String Instrument Businesses - Viola da Gamba

Strings


(see also Mixed and Early String Instruments)

Pieter Affourtit


Maker of historical bows. 
Location:  Netherlands.

Gillian Alcock


Maker of hammered dulcimers. 
Location:  Australia.

Anselmus


Maker of lutes and guitars. 
Location:  Switzerland.

Aquila USA


Maker of gut strings and synthetic strings, for historical and modern musical performance. 
Location:  Portland, Oregon.

Ander Arroitajauregi Aranburu


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, and other early fretted instruments. 
Location:  Spain.

Ardival Harps


Maker of historical and traditional harps. 
Location:  Ross-shire, Scotland.

Marcello Armand-Pilon


Maker and restorer of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, and Baroque guitars. 
Location:  Cremona, Italy.

Ralph Ashmead


Maker of historical bows. 
Location:  Tuolumne, California.

Merion David Attwood


Maker of viols, Baroque violins, violas, and cellos, and early bows. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Stephen Barber & Sandi Harris


Makers of lutes, vihuelas, Baroque guitars, archlutes, chitarroni, theorbos, bandoras, orpharions, citterns, and other wire-strung instruments. 
Location:  London, England.

Baroquebows.net


Baroque bow maker. 
Location:  Genoa, Italy.

Baroqueviolins.com


Maker and restorer of violas da gamba, violones, and Baroque violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Genoa, Italy.

William Bartruff


Maker of Baroque violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Eric Benning


Maker of violas d'amore, violins, violas, and cellos.
Location:  Studio City, California.

Betsill Workshop


Maker of baroque guitars, renaissance citterns, vielles, dulcimers, and other string instruments.
Location:  Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Martin Biller Violins


Maker of violas d'amore, violas da gamba, violins, violas, and cellos.
Location:  Waukegan, Illinois.

Nicholas Blanton Instruments


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Gerhard Bos


Maker of lutes, theorbos, Baroque guitars, and harps. 
Location:  Netherlands.

Bows & Viols


Maker of historical bows. 
Location:  Berlin, Germany.

Larry V. Bowers


Maker of Baroque violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Middleway, West Virginia.

Breezy Ridge Instruments


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

Bruce Brook


Maker of lutes, theorbos, Baroque and Renaissance guitars, vihuelas, bandoras, orpharions, citterns, and citoles. 
Location:  East Sussex, England.

Neil Brook


Maker of hurdy-gurdies and fretted stringed instruments. 
Location:  Lancashire, England.

Buckdancer's Choice


Maker of dulcimers, mandolins, and other instruments. 
Location:  Portland, Maine.

Paolo Busato


Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes, archlutes, theorbos, and Baroque guitars. 
Location:  Padua, Italy.

Josep Carbonell


Maker of Baroque violins and violas. 
Location:  Barcelona, Spain.

Celtic Crafts


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada.

Jiri Cepelak


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, and guitars. 
Location:  the Czech Republic.

Vincenzo Cipriani


Maker of harps, chitarroni, lutes, citoles, rebecs, vielles, psalteries, violas da gamba, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Italy.

Cloud Nine Hammered Dulcimers


Maker of hammered dulcimers, mandolins, and other instruments. 
Location:  Ostrander, Ohio.

Coyote's Paw


Maker of lutes, vihuelas, and other instruments. 
Location:  Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Cripple Creek Dulcimers


Maker of hammered and bowed dulcimers and other instruments. 
Location:  Manitou Springs, Colorado.

Douglas Cox


Maker of violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Brattleboro, Vermont.

Bert Dekker


Maker of Violas da gamba, violones, lirones, and barytons. 
Location:  Vries, Netherlands.

Karl M. Dennis


Maker of Baroque violins and violas, violas da gamba, vielles, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Warren, Rhode Island.

Damian Dlugolecki


Maker of gut strings for Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and modern performance. 
Location:  Troutdale, Oregon.

Dreamsinger Harps


Maker of harps, psalteries, and dulcimers. 
Location:  Lakewood, California.

Hubert Dufour


Maker of viols and vielles. 
Location:  France.

Claire Dugué


Maker of hurdy-gurdies, mandolins, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Dusty Strings


Maker of harps and hammered dulcimers. 
Location:  Seattle, Washington.

Chris Eaton


Hurdy gurdy maker. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

David van Edwards


Maker of lutes, archlutes, mandoras, theorbos, and others. 
Location:  Norfolk, England.

Warren Ellison


Maker, repairer, and restorer of Baroque (and modern) violins, violas, and cellos, and viols. 
Location:  Jericho, Vermont.

Wolfgang Emmerich


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, chitarrone, vihuelas, Baroque and Renaissance guitars, orpharions, bandoras, and citterns. 
Location:  Berlin, Germany.

Christopher English


Bow maker. 
Location:  Port Townsend, Washington.

Eric Early Harps


Maker of early harps. 
Location:  Germany.

Leif Eriksson


Hurdy gurdy maker. 
Location:  Sweden.

Ron Ewing Dulcimers


Dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Columbus, Ohio.

Matthew Farley


Maker of vielles, medieval fiddles, violas da braccio, violas da gamba, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Rome, Italy.

Renate Fink


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Germany.

Folkcraft Instruments


Maker of dulcimers, psalteries, and harps. 
Location:  Woodburn, Indiana.

Gaïta Medieval Instruments


Maker of vielles, rebecs, citoles, and bows. 
Location:  Edinburgh, Scotland.

Gamut Strings


Maker of strings for historical performance. 
Location:  Duluth, Minnesota.

René Garmy


Maker and restorer of violins and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  France.

Sergio Gistri


Maker of viols and violones. 
Location:  Italy.

Claire Givens Violins


Dealer, maker, and restorer of violins, violas, cellos, and bows. 
Location:  Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Golden Musical Instrument


Maker and restorer of violins, violas, cellos, and other instruments. 
Location:  Luoyang, China.

Helmut Gotschy


Hurdy gurdy maker and repairer. 
Location:  Germany.

Stephen Gottlieb


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, and chitarrone. 
Location:  London, England.

H.F. Grabenstein


Maker and repairer of Renaissance, Baroque, and modern bows. 
Location:  Williston, Vermont.

Horst Grünert


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, cellos, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  near Munich, Germany.

Gabriela Guadalajara


Maker and repairer of Baroque violins, violas, and cellos, and violas da gamba. 
Location:  New York, New York.

H & R Dulcimers


Maker of hammered dulcimers. 
Location:  St. Charles, Illinois.

Salve Haakedal


Maker and repairer of violins, violas, and violas d'amore. 
Location:  Norway.

David Hawthorne


Maker and repairer of bows for Baroque and later stringed instruments. 
Location:  Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Historical Bows


Maker of historical bows. 
Location:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Andreas V. Holst


Maker of lutes, theorbos, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Munich, Germany.

Alexander Hopkins


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, vihuelas and early guitars, and other early string instruments. 
Location:  Spain.

Billy Horne


Hurdy gurdy maker. 
Location:  Finland.

Martin Hurttig


Maker of lutes, mandolins, and historical guitars. 
Location:  Leipzig, Germany.

Peter Hütmannsberger


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, lirones, and barytons. 
Location:  Linz, Austria.

Inokuchi & Son Violins


Maker of Baroque violins, violas, cellos, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

JM Instruments


Maker of lutes, archlutes, mandoras, baroque guitars, and chitarroni. 
Location:  near London, England.

Timothy G. Johnson


Maker and restorer of violins, violas, violoncellos, and viols. 
Location:  Hewitt, Texas.

James Jones Musical Instruments


Maker of dulcimers, bowed psalteries, mandolins, harps, and other instruments. 
Location:  Bedford, Virginia.

Richard Jones


Maker of Renaissance viols. 
Location:  Scotland.

Joyfull Strings


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Nevada City, California.

Don Kawalek


Maker of hammered dulcimers, mandolins, and other instruments. 
Location:  Bunker Hill, West Virginia.

Judith Kraft


Maker of viols, Baroque violins, rebecs, and Medieval fiddles. 
Location:  Paris, France.

La Bella Strings


Maker of strings for early and modern instruments. 
Location:  Newburgh, New York.

Daniel Larson Historical Instruments


Maker of lutes, vihuelas, mandolins, violins, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Duluth, Minnesota.

Renatus Lechner


Maker of lutes, theorbos, Baroque guitars, vihuelas, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Germany.

Lehmann Stringed Instruments


Maker of lutes, vielles, rebecs, and classical guitars. 
Location:  Rochester, New York.

Gesina Liedmeier


Maker and restorer of viols and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Horssen, Netherlands.

Gyorgy Lorinczi


Maker of lutes, theorbos, chittarone, and vihuelas. 
Location:  Rumania.

Thomas Mace


Maker and restorer of Baroque violins, viols, cellos, violas da gamba, and violone. 
Location:  Louisville, Kentucky.

Edward Maday


Maker of violins, violas, cellos, viols, violone, violas d'amore, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Woodmere, New York.

Christian Magdeleine

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Maker of guitars and citterns. 
Location:  France.

Magical Strings


Harp maker. 
Location:  Olalla, Washington.

Magus Harps and Historical Musical Instruments


Maker of harps, hurdy-gurdies, harpsichords, clavichords, virginals, organs, and other instruments. 
Location:  Germany.

Tim Manning


Maker of dulcimers, bowed and plucked psalteries, lyres, harps, and other instruments. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Toomas Marga


Hurdy gurdy maker. 
Location:  Tallinn, Estonia.

Cezar Mateus


Maker of lutes, theorbos, Baroque guitars, and vihuelas. 
Location:  Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.

Charles Moller


Maker of lutes and hurdy-gurdies. 
Location:  Australia.

Owen Morse-Brown


Maker of violas da gamba, lirone, barytons, vielles, hurdy gurdys, psalteries, and tromba marina. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Stephen Murphy


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, Baroque and Renaissance guitars, and vihuelas. 
Location:  France.

Musica Antigua


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, Renaissance and Baroque guitars, and vihuelas. 
Location:  Madrid, Spain.

Northern Renaissance Instruments


Seller of lutes, viols, citterns, bandoras, orpharions, early guitars, rebecs, and other early early stringed instruments.  Also sells strings and string sets. 
Location:  Manchester, England.

Steffen Nowak


Maker of Baroque violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Sebastian Nuñez


Maker of lutes, vihuelas, citterns, early guitars, and harpsichords.  Specialized restorer of historical guitars. 
Location:  Utrecht, Netherlands.

Oakwood Instruments


Maker of mandolins, hammered dulcimers, harps, citterns, and other instruments. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Charlie Ogle


Viola da gamba and violone maker. 
Location:  Beijing, China.

Olympic Musical Instruments


Maker of hurdie-gurdies. 
Location:  Indianola, Washington.

Orphic Airs


Maker of harps, lyres, psalteries, dulcimers, hurdy-gurdies, and other instruments. 
Location: 

Phantasy Psalteries


Maker of bowed psalteries. 
Location:  Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Pringle Viols


Maker of viols, violones, lira da braccio, lirones, barytons, fiddles, vielles, rebecs, and Renaissance and Baroque violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Efland, North Carolina.

Michel Proulx


Baroque bow maker. 
Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Anna Radice


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, mandolins, guitars, vihuelas, and others. 
Location:  Bologna, Italy.

Wm. Rees Instruments


Maker of early harps and psalteries. 
Location:  Rising Sun, Indiana.

Jesús Reolid


Maker of vihuelas, citterns, fiddles, citoles, rebecs, portative organs, and other instruments. 
Location:  Spain.

Arthur Robb


Maker, restorer, and repairer of lutes, vihuelas, harps, dulcimers, and other instruments. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Arthur Robinson


Maker of viols, violones, rebecs, Medieval fiddles, modern and Baroque violins, violas, and cellos, and harps. 
Location:  Australia.

Rzepka Strings


Maker of violas da gamba, classical guitars, and harps.
Location:  Portland, Maine.

Marco Salerno


Maker and restorer of viols, lirones, fiddles, rebecs, lutes, gitterns, citoles, chitarrone, harps, and other instruments, also bows. 
Location:  Rome, Italy.

Helmut Seibert


Hurdy-gurdy maker. 
Location:  Germany.

Giuseppe Severini


Maker of citoles, vihuelas, and a variety of Medieval stringed instruments. 
Location:  Italy.

Silvershell Musical Instruments


Maker of harps, lyres, lutes, hammered dulcimers, and psalteries. 
Location:  Pennsylvania.

René Slotboom


Maker of violas da gamba, violas d'amore, and Baroque cellos, violones, and double basses. 
Location:  Netherlands.

Snyder's Dusty Dulcimers


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Fairmount, North Dakota.

Song of the Wood


Maker of dulcimers, and bowed psalteries. 
Location:  Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Songbird Dulcimers


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Hannibal, Missouri.

Sound Creations


Maker of bowed and plucked psalteries, hardwood flutes, and other instruments. 
Location:  Bisbee, Arizona.

Lee Spears


Maker of hammered dulcimers. 
Location:  Salisbury, North Carolina.

George Stevens


Maker of lutes, guitars, citterns, gitterns, and gothic harps. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Stoney End Harps


Harp maker. 
Location:  Red Wing, Minnesota.

Bartolomé Straatemeier


Maker of violins and violas. 
Location:  Netherlands.

Super-Sensitive Strings


Maker of strings for bowed instruments. 
Location:  Sarasota, Florida.

Matthew Szostak


Hurdy-gurdy maker. 
Location:  Camden, Maine.

Marco Ternovec


Maker and restorer of violas da gamba, Medieval fiddles, violone, lirone, lira da braccio, violas da braccio, psalteries, and Baroque cellos, also early bows. 
Location:  Belgium.

Rick Thumb Dulcimers


Hammered dulcimer maker. 
Location:  Eureka, Missouri.

Thurau Harps


Maker, restorer, and repairer of early, Renaissance, and Baroque harps. 
Location:  Wiesbaden, Germany.

Clive Titmuss


Maker of lutes, mandoras, vihuelas, and guitars. 
Location:  Kewlona, British Columbia, Canada.

Grant Tomlinson


Maker of lutes, archlutes, and theorbos. 
Location:  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Troubador UK


Maker of cittern family instruments. 
Location:  United Kingdom.

Tuck-A-See Strings


Maker of hammered dulcimers and bowed psalteries. 
Location:  Thonotosassa, Florida.

Unicorn Strings


Maker of bowed psalteries. 
Location:  Florida.

Unprofitable Instruments


Maker of rebecs, citoles, tromba marina, Medieval fiddles, and (coming soon) vielles.

violworks


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, lirones, barytons, violas d'amore, and Baroque violins, also bows. 
Location:  Germany.

Basil de Visser


Maker of Baroque and classical bows. 
Location:  Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Oliver Wadsworth


Maker of lute and early guitar family instruments, including vihuelas. 
Location:  Worcester, England.

Matthias Wagner


Maker of lutes, archlutes, chitarrone, vihuelas, citterns, orpharions, Renaissance and Baroque mandolins and guitars, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Germany.

Harry Wass


Maker of hurdy-gurdies, citoles, vielles, hammered dulcimers, and other medieval and renaissance stringed instruments. 
Location:  Australia.

Ian Watchorn


Maker and repairer of lutes, theorbos, viols, violones, violins, violas, violas d'amore, cellos, barytons, guitars, mandolins, and more. 
Location:  Australia.

Webster String Instruments


Maker of harps and hammered dulcimers. 
Location:  Warren, Michigan.

Wolfgang Weichselbaumer


Hurdy gurdy maker. 
Location:  Vienna, Austria.

Wood 'N Strings Master Works


Maker of hammered dulcimers and bowed psalteries. 
Location:  Bennington, Oklahoma.

David T. van Zandt


Maker of Baroque (and modern) violins, violas, and cellos. 
Location:  Seattle, Washington.

Zuchowicz String Instruments


Maker of violins, violas, cellos, violas d'amore, violas da gamba, violones, and lirone. 
Location:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.