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Visit the Heyligers Violin House

  MEET MR. HEYLIGERS AND STAFF
 
  

   

   

   

The Heyligers Violin House is situated on Via Bissolati, within walking distance of Cremona's historic town center. Set in the quiet inside-courtyard of a building which dates back to the 1800s, it provides the proper atmosphere for both violin making and violin playing. A separate audition room, completely separated from the workshop, allows the player to try instruments out in a relaxed and acoustically favorable atmosphere. Mathijs Adriaan Heyligers, himself a musician, is well aware how important this is for the right choice of an important instrument.

 

Spring flower colors inspire the work of Heyligers' Atelier

 

The 'Heyligers Violin House' is established in via Larga #8
close to the ancient center of Cremona.

click here to view a map of Cremona dated 1704

click here to view a contemporary map of Cremona

The inside courtyard has a quiet garden which is conducive to both concentration and relaxation.  

The inside courtyard has a quiet garden which is conducive to both concentration and relaxation.

Scenes from the workshop...    Scenes from the workshop...    Scenes from the workshop...
Scenes from the workshop...

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Heyligers' assistants at work: restoration of antique varnish and preparation of the outline on a new violin.

Private wood supply, fruit of years of careful selection.       
New instrument making is made in the classic Cremona tradition, with special emphasis placed on sound quality and ease of playing. All woods used, on both Heyligers Cremona and the superior Heyligers Master instruments, are seasoned at least 20 years and come from Mr. Heyligers private wood stock collection.

Private wood supply, fruit of years of careful selection.
The Heyligers Violin House is also quite active in instrument restoration. Clients from all over Italy come to have their instruments restored and sound-adjusted.
Adriana Gallo

Precise sound-adjustment is a renowned Heyligers specialty, on his new instruments as well as antique ones.
Andrea Mosconi, curator of the Cremona Collection of Instruments          The Musica Insieme Chamber Group in performance with all-Heyligers instruments          A dedicated thank-you by Shlomo Mintz

Andrea Mosconi, curator of the Cremona Collection of Instruments, playing a Heyligers copy of the 1715 Stradivari "Cremonese" (left), the Musica Insieme Chamber Group in performance with all-Heyligers instruments (center) and a dedicated thank-you by Shlomo Mintz (right).

  
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