Violins

The James

This violin, “The James,” is my ninth violin created for Jim Hahn of Washington DC in 1977. It possesses a brilliant tone and a strong g string. This instrument was one of the first to exhibit the kind of sound I now strive for in all my instruments.

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Read An American Master Violinmaker at Work, an article from Forbes Magazine about Anne.

Read The Art of Violin Making—A modern luthier crafts her own tradition, an article from Strings Magazine about Anne.

“No modern maker, in my opinion, embodies the essence of the old masters, the vision, the creativity, the instinctive tonal mastery, better than Anne Cole.”

--Joel Becktell