Links

Violin and bow making associations

• Entente Internationale des Maîtres Luthiers et Archetiers (EILA)

  International association of violin and bow makers.

  www.eila.org ↗

• Verband Deutscher Geigenbauer und Bogenmacher e.V. (VDG)

  German association of violin and bow makers.

  www.geigenbauerverband.de ↗

• Verband Österreichischer Geigenbauer

  Austrian association of violin makers.

  www.geigenbauverband.at ↗

• Schweizer Verband der Geigenbauer und Bogenmacher (SVGB)

  Swiss association of violin and bow makers.

  www.geigenbauer.ch ↗

• Le Groupement des Luthiers et Archetiers d’Art de France (GLAAF)

  French association of violin and bow makers.

  www.glaaf.fr ↗

• Association des luthiers et archetiers pour le développement de la facture instrumentale (ALADFI)

  French association of violin and bow makers.

  www.aladfi.com ↗

• The British Violin Making Association (BVMA)

  British violin making association.

  www.bvma.org.uk ↗

• Violin Society of America (VSA)

  American violin making society.

  www.vsaweb.org ↗

• American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers (AFVBM)

  American federation of violin and bow makers.

  www.afvbm.org ↗

Conservation of woods and materials

• Alliance

  Works for the sustainability of plant species needed to make instruments and bows, and partners with the bodies that regulate their use (such as CITES).

  www.alliance-usa.org ↗

• Eben!Holz e.V.

  German organisation protecting endangered species used in instrument making.

  www.eben-holz.org ↗

• International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative (IPCI)

  Organisations for the protection and cultivation of pernambuco.

  www.ipci-usa.org ↗www.ipci-canada.org ↗www.ipci-deutschland.org ↗

More

• Housle.cz

  A Czech website about string instruments (and more).

  www.housle.cz ↗