Stefan During - string
instruments
As a 5-year old I received my first violin; at 61
I am still playing away.
At the age off 16 I built my first instrument, enlarging my woodworking afterwards to include furniture and even boats.
These two things are important in my work as an instrument maker; living with classical music,
as a player of violin, bass-viol and cello, and my
life in intimate contact with wood, my chosen
material.
All instruments are fully made from the trees I
buy; only the strings are ready-bought.
When working to order all kind of details can be made to suit the customer;only copies of existing instruments I don’t make.
Because I buy my wood as whole logs I can make many instuments from the same tree. The sound
of these instruments is thus very consistant.
I make following instruments:
Violin-family: violin, baroque violin, viola, baroque viola, violoncello and baroque violoncello
Viol-family: from treble to 7-string bass.
As a 5-year old I received my first violin; at 61
I am still playing away.
At the age off 16 I built my first instrument, enlarging my woodworking afterwards to include furniture and even boats.
These two things are important in my work as an instrument maker; living with classical music,
as a player of violin, bass-viol and cello, and my
life in intimate contact with wood, my chosen
material.
All instruments are fully made from the trees I
buy; only the strings are ready-bought.
When working to order all kind of details can be made to suit the customer;only copies of existing instruments I don’t make.
Because I buy my wood as whole logs I can make many instuments from the same tree. The sound
of these instruments is thus very consistant.
I make following instruments:
Violin-family: violin, baroque violin, viola, baroque viola, violoncello and baroque violoncello
Viol-family: from treble to 7-string bass.
