Reed Yeboah Fine Violins

SAVE THE DATE!!!

November 2-4, 2024

The Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition is back!

Come celebrate contemporary violin and bow making at this exciting, three-day event featuring instruments and bows made by some of the finest living makers from across the globe.

A list of the 2024 participants is included here on our Exhibition website! Check in for important updates.

We can't wait to see you at the Kosciuszko Foundation in November!

Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition Annual Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition in NYC! Reed Yeboah Fine Violins of New York City is pleased to present the Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition featuring many of the world’s finest violinmakers. This year the Exhibition will take place on Nov 2-4 at 15 E 65th St, NYC. Please email Y...

Would you like to see some of the amazing instruments from the 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition in action?

Then tune in for a live broadcast of our opening night concert on the Violin Channel, and see them in the hands of world class artists including Simone Porter, Blake Pouliot, Colin Brookes, and Zlatomir Fung.

7:30 tonight!!!!

VC LIVE | Opening Night of Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition Tune in on October 20 at 7:30 PM (ET) for the beginning celebrations of this year's exhibition.

What's in the Case? REVEAL!!!

A viola by Julia Jostes and Simon Eberl.

This viola and many other fine contemporary stringed instruments and bows will be on display, and available for sale starting on Saturday, October 21st at 10:30 AM.

Just come to the Kosciuszko Foundation, located at 15 East 65th Street in New York City.

No appointments needed!

We hope to see you there!!!!

What's in the Case?

1. We are a pair of makers who both got our training at the Mittenwald School of Violin Making.

2. One of us serves as a co-organizer of the Brandenburg Violin Making Workshop - bringing violin makers from around the world together to share ideas, inspire each other, and advance the field of violin making.

3. In 2022, we were awarded a Gold Medal for tone for a quartet of instruments at the Violin Making Society of America competition.

Take a guess in the comment section below, and we will reveal the instrument tomorrow.

Then, come check out this instrument and many others at the 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition starting on Saturday, October 21st at 10:30 AM, at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.

No reservations needed. Just come and play!

What's in the Case Reveal:

A violin by Paul Belin! Congratulations to those of you who guessed correctly.

You can see this violin and many others at our upcoming Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition starting this Saturday, October 21, at the Kosciuszko Foundation.

Doors open at 10:30AM and no reservation is needed to attend. Just come in and play!

Stay tuned for our next What's in the Case? Exhibition special edition trivia game. Violists - this next one is for you!!!

What's in the Case?

1. I attended the Newark School of Violin Making (the alma mater of Julie Reed-Yeboah! But we weren't in the same class.)

2. After graduating from Newark, I collaborated with violin maker Stephan von Baehr for seven years!

3. I currently live near Frankfurt, Germany.

Make your best guess in the comments section and tune in tomorrow for the exciting reveal of What's in the Case?

What's in the case - the reveal!

Clues:
1. I completed my studies at the Violin Making School of America.
2. I live and work near Seattle, Washington
3. I've received multiple awards from the Violin Society of America's violin making competition, many specifically for cello.

What's in the Case?

A: A cello by Michael Doran

Come see this cello and many other fabulous instruments at the 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition.

No reservations needed, just come in and play!

With just over a week to go until the 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition, we thought it was time to revive our favorite trivia game: What's in the Case? (Exhibition edition)

Use the clues below to figure out which 2023 Exhibition instrument is hidden in the case. We'll reveal the answer tomorrow!

WHAT'S IN THE CASE?

1. I completed my studies at the Violin Making School of America, and have since returned on occasion to serve as a guest examiner.

2. I live and work near Seattle, Washington.

3. I've received multiple awards from the Violin Society of America's violin making competition, many specifically for cello!

We've added some exciting updates to our Exhibition web page! We look forward to seeing everyone starting on October 21st at the Kosciuszko Foundation! Doors open at 10:30AM!

Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition Annual Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition in NYC! Reed Yeboah Fine Violins of New York City is pleased to present the Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition featuring many of the world’s finest violinmakers. This year the Exhibition will take place on Nov 5-7 at 15 E 65th St, NYC. Please email Y...

The 2023 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers website is up and running!

Don’t forget to check back in regularly for important updates. We will keep adding new information to the website as we get closer to opening day!

We can’t wait to see everyone at the Kosciuszko Foundation from October 21-23. Doors open at 10:30 AM!

Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition Annual Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition in NYC! Reed Yeboah Fine Violins of New York City is pleased to present the Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition featuring many of the world’s finest violinmakers. This year the Exhibition will take place on Nov 5-7 at 15 E 65th St, NYC. Please email Y...

SAVE THE DATE! The Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition is back for our twelfth year in 2023! It's going to be a fantastic event featuring fine stringed instruments and bows by contemporary makers from across the globe. You won't want to miss it!

SAVE THE DATE!!!! We are so excited to announce the 2022 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition. Come to the Kosciuszko Foundation to try violins, violas, cellos, and bows by extraordinary violin and bow makers from across the globe.

We hope to see you there!

Reed Yeboah Fine Violins will be closed from December 23rd until January 3rd. Have a wonderful and safe holiday season, and a very happy new year! We look forward to seeing you at the shop in 2022!

As we prepare to break for Thanksgiving, we decided to have a little fun and spread a little holiday cheer with some official Reed Yeboah Fine Violins hand turkeys.

Be safe and have a wonderful holiday weekend. We look forward to seeing everyone back in the shop on Monday!

Already nostalgic for the excitement and energy of this past weekend and the 10th anniversary Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition.

But just because we've left the Kosciuszko Foundation, doesn't mean the excitement is over! Today, the featured instruments return to Reed Yeboah Fine Violins where they will continue to be available for you to play.

Come visit us at 1776 Broadway, Suite 1701 to see these extraordinary instruments!

Thank you to everyone who joined us this year, to the wonderful guest artists who gave such beautiful performances on the featured instruments, and to all of the participating violin and bow makers who, through their work, provide so many string players with so much joy!

What a blast we had last night working with so many great artists to showcase the instruments of the 10th annual Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition. There is still time to come see this year's extraordinary collection of instruments. We hope to see you there!

KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
15 E 65th Street
NY, NY 10065

Sunday, October 31 and Monday, November 1

10:30AM-6:00PM

We’re here this evening LIVE and in-person at the 10th Anniversary Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition in New York City | Presented by Reed Yeboah Fine Violins and Yi-Ping Yang and hosted daily at The Kosciuszko Foundation between now and Nov 1, tonight’s opening concert celebration of living contemporary string makers features performances by violinists Emma Frucht and Miho Saegusa and cellist Domenic Salerni performing on some of the world’s finest newly-crafted instruments by George Yu, Ada Quaranta, Michael Bourassa, Gabor Draskoczy, Philip Ihle, Joseph Curtin, David Wiebe, Elizabeth LaPorte and David Gusset

!!!TOMORROW!!!

Come join us for the 10th Anniversary Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition.

We can't believe it's almost time!

Stay up to date with the Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition all weekend!

We are looking forward to welcoming our friends at The Violin Channel, and hope to see everyone there.

Just two more days to go!

It's time to reveal the answer to our WHAT'S IN THE CASE - BONUS INSTRUMENT EDITION trivia question!

Do you know the answer to today's What's in the Case trivia question?

WHAT'S IN THE CASE?
REVEAL DAY!

Answer: A violin by Benjamin Ruth

You can try Ben's violin at the 2021 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition.

We can't believe it's just a week away!

WHAT’S IN THE CASE?

Use the following clues to take your best guess at which featured 2021 Exhibition maker has placed their instrument in the case below:

1. This maker is one of only a handful of violin makers to receive the prestigious “Hors Concours” status from Violin Society of America.

2. This maker trained with René Morel at Jacques Français Rare Violins, and worked as top restorer at Reuning & Son Violins.

3. Since 1994, this maker has devoted their skills entirely to making new violins, violas and cellos.

4. When not building exceptional fine stringed instruments, this maker can be found kayaking in Salem, MA with their teenage kids!

We will reveal the answer tomorrow morning. GOOD LUCK!

Today on MEET YOUR MAKER - GEORGE YU

George Yu became a luthier after working nearly a decade as an engineer. He is a graduate of the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City. Upon graduation, he apprenticed with the noted violin maker Ken Meyer in the greater Boston Area. He is based in Louisville, KY.

George was awarded Certificates of Merit for both Tone and Workmanship, for the violin he entered at the 2014 VSA violinmaking competition. Another of his violins was awarded a Certificate of Merit for Tone at the 2012 VSA competition. He has been a regular attendee of one or both of the VSA-Oberlin Violin Making and Violin Acoustics workshops since 2005.

George was guest columnist for the March 2018 issue of The Strad Magazine’s “Trade Secrets”. The Library of Congress published the blog entry “Researcher Stories: The Violins of George Yu” in August 2021.

You can try George's violin at the 2021 Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition. We hope to see you there!

Now it's time to MEET YOUR MAKER - that is, the violin and bow maker participants of the 2021 Exhibition!

We are thrilled to feature a violin by Ulrike Dederer. Ulrike is a highly recognized maker of stringed instruments following the traditional Cremonese style of violin making.

She was also the first female maker to ever be awarded 1st prize and gold medal at the XIII Concorso Triennale delgi strumenti ad arco in Cremona, where she returned to serve as a jury member in 2021.

Come see this beautiful violin at the 10th Anniversary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition!

Good morning! It's time to reveal the answer to yesterday's WHAT'S IN THE CASE?

A: A cello by Luiz Amorim of Amorim Fine Violins Cremona. The cello is a copy of the Domenico Montagnana Sleeping Beauty, 1739.

You can try this cello in-person at the 10th Annual Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition.

Stay tuned for more exciting exhibition news, and don't forget to check the Exhibition's website for a complete list of participating makers at: www.reedyeboahviolins.com.