Awards

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2018, November: We are proud to tell you that we have received a "Silver Medal for Tone" from the renowned "Violin Society of America" for one of our Quartets.

Silver Medal for Tone.

We are truly honored to have received a Silver Medal for Tone from the prestigious Violin Society of America. The "23rd International Competition and Exhibition" in Cleveland, Ohio from 4th to 9th of November has been inspirational and rewarding: we proudly travelled back to Lübeck with a silver medal for the excellent tone of one of our quartets.

One of our most important goals is to encourage you to perform music with instruments that will be inspiring for years to come: be it aesthetically, technically or tonally.

We aim to balance a profound understanding for the sound of an instrument with the personal needs and professional requirements of the musicians, while also following our ambition to manufacture instruments of the highest standards.

The key to truly excellent sounding instruments is the quality of timber a luthier's workshop can build upon, which is why we carefully and personally select every piece of wood we consider using for manufacturing our instruments. New instruments are regularly built with Spruce from the Dolomites in Italy as well as with Bosnian Maple. Our instruments are finished exclusively with oil and resin-based varnishes we have mixed from our own recipes.

Instruments leaving our workshop are unique examples of an elaborate process, handcrafted with a personal signature.

Most contemporary violin makers and musicians agree that the instruments of the Italian masters, and in particular the work of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù and Antonio Stradivari, represent historical instruments of the most outstanding quality. In our opinion this is precisely where the aspiration of any modern maker of string instruments ought to originate from, in an attempt to connect historical knowledge and competence with the requirements and opportunities of the present.

This is why we are constantly studying the historical instruments of our predecessors, in all their details and many facets. Learning from these almost inexhaustible resources we try to create new instruments, unique in terms of sound and aesthetics and, of course, in the best tradition of craftsmanship.

We'd love to invite you to meet us in our studio!

Julia Jostes

Geboren 1983, groß geworden im Frankfurter Raum und Ellwangen an der Jagst. Entdeckung des Geigenbaus durch das Erlernen des Cellospiels und ein Praktikum beim Geigenbauer Peter Pots, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Niederlande. Ausbildung zur Geigenbauerin an der Staatlichen Musikinstrumentenbauschule Mittenwald, Gesellenprüfung 2005. Praktikum bei Markus Klimke, Angers. 2006 Anstellung bei Franz Übelhör in Linz, Österreich, beschäftigt mit Restaurierung und Neubau von Streichinstrumenten. 2008 Umzug nach Hamburg und langjährige, prägende Mitarbeit in der Geigenbauwerkstatt Anneke Degen. Seit 2016 gemeinsam mit Simon Eberl selbstständig in Lübeck.

Simon Eberl

Geboren 1981, aufgewachsen im Frankfurter Raum und Lengerich am Teutoburger Wald. Mit 5 Jahren der erste Geigenunterricht und über diverse Praktika bei Yvon Calvez in Münster die Leidenschaft für den Geigenbau gefunden. Ausbildung zum Geigenbauer an der Staatlichen Musikinstrumentenbauschule Mittenwald, Gesellenprüfung 2007. Anschließend Reise in die USA mit Besuchen in den Werkstätten von Christoph Landon, Stefan Bauni, David Segal, Robert Cauer und Francis Kuttner. Anstellung bei Schellong & Osann in Hamburg mit den Schwerpunkten Restaurierung von Bögen und Streichinstrumenten. Ab 2010 angestellt als Assistent bei Ragnar Hayn in Berlin mit einer intensiven Vertiefung in den Neubau. Seit 2016 gemeinsam mit Julia Jostes selbstständig in Lübeck. 2017 Teilnahme am renommierten Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop in Ohio, USA.