Thomas Hoyer Workshop

sku Product SKU:  22756

For generations, the Hoyer family of violin and bow makers has been one of the most important in Germany. Born in 1970, Thomas Hoyer trained with his father Georg and Seifert. He received his Master's certificate form the Mittenwald violin making school in 1998 and has since built one of the finest violin making workshops in Germany.

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Paul Hart Workshop

sku Product SKU:  22702

"Born in Oxford, England, Paul Hart grew up in Provo, Utah. In 1969 at the age of 21, he started studying violin making with Peter Prier in Salt Lake City, and by 1974 his skills were so highly developed that he was teaching violin making at the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake.  For the next five years Paul taught students who were to become some of the most important and influential violin makers in this country. Jay Ifshin of Ifshin Violins was fortunate to have had the opportunity to study with Paul during those years and he still keeps in touch. 

Over the years Paul has won numerous awards for his instruments including two gold medals from the Violin Society of America, among many, many others. This highly figured and beautiful cello was made in 1989.  Jay selected and gave the wood to Paul for the construction of this this cello. This superb cello is tonally excellent. The sound is full and warm, even on all four strings and has an easy playability, a real joy to play."

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