Who makes Octet Violins?
The following luthiers have either studied with Carleen Hutchins, use her methods or both—and have made octet violins. Each and every luthier listed below is professionally trained and willing to make octet violins of various sizes:
Alan Carruth:
Location: Newport, New Hampshire, USA
Website: www.alcarruthluthier.com
Email: alcarruth@aol.com
PHONE: 603-863-7064
Anne Cole:
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Website: www.annecoleviolinmaker.com
Email: anne@annecoleviolinmaker.com
PHONE: 505-294-3709
Andrea Ortona:
Location: Oxford, UK
Website: www.ortonaviolins.com
Email: andrea@ortonaviolins.com
PHONE: 44 (0) 789-4077-322
Joris Wouters:
Location: Westerlo, BELGIUM
Website: www.violin.be
Email: joris@violin.be
PHONE: 32 (0) 14 54 01 08
Pio Montanari:
Location: Genova, ITALY
Website: www.montanariviolins.com
Email: info@montanariviolins.com
PHONE: 39-010-247-2937
Robert J. Spear:
Location: Ithaca, NY, USA
Website: www.singingswoodsviolin.com
Email: rjspear@zoom-dsl.com
PHONE: Please use email.
Thomas Knatt:
Location: Groton, MA, USA
Website: www.luthier.thomasknatt.com
Email: thomasknatt@yahoo.com
luthiers@alum.mit.edu
PHONE: 978-448-9663