Korinthian Violins

12/29/2025

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) - Every year, the Festival City Symphony performs a series of holiday concerts that are accessible for people of all ages. The Pajama Jamboree concert allows for kids to come in their

07/15/2025

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Korinthia Klein’s Bay View violin shop is a hub for Milwaukee musicians.

07/09/2025

In the face of unthinkable hardship, Feivel Wininger found hope in the strings of a violin.

Deported to Ukraine during the Holocaust, Feivel was given an Italian Amati violin by a judge who remembered him as a gifted child musician. That violin became his lifeline, allowing him to play to support not only his family but 17 others.

Years later, Feivel’s daughter brought his violin to the Violins of Hope workshop in Israel. It was lovingly restored and now lives on as part of the collection, a symbol of resilience, compassion, and quiet heroism.

Feivel’s story is one of many. Every instrument in the Violins of Hope carries history and humanity in its sound.

Learn more about Violins of Hope-Wisconsin, presented by the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra: violinsofhopewisconsin.org

06/04/2025

Double bassist Valentina Ciardelli is calling for unified rules over plane and train operators across the EU and UK, following numerous instances of instrument mistreatment

05/13/2025

As we grow older certain things get easier but some things also get harder. A good example of that is playing in a classical ensemble. As children there's sc...

11/09/2024

Just a reminder that Korinthian Violins is a safe and welcoming space for people in the LGBTQ+ community, for people of color, for immigrants, and for women. The world needs both music and compassion and we are committed to both.

10/04/2024

I decided to be optimistic about my progress, and signed up my (as of yet unfinished) viola for the VSA competition next month. I am attending the convention in Indianapolis, and it's nice to enter something if I'm going to be there, but it's really scary committing something that doesn't even have the neck attached yet, so more late night ahead. Wish me luck! (Although I think this viola is going to sound very nice, it would just be nice to be tweaking little things at this point rather than, you know, still carving parts of the actual instrument.)

Also, the rules say you can't post pictures online of any instrument entered into the competition, so once I reach the varnishing stage, I will have to stop posting about this viola's progress. (I'll just throw in more pictures of Domino I suppose...)

09/30/2024

http://the-quiet-corner.blogspot.com/2024/09/time-for-bit-of-lutherie-techno-babble.html

I've been working on three instruments. I started them more than two years ago, but building time is hard to come by on an average day. When...

07/12/2024

Just a heads up that our email is down at the moment. I apologize if anyone has tried to contact us that way and not gotten a response.

05/05/2024

Someone in my Women In Lutherie group recently had her tools stolen. Sharing her message here in the hopes someone I know comes across anything. It's incredibly distressing to lose your tools.

April 28 I had a black roller laptop case stolen from an Amtrak train. Inside the case were the virtually all tools I use as luthier. The tools include lots of antique/unusual tools. If you see any of these suspiciously popping up for sale in the Chicago area, please contact me!
Grobet Swiss cut precision files (possible in a clear craft tote)
Lie Nielsen block plane
A black leather roll with knives and chisels that have handmade handles
Silk and Kevlar spools and cards of thread in many colors
Digital calipers, digital scale
A clear craft tote with dental picks, needle files.
A bright purple zipper makeup bag with small cuts of wood, black leather scraps, silk snd Kevlar thread spools and cards, and blue 3D printed molds and jigs.
Few of these items are high value, but are the work of years and the essential tools of my job. I would be so grateful to anyone spreading the word among fellow woodworkers.