Portrait of luthier Dennis Braun in his atelierIndependent Lutherie · Since 2016

The atelier of Dennis Braun.

Violins, violas and cellos — built, restored and voiced by hand in a single, independent workshop.

Handcrafted violin scroll, Dennis Braun atelier
In the workshop
75%

Cello “Antonia”, 2026

Final setup and tonal adjustment. Modelled after the Stauffer 1700 Ex-Cristiani.

The Collection — № 01

Available instruments.

A curated, ever-rotating selection of violins, violas and cellos — each one selected, set up and voiced personally in the atelier.

The Atelier

A workshop run by a single pair of hands.

Dennis Braun builds, restores and sets up violins, violas and cellos in a small, independent atelier. Each instrument is selected, voiced and finished personally — from rough-cut spruce and maple to the final coat of varnish.

10
Years at the bench
10+

A decade of carving, fitting and voicing — every instrument personally signed.

Hours per build
~200
Commission wait
8 mo.
Inside the workshop
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