Subject: revised luthier FAQ
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 11:16:49 EST

Last Update: March 13 2016 believe it or not

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  Below follows a list of instrument makers involved in 
reproductions of historical plucked-string instruments (Renaissance 
& Baroque lutes, vihuelas, baroque guitars, etc.).  Those 
interested in purchasing an instrument can contact the luthiers 
directly and ask questions about matters such as the types of 
instruments they make, price lists, current availability, length of 
their waiting list, whether one can actually examine an instrument 
they've made, whether they know of used instruments for sale, etc. 
  This list was compiled from information provided by subscribers to 
[email-masked].  Names listed alphabetically within 
geographic regions. If the information below is sketchy, that's 
because that's what was received! No evaluation or guarantee of 
quality is implied.  Please send corrections or additions either to 
[email-masked] or the current keeper of the luthier FAQ : 
[email-masked]

   **North American luthiers:

Richard Berg,  8 Broadway Ave., Ottawa, Canada K1S 2V6  (613) 233-6063
David Brown,  3811 Ellerslie Ave., Baltimore MD 21218-1952
           [email-masked]  410-366-4865
Larry Brown,  18 Ellenwood Drive, Asheville, NC 28804  828 254-5828
			[email-masked]  lkbrownviolins.com
Chad Neal, 377 East Kelso rd. Columbus, Ohio 43202   614 353 3064
		[email-masked]
Lyn Elder,  Bristol VT  802 453-3625
	[email-masked] 
Richard Fletcher,  RD 1, Box 83, Roaring Branch PA 17765  570-324-6447
Edward Greenhood, Baltimore MD, phone:  410-254-3151 e-mail:  [email-masked]
Dan Hachez,  Peacock Lane, Tijeras, N.M., 87059 (505) 281-1740
Daniel Larson,  26 N. 28th Ave E., Duluth, MN  55812 (218-724-8011)
           email:  [email-masked]
James North,219 Beaver St. Brighton Mi.48116.Ph#1-810-220-1088
	e-mail,[email-masked]  www.ismi.net/upnorth
Ray Nurse,  2716 East 1st Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia
      V5M 1A7 CANADA, 604-255-1874 (older #: 604-980-3980)

Andrei Perkhounkov,  2028 Waterfront Dr., Iowa City, IA 52240 USA
         [e-mail: [email-masked]]
John Rollins,  1249 St. Paul Street,  Bellingham, WA 98226 (360)734-5032
		[email-masked]
Edward Rusnak, 1475 rue Rachel, Montreal, Quebec (Canada) H2J 2K3
			Tel: 514-524-8251
Andy Rutherford,  136 Waverly Pl., #14E, NY NY 10014
		workshop: 1261 Broadway, Suite 605 NY, NY 10001
Michael Schreiner 
	address now seems to be 602 Palmerston Avenue Toronto ON M6G 2P9
	Tel: 416-531-9548
    http://www.schreinerlutes.com   [email-masked]
Andres Sender, 2216 El Canto Circle, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 361-7590
Ervin Somogyi, 1340-A Peralta Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702 (510)524-2227
Walter Stanul,  Malden, MA  (617) 321-5084
Alan Arthur Suits, 43 Coyote Mtn Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505-8179 (505)-983-4324
	[email-masked]
Clive Titmuss,  1338 Gregory Road, Kelowna,
	British Columbia, Canada  V1Z3P2 
	phone 250 769 2884
	www.clivetitmuss.com
Grant Tomlinson,  8696 Barnard Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6P 5G5
         (604) 261-0230 www.tomlinsonlutes.com
Joel Van Lennep,  9 Blakeville Rd., Rindge NH 03461  603-899-5036
Jonathan Waldo,  P.O. Box 293, Bellows Falls, VT. 05101,  (802) 463-0745
Mel Wong, 4324 25th Street, San Francisco CA 94116, USA,
         415-971-8649 [email-masked]  http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/contact/
Jason Petty, (604) 266-3437 (voicemail),(604) 682 1933 (workshop)
	e-mail: [email-masked]
		4109 Yuculta Cres, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 4A9, Canada
		Tel (604) 687 0232 (home)
Rick Rubin  does repairs!
	1421 W. 16th Ave.
	Spokane, WA 99203
	509-624-9354
	email: [email-masked]

A Canadian contributor to [email-masked] submitted the following:
  >  From _Opus the making of musical instruments in Canada" by Carmelle Begin,
  >  Lute makers:
  >     Richard Berg        Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  >     Colin Everett       Manotick, Ontario, Canada
			613 692 4411       [email-masked]
  >     Edward Turner       Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  >  Baroque guitar makers:
  >      Michael Dunn        Vancouver, British Columbia
  >      David Miller        Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  >      Ray Nurse           Vancouver, British Columbia
  >
  > The book does not give more specific addresses. Neither does William
  > Laskin's book _The world of musical instrument makers: a guided tour_
  > which shows a lute by Michael Schreiner (Toronto, Ontario?) and Bruce
  > Duncan (Tornot, Ontario?)

   **UK-based makers:

Stephen Barber, 11a Peacock Yard, London SE17 3LH, UK, +44-71-703 9978
  Sandi Harris, 11a Peacock Yard, London SE17 3LH, UK, +44-71-703 9978
         http://www.LutesAndGuitars.co.uk  [email-masked]
Brian Cohen, `Rose Denne', Pease Lake Lane, Pease Lake, Surrey GU5 9RJ, UK,
         +44-306-730 639, 731 027 (private), 731 354 (workshop)
Alice C. Margerum, Bowand Plucked Medieval Instruments, 1103 Argyle St.
         Glasgow G3 8ND, Scotland (recently concentrating on carved-out
         medieval instruments)
Klaus Toft Jocobsen, 121 Listria Park, London N16 5SP, United Kingdom
         tel (01)809-1926
Stephen Gottlieb, 9 Collingwood Avenue, London N10 3EH, tel: +44 181 444 5367
		fax: 0181 372 6392, email: [email-masked]
Martin Haycock, www.martinhaycock.co.uk
Michael Lowe, The Hermitage, Wooton-by-Woodstock, Oxford, United Kingdom
Tom Neitzert, Bridgewood and Neitzert, 
	146 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UH
	Tel 020 7249 9398, fax 020 7275 9330
Malcolm Prior, 11 Devonshire Mews, London, W4 2HA. UK.
	email lutes @malcolmprior.com
	http://www.malcolmprior.co.uk
Dallas Sutherland, Wasps Studios, 2 West Park Place, Edinburgh EH11 2DJ
                Scotland, UK Tel: +44 383 860 178
Paul Thomson, 1 Dundridge Gardens, St George, Bristol BS5 8SZ, UK,
         +44-272-670 779
Arthur Robb, 79 Gloucester Road, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 OAJ, UK
		Telephone   +44-1666-822 945
		E-mail      [email-masked]
		www.art-robb.co.uk
David Van Edwards,
The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4HB England
Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
Email: [email-masked] or phone: + 44 (0)1603 629899

George Stevens 11 Ness Road , Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9DR England
	Tel -- (+44) 01797 320 152 email -- [email-masked]
	www.btinternet.com/~george.stevens

   **Addresses of makers in Germany:

Frank-Peter Dietrich, Eubabrunner Strasse 50, D-08265
         Erlbach/Vogtland, Germany, +49-37422-6141
Armin & Mario Gropp , Gunzener Strasse 14/16 , 08258 Breitenfeld bei
         Markneukirchen  Phone: 1-49-37422-2535
Hendrik Hasenfuss, Siegstrasse 25, 53783 EITORF/SIEG, GERMANY
	Tel   49 (0) 22 43-82 690     Fax: 49 (0) 22 43-84 13 90

Klaus R"oder, Schwalbacher Str. 16, 65329 Hohenstein-Breithardt, Germany

Renatus Lechner, Bergstr. 8, 53578 Windhagen, Germany,   Tel. 02683-42999
G"unther Mark, Elsa 47, D-96476 Rodach, Germany

Matthias Wagner, Ruschstrasse 5, D-79235 Vogtsberg-Oberrotweil, Germany
	Tel. (0049)-7662/94346 Fax. (0049)-07662/94347  
	[email-masked] (distributes Savarev and Aquila Strings)

Andreas von Holst   http://www.lautenvonholst.de/index.html
	Untere Weidenstrasse 2
	D-81543 Muenchen
	Germany

Ivo Magherini
	Ellener Dorfstr. 9, D-29325 Bremen. Germany
	phone: (0049) (0)421 4097597.     floxflorum.com 

Wolfgang Emmerich 
	http://www.zupfinstrumente-emmerich.de/German/index.htm

Martin Hurttig
	www.lautenbau-leipzig.de
	Gießerstr. 75, D-04229 Leipzig
	postadr.: Blümnerstr. 13, D-04229 Leipzig
	tel.: +174 13 89 507

   **In the Netherlands:

Geert Bos, Scharlakendoorn 22, 3068 MJ Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
         31-10-420 0825
Gerhard Bos, Bremstraat 46, 8471 VJ Wolvega, the Netherlands, 31-5610-17939
	[email-masked]	 31 (0)561 617939
Wout Bosma and Lucienne van der Lans, Groenmarkt 99, 3311 BD Dordrecht, the
       Netherlands 31-78-130 539 (workshop), Vleeshouwerstraat 42, 3311 CS
       Dordrecht, the Netherlands (shop), +31-78-313 390
Bert Claudius
	Burg. Pijlsstraat 29b
	6224 VB Maastricht, The Netherlands
	Phone # 011-31-43-3638217 
Carel Huiskamp, Pinkenbergseweg 32, 6881 BE Velp, the Netherlands,
       +31-85-616 493
Sebastian Nunez
	Vlijtstraat 6-A, 3513 SV Utrecht, Netherlands
	Tel/Fax: +31 30 2447736/ 2316149
	[email-masked]
	http://home.hetnet.nl/~sebas-vero/index.html
Nico B van der Waals, 
	Monterone 6
	Centro Storico
	Commune di sestino
	52038 Sestino (AR)
	Italia
	0039-0575-772219
Anton Wiegers, Korn 19, 4271 BM Dussen, the Netherlands, +31-4169-1420
Martin de Witte, Winkelmanstraat 1, 4381 TH Vlissingen, the Netherlands,
       +31-1184-14088

   **In Sweden
Lars Jonnsson,  Jakstigen 17 , S-13054 Dalaro ,  Sweden

   **In France

Wolfgang Fruh,  4, ave. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris
            FRANCE (33) 01 42-52-65-82

Stephen Murphy,  La Vouronnade,  26170 Mollans sur Ouveze
            FRANCE (33) 04 75 28 70 86

Thomas Norwood, 89 rue Charonne, 75011 Paris, FRANCE
            (33) 01 43-79-95-41

Carlos Gonzales-Marcos, 48 rue Bargue, F-75015 Paris, FRANCE 
	(33) 01 45 66 41 87     [email-masked]

   **Italy

Anna Radice, Via Pastrengo, 13, 20159 Milano, Italy
Marcello Armand-Pilon, Via Buoso da Dovara 48, I-26100 Cremona , ITALIA
	Tel./Fax  +39-372-452235, http://www.armandpilon.com  [email-masked]
Giuseppe Tumiati
    Viale Toscana, 15/A
    I-20136 Milano (Italy)
    cell: +39 +335 6160546
    fax: +39 0258322357    (between 05.30am and 10.00pm GMT)
    www.defcon1.com/g-tumiati/
    [email-masked]

   ** Spain

Jose Angel Espejo, C/SAN ANSELMO, 1, 28018 MADRID-SPAIN
   TEL-FAX: +34.91.380.07.62, E-MAIL: [email-masked] 
   HTTP://www.ars-antiqva.com

JAUME  BOSSER,  Cal Cinto de la Creu, E - 08787 ORPÍ  SPAIN
   tel. 00 - 34 - 93 - 7446135

Francisco Hervás ,  Paseo de las Palmas  19 ,  E-18008 Granada- ESPAÑA
   Tel: 34 958 226752, Fax: 34 958 133356, E_MAIL: [email-masked]

   **Other European:

Lars Tørressen, Skivebakken 33a, 5018 Bergen, Norway
	Tlf 00 47 55 31 48 18

Gyorgy Lorincz, Str Ramulele nr 33 ap 15, 4300 Tirgumures, Romania
Tihamer Romanek,  Velence, Tulipan u. 2., H-2481, HUNGARY.
	E-mail (c/o Gabor Domjan): [email-masked]
Adriaan Vernaillen, Gustave Fursstraat 33, B-1030 Brussel, Belgium,
       +32-2-736 0577
Jiri Cepelak, Hruskova 75 ch, Statenice, Horomerice, 252 62, Czech republic

   **Australian luthiers:

Peter Biffin,  Armidale
Arnold Black,  22 Harrow Place, Taroona  7053, Tasmania, Australia,
    ph ( 03 ) 6227 8355, e-mail [email-masked]
John Dale,  Melbourne
Ben Hall,  Sydney  ("these days he makes cellos")
Dan Kellaway,  Guitar Factory in Gladesville, (02) 817-2173
John Lucas,  24 George St, Paddington, NSW 2021  Ph: (02) 328 1117
Graeme McDonald,  51 Dwyer St, Cook,  ACT ???? (06) 249 7722
Charles Moller,  3 Horton Street, Marrickville 2004 NSW 2204
   Phone +61 2 9564 0001 email  [email-masked]
   http://www.websamba.com/lutedirectory/charlesmoller/

Bryan Poynton, Lorne
Ian Watchorn,  12 Miller Grove Kew, 3101  tel (03) 853 1401.

   **Japnese luthiers:

Junji Nishimura, Tategaoka Danchi 3-2-302, 1097 Yakata-chou, 1097 Tate-machi
Hero Watanabe, 22-4, 5Chome, Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153 Japan
           Phone: 011(8133)760-3171  Fax: 011(8133)714-3839

Takao Inoue 
7-10, Jindai-ji 3-chome
Mitaka-shi, TOKYO
181-0016 JAPAN
FAX:00-81-422-31-9437

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Casemakers:

       Harptone
       1013 Broadway
       Brooklyn, NY  11221
       USA
       phone from within USA: (800) 535-5563
NOTE- I have a report that Harptone is now at Neptune, NJ.
		732-922-9133

    Kingham Case Co.
	15 Glenton Way, Rise Park, Romford, Essex, RM1 4AG, England
	www.KinghamMTM.com   Tel. +44(0)1708 751160   Fax. +44(0)1708 751170
	[email-masked]
     also..
	The Pond House, Stock Road, Galleywood, Essex, CM2 8JR, England
	Telephone. +44 (0)1245 494740    Fax. +44(0)1245 494047

    Stephen Tyler, aka Casemaker
	3139 North Franklin St
	Christiansburg, VA 24073
	540-381-1598

    di Chiaramoni R., R. &C
    Contrada Marignano
    62018 POTENZA PICENA (MC)
    ITALY
    Phone: 39-0733-676458
    Fax: 39-0733-870226

    Fabio Zontini
    Via Grazia Deledda, 4
    I-20068 Peschiera Borromeo (MI - Italy)
    cell: +39 +347 4146893
    www.defcon1.com/zontini/
    [email-masked]
    Guitars between '800 and 2.000 and cases for no-standard instruments

    Mikio Okano (Lute Case Maker)
    Ooizumi 1-49-8
    Nerima Minami, Tokyo
    Japan
    Phone (Tokyo) 3-3-978-4960
    Builds lute cases in 3-4 weeks.  Plastic covered ones are about
    30,000 yen, leather  covered ones are about 10,000 yen more.