General Online Violin Resources

• Anatomy of a Violin – Learn the parts of a violin
• Wiki University’s Violin 101
• String ID Lookup – determine the make and type of a string by nut and peg wrap color
• A useful guide to the variety of strings out there

Canadian Suppliers of Making Supplies

These are Canadian online suppliers, please contact the Association for recommendations on these and other suppliers.

• Atlantic Violins
• Lemuel Violins
• Mountain Voice Tonewood

Other Societies, North American

• American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers
• American Musical Instrument Society
• Guild of American Luthiers (mostly guitar)
• Michigan Violin Makers Association
• Southern California Association of Violin Makers
• Southern Violin Association (South East US)
• Violin Makers Association of Arizona International
• Violin Society of America

Other Societies, outside North America

• The Association of Polish Violin Makers
• Australian Violin Makers Association
• Austrian Violin Makers Association
• British Violin Making Association
• Consorzio Liuteria (Cremona)
• Creative Union of Artists (Russia)
• Danish Violinmakers Association (Violinbyggernes Mesterlaug i Danmark)
• Dutch violin and bow makers 
• The Galpin Society (UK)
• German violin maker and bow maker association
• Guild of Swedish Violin Makers
• Groupement Des Luthiers Et Archetiers D’art De France
• Japan String Instrument Makers Association
• International Association of Violin and Bow Makers (Europe)
• Swiss Association of Violin and Bow Makers

Conservation

• IPCI Canada
• IPCI USA 

Miscellaneous

• Visit our entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia