For additional information about viols (aka violas da gamba), visit the Viol section of the Early String Instruments page.

Ander Arroitajauregi Aranburu


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, vihuelas, lutes, and other early fretted instruments. 
Location:  the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

Merion David Attwood


Maker of viols, members of the violin family, and early bows
Location:  near London, England.

Baroqueviolins.com


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

Vincenzo Cipriani


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

Bert Dekker


Viola da gamba, violone, and (available soon) lirone maker. 
Location:  Vries, The Netherlands.

Karl M. Dennis


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

Hubert Dufour


Maker of viols and vielles
Location:  France.

Warren Ellison


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

Luciano Faria


Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorbos, vihuelas, mandolinos, viols, and other early string instruments. 
Location:  Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Renate Fink


Viola da gamba maker. 
Location:  the United Kingdom.

Sergio Gistri


Specialist in making viols and other Baroque bowed instruments such as the violone
Location:  Italy.

Golden Musical Instrument


Maker and restorer of violins, violas, cellos, violas da gamba, and recorders
Location:  Luoyang, China.

Horst Grünert


Maker of violas da gamba, violones, cellos, and double basses
Location:  near Munich, Germany.

Gabriela Guadalajara


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

Heiligenbergmusik


Maker, repairer, and restorer of violas da gamba, vielles, vihuelas, citoles, psalteries, violins, and other stringed instruments. 
Location:  Heiligenberg, Germany.

Peter Hütmannsberger


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

Timothy G. Johnson


Maker and restorer of violins, violas, violoncellos, and viols.  Also designs and builds high quality Medieval and Renaissance instruments (bowed strings, plucked strings, harps) by commission. 
Location:  Hewitt, Texas.

Richard Jones


Maker of Renaissance viols
Location:  Scotland.

Judith Kraft


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

Gesina Liedmeier


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

Thomas Mace


Maker and restorer of Baroque violins, viols, violoncellos, and violas da gamba
Location:  Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Edward Maday


Maker of violins, viols, and double basses
Location:  Woodmere, New York.

Owen Morse-Brown


Maker of vielles and violas da gamba
Location:  the United Kingdom.

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.

Charlie Ogle


Viola da gamba maker. 
Location:  Oregon.

Pringle Viols


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

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 other stringed instruments.
Location:  Portland, Maine.

Marco Salerno


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

René Slotboom


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

Marco Ternovec


Maker and restorer of violas da gamba, Medieval fiddles, violone, lirone, lira da braccio, violas da braccio, and Baroque stringed instruments. 
Location:  Belgium.

violworks


Maker of violas da gamba, violone, lirone, and violas d'amore
Location:  Germany.

Ian Watchorn


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

Zuchowicz String Instruments


Maker of a variety of modern and historical bowed stringed instruments, including all members of the violin family, violas da gamba and violones
Location:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Musica Sacra et Profana


Publisher of performance editions of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music for recorder, other early wind instruments, and viols. 
Location:  Oakland, California.

Antique Sound Workshop


Maker and distributor of historical woodwind, brass, string, keyboard, and percussion instruments. 
Location:  Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Boulder Early Music Shop


Specializing in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, carries a full line of sheet music, books, and scores, instruments, kits, and strings, and gifts & accessories. 
Location:  Erie, Colorado.

Dolmetsch Online


Maker of recorders, harpsichords, viols, etc. 
Location:  Haslemere, England.

Early Music Shop


The largest single source of early musical instruments world-wide.  Also does recorder repair. 
Location:  London, England.

Bill Lazar


Seller of recorders, crumhorns, gemshorns, viols, vielles, rebecs, baroque violins, and other early instruments, also accessories. 
Location:  Mountain View, California.

Renaissance Workshop Company


The world's largest specialist manufacturer of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque musical instruments.  Also produces instruments in kit form. 
Location:  Bradford, United Kingdom.

von Huene Workshop


Makes recorders and early flutes, and sells and repairs historical woodwinds and viols.  The Early Music Shop of New England is a retail store and mail-order division of the von Huene Workshop that sells music, accessories and instruments by all makers of historical woodwinds, strings and keyboards. 
Location:  Brookline, Massachusetts.

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