The workshops biography |
In 1738 Mr. Hans Adam Kretzschmann received the Master Certificate of
violin making trade.
This old family tradition was resurrected, when I learned the
profession of a violin maker in my native area Vogtland. After successfully completing my
Master Certificate I was able to gather considerable and diverse experience with leading
violin makers in Erfurt, Berlin, Stade and Basel. In 1994 I opened my own workshop. Since
that time I have made my own violins, preferably as copies of historic originals. I do not
only work on the pattern of famous Italian masterpieces like violins from Stradivari or
Guarneri but also on less renowned names and violins or violas from different origins. All
these instruments are exclusively unique.

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Most of all I like to have contacts to the customer from the
early beginning of the work. Working with practising musicians - from the initial joint
idea to the first trial playing in my workshop - I produce instruments whose sound and
appearance are based on the design, wood choice and varnishing according to the future
players expectations. |
Because I am
especially interested in old, traditional music I try to make historic bass-viols and
other historic stringed instruments. In this part the co-operation between the musician
and the violin maker is most important, because there are less standards and so it is
possible to design the instruments much more individually. |
Another part of my daily work is the repair and restoration
of instruments.
Taking part in some competitions I got some prizes among them the prize of the Henryk -
Wieniawski - competition in Poznan in 1991 and a special award by the jury of the violin
making competition "Jacobus Stainer" in 1990.
Musicians and visitors are welcome to my violin workshop at any
time. |
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