For additional information about viols (aka violas da gamba), visit the Viol section of the Early String Instruments page.
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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.
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.
J.P. Gheerardyn Maker and restorer of violas da gamba, Baroque violins, and other stringed instruments.
Location: Bruges, Belgium.
Sergio Gistri Specialist in making viols and other Baroque bowed instruments such as the violone.
Location: Italy.
Horst Grünert Maker of violas da gamba, violones, cellos, and double basses.
Location: near Munich, Germany.
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.
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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.
J.E. Norlin Maker of violas da gamba and other stringed instruments.
Location: Germany.
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.
Marco Salerno Maker and restorer of viols, lirones, fiddles, rebecs, lutes, gitterns, citoles, harps, and other instruments, also bows.
Location: Rome, Italy.
Linda Shortridge Maker of viols and bows.
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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.
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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: Sunnyvale, 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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