My Space: Marcus Kimke
A peak into the workshop of the maker based in Angers, France I’ve been based in this area of central France, in the Loire Valley, almost since I started work as a luthier. I graduated from the Mittenwald School in 1992 and around four years later began working as an assistant luthier for Patrick Robin and Andrea Frandsen, who live a few miles south of Angers. After six years I opened my own shop, and since then I’ve seen perhaps a dozen more luthiers set up their businesses in and around the city. It’s become quite a violin making hub, just within the past decade, and many of us get to...
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