At Gayford Carbon Fiber Violins “Our goal from the beginning was to design and produce a world class sounding carbon fiber violin no matter the cost or time investment required. It must become an instrument of great beauty, following the…
Jules Saint-Michel knows the violin. At 78, he plays it every day and continues to make it. His workshop-boutique, member of the Economuseum network, is a place of discovery and exchange. While the luthiers work in the open workshop, musicians come…
Kotlarz Violins – After spending three years working in a full repair and restoration shop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, I am now back in my hometown of Cranbrook, BC and am excited to have the opportunity to serve musicians in the area. I will…
Just one of our innovations involves the double bass. A huge, generously proportioned instrument measuring over 1.9 metres, the double bass is difficult to transport, making it very costly for classical, jazz and popular musicians who must pay…
Langdon Strings is the smallest Luthier shop in Southern Alberta. Making, restoration, and maintenance for violin family instruments. A short pleasant drive south of Calgary to the Town Okotoks. Tyler Langdon operates a small luthier business,…
Otis A Thomas Violins and Guitars – For the last thirty years, I have been working as a violin and guitar maker at my home here in the hills above St. Ann’s Bay on Cape Breton Island in Canada’s Nova Scotia. Although I specialize…
It’s now almost 30 years since that first cittern (which I still play and record with) but I still get excited about every instrument that I design and build at Vector Instruments. I consider it a blessing to spend my days in a cloud of…
Zak Stolk Luthier studies in graphic arts at the Niagara Institute of Technology further developed his artistic ability. His need to experiment with his materials eventually led to instrument making. He studied with Peter Mach, a luthier in Aylmer,…
