For additional information about violones, visit the Violone 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.

Bert Dekker


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

René Garmy


Maker and restorer of violins, violas, cellos, violones, and double basses
Location:  France.

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.

Peter Hütmannsberger


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

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.

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.

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.

Early Music Shop


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

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.

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