About me :

I was born in Duisburg in 1954. My family moved to Hamburg, when my father was appointed concertmaster at the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Between the age of nine and eighteen I learned to play the violin with the intention of becoming a professional musician. The early enthusiasm for working with wood and a visit to Mittenwald, South Germany, changed my mind and I decided to become a luthier.

 

In 1973, my training in the vocational school for violin Mittenwald began. After 3 1/2 years of intensive training and successful finish with the final apprenticeship exam,
I began to work with Helmut Müller in Leonberg. Due to his very long experience in various world-renowned workshops, I learned all the repair techniques of Hans Weisshaar and refined my skills in new instrument building.

Working with the master violin maker Hans Schicker, I gained a lot of experience in the assessment of antique instruments, performed repairs of high quality instruments and learned to deal with the customers.

The third work was at Serge Stam at Utrecht where I learned working various methods of repairs and bow re-hairing.
In 1981 I completed the master exam in Stuttgart with the highest marks.

In 1985 I opened my own workshop, with a retail store, in Hamburg.
There I worked for many professional musicians and also for many members of the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Through my playing the violin, I got the ability to satisfy the very highest demands of professional musicians. It also helped me to become a specialist in sonic improvements.

After a short working in Argentina as head of the workshop "I Violini" in Buenos Aires I moved to Sweden to master the intensive construction of new violins, violas and cellos. In 2010 I finally choose to live, and work, in Helsingborg, Sweden.
In 2013 I moved with my workshop to my home in Mörarp near Helsingborg.
Skräddaregatan 6.