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The REINER SCHRUMPF violin making workshop
Germany 79241 Ihringen
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“I grew up with my three older sisters and my mother in St. Märgen, in the Upper Black Forest.
I became familiar with wood as a material at a very young age. My mother is a wood sculptor, and as a child, I saw a piece of wood brought back to life. I learned the story of Pinocchio, created from a piece of wood. Pine, when I was little. A piece of wood that becomes a human being.

In my early years, I received piano lessons from an aunt, and later I took violin lessons on my grandfather's violin. I also started playing guitar. But I never wanted to be a musician; it was the instruments themselves that attracted me. Giving life to wood—not as an artist, like my mother—but as a craftsman.




Art and craft can be combined very well, especially in the making of instruments.


Even today, 40 years after my training as a luthier of plucked string instruments, each day has its new charms; whether a new instrument is created or repaired, it never becomes routine.

In 1987, I founded my master craftsmanship workshop in Ihringen, specializing in concert zithers, guitars, and dulcimers. The construction of special instruments such as kantele, raffele, spinet, ukulele, and zither tops was also added.

Constant development and improvement of the tonal properties and playability have been and remain my goal. Artistic design also plays a significant role for me. The engravings on the harp zithers and the rosettes on the dulcimers are entirely handcrafted, making each instrument unique.


To make my instruments I mainly use local woods (plum, cherry, walnut, yew, spruce, maple). For guitars, I also use mahogany, various types of rosewood and ebony - which I have been stockpiling for 30 years.