Dale Hyatt

male
Dale Hyatt began working for Leo Fender in January, 1946, upon returning from World War II. He left Fender Music when Leo sold the business to CBS...
Francesco Bissolotti

Francesco Bissolotti

male, 80 years old
Francesco Bissolotti (b. Soresina, 1929) is an important Cremonese contemporary violin maker. Bissolotti is a follower of Simone Fernando Sacconi....
Simone Fernando Sacconi

Simone Fernando Sacconi

male, 114 years old
Simone Fernando Sacconi (Rome, May 30, 1895 - Point Lookout, June 26, 1973) was an expert Italian violin maker and restorer who studied fellow...
Hermann Hauser Sr.

Hermann Hauser Sr.

male, deceased (1952)
Hermann Hauser Sr. (1882-1952) was one of the greatest classical guitar luthiers of the 20th century.
Dominique Peccatte

Dominique Peccatte

male, deceased (1874)
Dominique Peccatte was an influential French luthier and bow maker. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean Baptiste Vuillaume....

Charles Collin-Mezin Jr.

male
Charles Collin-Mezin, Jr. was a French violin maker, and an Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts. He collaborated with his father Charles Jean B...
Enrico Rocca

Enrico Rocca

male, deceased (1915)
Enrico Rocca (April 21, 1847 - June 9, 1915) was an Italian violin maker of the 19th and the 20th Centuries. Rocca was born in Turin and died in...
Samuel Zygmuntowicz

Samuel Zygmuntowicz

male, 53 years old
Samuel Zygmuntowicz is a contemporary violinmaker. He was already an artist prize winner before beginning his instrument making training when he...
Sesto Rocchi

Sesto Rocchi

male, deceased (1991)
Sesto Rocchi (1909 - 1991) was a violin maker from Reggio Emilia in Italy.
Adolph Rickenbacher

Adolph Rickenbacher

male, deceased (1976)
Adolph Rickenbacher (1886-1976) was the founder of the Rickenbacker guitar company. Born Adolf Rickenbacher in Switzerland and emigrating to the...