Jeffrey Haas, violin, "Strad", Albany, New York, 2025 | Metzler Violins

even, clear, sweet

About the Instrument
This violin has a lovely even tone and depth across registers. Its varnish is a beautiful apricot over a golden ground with a handsome medium curl flame slanting upward from the center joint. Its ribs and scroll are of the same maple and flaming, with purfling along the scroll. This violin is inspired by the “Baron Knoop” Stradivari of 1715, which the luthier has emulated with antiquing.

Interior label reads: "Jeffrey Haas / Albany, New York / Faciebat Anno 2025"
Length: 356 mm
Upper Bouts: 167 mm
Middle: 112 mm
Lower Bouts: 211 mm

About the Maker

Jeffrey Haas is a contemporary luthier born and based in Albany, New York. A former research and design engineer for over three decades, Haas began as an apprentice with the late Geoffrey Ovington and also Michael Darnton. Haas continually participates in the Violin Society of America’s Violinmaking Workshops in Oberlin. Haas makes a particular project of locating the finest aged European tonewood and finishes his instruments with traditional varnish. In addition to crafting instruments, Haas is an active fiddle player in the Siena College Orchestra, the Capital District Megaband, and regional Celtic groups.