Welcome to the bowed string instruments section of Handmadesound.com. Here, you will not find mere products, but the result of a perfect equation combining acoustic physics, botanical selection, and historical craftsmanship.

To truly grasp the value of a handcrafted violin, viola, cello, or double bass, one must look beyond aesthetics and understand the underlying ‘machine.’ As Simone Fernando Sacconi teaches us in his masterpiece The ‘Secrets’ of Stradivari, a bowed string instrument is a living organism where every thickness, every curve, and every layer of varnish serves a precise mechanical function.