CONTEMPORARY VIOLIN PRICING

 

This is a list of select luthiers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, all found in the Makers of Instruments and Bows section, who have provided pricing information on their violins. (As a rule of thumb, the average cost of a viola is one and one-half to two times the cost of a violin; the average cost of a cello runs three to four times the price of a violin. Some of the luthiers listed here specialize in violins only.)

Excerpted from Strings magazine, July 2002, No. 103.

Up to $1,999

Andrews Guitars and Violins

Scott Cao, Violins

The Chimneys Violin Shop

Thomas M. Cox

Craig’s Violins

Scott J. Drane

Alan Esty

Fein Stringed Instruments

Hora Sa

Jerry’s Violin Shop

E. F. Keebler Musical Instruments

Franz Kirschnek

Rainer W. Leonhardt

Gerd Mallon

F.S. Mardula

Plamen Maslev

Musonic Products

Practice Violins/Violas/Cellos

Rapid Method Violin Performance, Violin Making and Restoration

Mieczyslaw Rataj

Gyorgy Romák

Amador Tamayo

Violmaster Studio

Viva la Musica Augustin

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$2,000–$4,999

Richard Alexander

Ken Altman

Robert Louis Baille

Calvin Beezhold

Volker Beilharz

Lynn R. Berg

Antonio Borelli

Jan Hus Bursík and Sons

Caldersmith Luthiers

Daniele Canu

Scott Cao

The Chimneys Violin Shop

Craig’s Violins

Jan Danielsson

D’Arco Lutheria S.L.

Davis Music

R. DeBey

Scott J. Drane

Alan Esty

Fein Stringed Instruments

La Gitana Stringed Instruments

Vasile Gliga

Robert Gordon III

Alex W. Grant, Violins

Lionel K. Hepplewhite

Heyligers Violin House

J.A. Hill

William N. Hockenberry

Hoffmann & Rook

Huckaby Violins

Jordan Electric Violins/Jordan Musical Services

Alvin Thomas King

Jan Kuzel

Magne Kvamme

Laboratorio di Liuteria Montanari

Rainer W. Leonhardt

Liuteria: Arte-Scienca-Tecnica

Loen Violins

El Luthier de Opera

Gerd Mallon

Plamen Maslev

Junji Matsuoka

Ed McCoppin

Matthias Misch

Moroz Violins

Musonic Products

Anthony Nickolds

NS Design

Pacific Rim Strings

Timothy Phillips

Mieczyslaw Rataj

Reuterfors Violin Works

Riedstra’s Violin Shop

Alois Sandner

Tomas Skala, Violins

Smith’s Violin Shop

Solitude Violin Shop

J.V. and P.R Speak

Rajmund and Barbara Swirek

Sydney’s Musical Creations

Francesco Tarantino

Vector Instruments

Violin Makers

Violmaster Studio

Viva la Musica Augustin

Zdenek Zadina

Karel Zadrazil

$5,000–$9,999

Richard Alexander

Alf Studios

Michael Altshuler

Laurence Anderson

Claudio Arezio

P. & K. Ayres Violins

Bacelar String Instruments

Banchero & Powloski

Armin Barnett

Johann J. Bartsch

Arthur Bay

Adèle Beardsmore & Alan Coggins

Eva-Maria Beck

Bella Italia di Hiroki Ichii

Thomas Bertrand

Matthieu Besseling

Bobak Violins

Larry V. Bowers

Wesley Brandt

Aldo Brugnini

Martin F. Brunkalla

Phillip Burgess

Geza Burghardt

Luisa Vania Campagnolo

Daniele Canu

Scott Cao, Violins

Carlson, Cacciatori, Neumann & C.

The Chimneys Violin Shop

I.W. & M.M. Clarke

Russell L. Coe

Joseph F. Conrad II

Cremonenser Geigenbau

Friederike Sophie Dangel

DeLuca’s Violin Emporium

Donley & Smith

Circe King Dopp

Scott J. Drane

A. Dzina & Sons

Tunali Ecevit

Michel Eggimann

Warren Ellison

English Violins

Simon Natalis Enke

Mr. E’s Music Supercenter

Denis Eschenbrenner

Fantova-De Lucca Liutai

Filippo Fasser

Fein Stringed Instruments

Foster’s Violin Shop

Franke Violin Shop

Stephan H. Fürst

André Gadoury

Gainesville Violins

Luca Maria Gallo

Galway Violins

Bernard Germain

Andreose Gianni

Goodrich Violin Shop

Fabien Gram

Jurgen Hagen

John B. Harte

Heyligers Violin House

Hoffmann & Rook

Hiroki Ichii

Suzuki Ikuko

The Irish Violinery

Peter Ivan

Timothy M. Johnson

Alvin Thomas King

Oded Kishony

Michael Klein

Kloo Violiner

Heironymus Köstler

Kot’s Violin and Bow Shop

Stefan Johann Krattenmacher

M. & M. Kuhn

Magne Kvamme

Jussi Laasanen

Giorgio Lanini

François Lebeau

Alain LeGouic

Rainer W. Leonhardt

Silvio Levaggi

Federico Lowemberger

Peter Mach

Macica Violins & Repair

Edward Maday

Jeff Manthos

Junji Matsuoka

Annamaria Menta

Barbara Meyer

Helen Michetschläger

Juan Pablo Mijares

Burritt Miller

Marco Minnozzi

Matthias Misch

Moroz Violins

Tilman Muthesius

Wolfram Neureither

The New Work Group

Osnes Violin Emporium

K. Padding

George Paxevanos

Alessandra Pedota

Tomás Pilar

John Pringle

Hans Peter Rast and Felix Rast

R.L. Ray

Joseph Regh

Reuterfors Violin Works

Rino Righele

Antonio Rizzo

Carlos Herman Roberts

Eric René Roy

Rutman’s Violins

Frank J. Saam

Wilfred Saunders

Kelvin Scott

Dario Segala

Haiko Seifert

Martin Sheridan

Sohlip Violins

Sandro Soldi

Davide Sora

Robert Sourzac

J.V. and P.R. Speak

William Stapp

Walter Stopka

Henry A. Strobel

Stürzenhofecker-Violins

Peter Svatek

Iwai Takao

Graeme Thatcher

R. Kim Tipper

Alessandro Tossani

Guido Trotta

Alexander Tzankow

Alessandro Urso

Tapio Vainisto

Salvatore Valentinetti

François Varcin

A Violin Maker’s Workshop

The Violin Shop

Voskuil Violins

John R. Waddle, Luthier

Alan Ward

M. and R. Weisshaar & Son

Gwyneth Wilbur

James Wimmer

Dominik Zuchowicz

$10,000–$19,999

Alf Studios

Carlos Arcieri

Michele Ashley

Bacelar String Instruments

Baroque Violin Shop

Michael Becker

Jaap Bolink

Andrea Bozzini

Brückner & Brückner GBR

Cadenza Violins

Kevin Cardiff

Andrew Carruthers

The Chimneys Violin Shop

Clemens Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos

Thomas Oliver Croen

Michael Darnton, Violin Maker

Scott J. Drane

Neil Kristof Ertz, Violin Maker

Ron Fletcher

Fuchs & Chaxel

André Gadoury

René Garmy

Christopher Germain

Salvador Giardina

C. Gillioz

Alberto Giordano

Lazzaro Giovanni

Gerriet Groth

Harrison Violins

Paul Hart

Heyligers Violin House

Andrea Hoffmann-Simmel

Mark A. Hollinger

Lambert Houniet

Inokuchi & Son

Robert Isley

Hans Johannsson

Helmuth A. Keller

Stanley Kiernoziak

Thurmond Knight

Heironymus Köstler

M. & M. Kuhn

Anthony Lane

Rainer W. Leonhardt

Silvio Levaggi

Ivo Loerakker

Les Luthiers du Monde

Juan Pablo Mijares

Mario Miralles

Matthias Misch

John Montgomery, Inc.

Yoshio Morino

Moroz Violins

William Paul Muller

Wolfram Neureither

New Violin Family Association

Geoffrey Ovington

Misha Parshenov

Alessandra Pedota

Pistoni, Primo

Charles Ponall

Psarianos Violins

Guy Rabut

Hans Peter and Felix Rast

Fritz Reuter, and Sons

Charles J. Rufino

Edgar Russ

Mark E. Russell

Luca Salvadori

Wilfred Saunders

Otto Karl Schenk

Schryer Violins

M.W. Sheibley

John Sipe

Sorgentone e Mecatti

Premysl & Jan Spidlen

Randy Steenburgen

Bruno Stefanini

Annelies Steinhauer

Sullivan Violins

Peter Svatek

Andre Theunis

Ted Toenniges

Arthur Toman

Alexander Tzankow

David T. VanZandt

Vita Dolce Violins

Jacob Von Der Lippe

Jürgen Von Stietencron

Kurt Widenhouse

$20,000–$49,999

Alf Studios

Carl Becker & Son

David Burgess

David Caron

The Chimneys Violin Shop

Clemens Violins

Joseph Curtin Studios

J. Michael G. Fischer

Fabien Gram

Mark A. Hollinger

Heironymus Köstler

Claude Lebet

Mario Miralles

Moes & Moes

Morel & Gradoux-Matt

M.W. Sheibley

 


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