Stephen Lohmann violin with one-piece back, 2024, Fair Oaks, California, USA | Metzler Violins

resonant, projecting, spirited

About the Instrument
This instrument has a resonant depth, giving it a spirited and supple fullness across registers. This violin, based on a Guarneri family model, has a subtle figure listing to the lower right on its single-piece back. The varnish is a lovely apricot, bringing out the flames along the back and scroll.

Interior label reads: “Stephen Lohmann / Fair Oaks 2024”
Length: 357 mm
Upper Bouts: 165 mm
Middle: 114 mm
Lower Bouts: 202 mm

About the Maker
Stephen Lohmann (1951- ) is a contemporary luthier. Born in Denver, Colorado, Lohmann’s family moved to San Francisco when he was a child. In 1977 his friend (and later, mentor) Francis Kuttner, helped him to enroll in the International School for Violinmaking in Cremona, Italy. After three years, he returned to San Francisco and began to work with Frank Passa in his violin shop. In the years that followed, Lohmann worked under Boyd Poulsen in San Mateo, California and Carl Applebaum in Olympia, Washington. In 1992, Lohmann set up his own independent shop to make and repair violins. His instruments are fashioned in the Italian tradition he first learned decades ago, and he has earned multiple honors at Violin Society of America Competitions. 

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