Makers

The following is a growing list of violin makers who have attended one or more of the Oberlin Violin Makers Workshops.
When possible, the names are linked to the maker’s website.

• Robert Arcaro – Hallam, Australia *
• Robin Aitchison – Ely, England
• Scott Albert – Saint Anne, IL *
• Aubrey Alexander – Salt Lake City, UT
• Gregg Alf – Ann Arbor, MI
• Geoffrey Allison – Ocean Shores, WA *
• Dan Arling – Chanhassen, MN *
• William Atwood – Santa Cruz, CA
• Aaron Aupperle – Germany
• Meike Aupperle – London, UK
• Itzel Avila – Toronto, Canada
• Kari Azure – Raleigh, NC

• Roman Barnas – Andover, MA
• Dorian Barnes – Houston, TX
• Armin Barnett – Seattle, WA *
• Gideon Baumblatt – Berlin, Germany
• Gonzalo Bayolo – Padron, Spain
• Kenneth Beckman – Mission, KS
• Rainer Beilharz – Guilford, Australia
• Volker Beilharz – Victoria, Australia
• Bertrand Bellin – Offenburg, Germany
• Tim Bergen – Toronto, Canada
• Saskia Bergink – Milan, Italy
• Thomas Bertrand – Bruxelles, Belgium
• George Blum – Tucson, AZ *
• Marieke Bodart – Cucuron, France *
• David Bonsey – New York, NY
• Scott Brown – Salt Lake City, UT
• Wolfgang Buchinger – Cremona. Italy
• Lisbeth Nelson Butler – Red Wing, MN

• Joachim Capela – Anta, Portuagal *
• Jose Catoira – Galicia, Spain *
• Gencer Cerit – Eskiserher, Turkey *
• Koo Young Chung – Chicago, IL*
• Jonathan Cooper – Portland, ME
• Alan Copeland – Livermore, CA
• Marco Coppiardi – Boston, MA
• Steve Cournoyer – Windham, ME
• Emilio Crabbe – Paris, France *
• Tom Croen – Berkeley, CA
• Paul Crowley – Boston, MA
• Joseph Curtin – Ann Arbor, MI

• John Dailey – Boston, MA *
• François Denis – Angers, France
• Charline Dequincey – Ottawa, Canada
• William Desquiens – Paris, France *
• John Dilworth – West London, England
• Andrew Dipper – Minneapolis, MN
• Michele Dobner – Cremona, Italy
• Hildegard Dodel – Cremona, Italy
• Camille Dolibeau – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Michael Doran – Duvall, WA
• Christopher Dungey – Grand Junction, CO
• Brice Dupin de Saint Cyr – New Rochelle, NY
• Erick Durham – Portland, OR *

• Rock Eggen – Denver, CO
• Rebecca Elliott – Chicago, IL

• Kate Flanders – Providence, RI *
• Ron Fletcher – Yonkers, NY
• David Folland – Northfield, MN
• Monica Fortin – Washington, DC

• Collin Gallahue – Brooklyn NY *
• Fabienne Gauchet – Montreal, Canada
• Christopher Germain – Philadelphia, PA
• Stefano Gibertoni – Sheffield, England
• Nicolas Gilles – Montpellier, France
• Todd Goldenberg – North Berwick, ME
• Peter Goodfellow – Sydney, Australia
• David Goodrich – Boulder, CO
• Robert Gordon III – Belsano, PA
• Mira Gruszow – Berlin, Germany
• Joe Grubaugh – Petaluma, CA
• David Gusset – Eugene, OR

• Jennifer Halenar – Nashville, TN
• Andreas Hampel – Hamburg, Germany
• Guy Harrison – Ottawa, Canada
• Bruce Harvie – Olga, WA
• Martina Hawe – Stuttgart, Germany
• Dirk Henry, Omaha, NE*
• Justin Hess – New York, NY *
• Mark Hollinger – Missoula, MT
• Ulrich Hinsberger – Ringschnait, Germany
• Eugene Holtier – Ridgeville, OH *
• Camille Hommel – Marseille, France
• Andreas Hudelmayer – London, England

• Philip Ihle – London, England

• Chris Jacoby – Omaha, NE
• Feng Jiang – Ann Arbor, MI
• Shan Jiang – Tenafly, NY
• Nele Julch – Munich, Germany

• Emily Kellerman – Minneapolis, MN
• Kevin Kelly – Boston, MA
• Oded Kishony – Barboursville, VA
• Michael Kocher- Saint Louis, MO
• Adam Korman – Tel Aviv, Israel *
• Alina Kostina – Seattle, WA
• Petio Kostov – Mundelein, IL
• Felix Krafft – Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany
• Gudrun Kremeier – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Krzysztof Krupa – Poznan, Poland
• Gabrielle Kundert – Salt Lake City, UT

• Markus Laine – New York, NY
• Tony Lane – Petaluma, CA
• Douglas Lay – Minneapolis, MN *
• Jaeln Lee – Boston, MA *
• Silvio Levaggi – Cremona, Italy
• Kolja Lochmann – Freiburg-Wiehre, Germany
• Stephen Lohmann – Fair Oaks, CA *

• Bas Maas – Amsterdam, Nederland
• Duncan MacDonald – Seattle, WA
• Harry Mairson – Brookline, MA
• Stefano Marcolini *
• Jesse Maschmeyer – San Francisco, CA
• Steven McCann – Grand Rapids, MI
• Charles McCook – Johnson City, TN *
• Georg Meiwes – Salt Lake City, UT *
• Rodney Miller – Antrim, NH
• Eduard Bosque Miñana – Barcelona, Spain *
• Chasha Mindlin – Lake Sherwood, CA
• Pierre Moisy – Philadelphia, PA *
• Philip Monical – New York, NY *
• John Montgomery – Raleigh, NC
• Francis Morris – Great Barrington, MA
• Sally Mullikin – Raleigh, NC

• Hajato Nagaishi – Cremona, Italy
• Antoine Nedelec – Dallas, TX
• Howard Needham – Silver Spring, MD
• Jarkko Niemi – Helsinki, Finland *
• Matt Noykos – Raleigh, NC

• Geoffrey Ovington – Shushan, NY

• Olivia Pelling – Ottawa, Canada
• Marko Pennanen – Turku, Finland
• Jeff Phillips – Salt Lake City, UT
• Norman Pickering – Southhampton, NY *
• Hans Pluhar – Graz, Austria
• Melina Polizzi – Venice, Italy *
• David Polstein – Newton, MA
• David Prentice – Flesherton, ON, Canada
• Luca Primon – Milan, Italy

• Stephen Quinney – Toronto, Canada

• Ralph Rabin – Madison, WI *
• Guy Rabut – Hudson Valley, NY
• Alkis Rappas – Kingwood, TX
• David Rattray – London, England
• Frank Ravatin – Vannes, France *
• Christopher Reuning – Boston, MA
• Patrick Robin – Les Ponts de Cé, France
• Jeffrey Robinson – Flagstaf,f AZ
• Joe Robson – Trumansburg, NY
• Steve Rossow – St. Paul, MN
• Ben Ruth – Swampscott, MA
• Andrew Ryan – Providence, RI

• Anna Sandys – Portland, OR
• Julia Sarano – Newark, UK*
• Raymond Schryer – Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
• Bill Scott – Minneapolis, MN
• Elisa Scrollavezza – Parma, Italy
• Nicola Segatta – Trento, Italy *
• Heiko Seifert – Plauen, Germany
• Carla Shapreau – Berkeley, CA
• John Simmers – Red Hill, Queensland, Australia
• Steve Sirr – Minneapolis, MN
• Ted Skreko – Indianapolis, IN
• William Sloan – Los Angeles, CA *
• Philip Soltis – Northfield, MN
• Ryan Soltis – Moyie Springs, ID
• Paul Spencer – Salt Lake City, UT *
• Jason Starkie – Seattle, WA
• George Stoppani – Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester UK
• Jean Strick – Bruxelles, Belgium
• Ken Sullivan – Rochester, NY
• Corney Swan – Somerville, MA *
• Dave Swanson – Hillsborough, NC

• Zach Taylor – Vermont *
• John Thorell – Indiana, PA
• Joe Thrift – Dobson, NC
• James Thornton – Wausaukee, WI *
• Chen Ting – Xicheng District China *
• Alexander Tulchinsky – Richmond, VA
• Colin Tulloch – Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK

• Chris Ulbricht – Indianapolis, IN

• Ijmkje van der Werf – Ely, England *
• David Van Zandt – Seattle, WA
• Dario Vettori – Firenze, Italy
• Noemie Viaud – Aarhus, Denmark
• Jason Viseltear – New York, NY
• Stephan von Baehr – Paris, France
• Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, Norway
• Matthias von Wallbrunn – Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany

• John Waddle – St Paul, MN
• Xavier Walger – Toulouse, France
• Marilyn Wallin – Lincoln, NE
• Peter Westerlund – Norberg, Sweden
• Christopher White – West Roxbury, MA
• Kurt Widenhouse – Belmont, NC
• David Wiebe – Woodstock, NY
• Isabelle Wilbaux – Montréal, Canada
• Lawrence Wilke – Clinton, CT
• Hugh Withycombe – Braddon Act, Australia

• Shinichiro Yoshikai – Greensboro, NC *
• John Young – Salt Lake City, UT
• Robert Young – Ariège, France
• George Yu – Toronto, Canada

• Ute Zahn – Minneapolis, MN
• Andrea Zanrè – Parma, Italy
• Sam Zygmuntowicz – Brooklyn, NY *

 

* makers who either have no official web page, or one that we don’t know about.