I apologise if I am not really on the right forum, I am not actively involved as a musician, but am trying to find out about a particular violin maker, can anyone kindly re-direct me to a more biographical site,
You could look through our archive of articles about lutherie at AllThingsStrings.com/lutherie. Or you could check out Cozio.com, a website which claims to be the most comprehensive source for identification and pricing information about old stringed instruments.
You might check in Michigan
Blue Lake Music Camp has an instructor there has a son is a luthier and was trained in Cremona Italy. I am sure he would know.
Timothy J. Jansma
Jansma Violin Shop
3060 Ramshorn Drive
Fremont, MI 49412 USA
E-Mail jansma@ncats.net www.jansma.com
Hope this helps
FYI
He has worldwide clientele and once Tokyo's preeminent cellist Ko Iwasaki laid down his 1727 Stradivarius in preference to his Jansma. GeorgeEpperson, international soloist and recording artistalso prefers his Jansma to his significant 18th century Italian Tecchier
We recently returned from a great trip to Italy. We traveled from Rome to Orvieto to Castiglion Fiorentino (Cotona) to Florence to San Gimignano to Cinque Terre to Venice.
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