On this page I have collected some builders / luthiers of mandolins

German builders (see also  Zupfinstrumentenbau with a more complete list of names)

• Albert & Müller - Gitarren & Mandolinen
• Eichhorn Mandolinen
• Urs Langenbacher
• Klaus Knorr - mandolins, Zupfinstrumentenbaumeister Erlbach/Vogtland
• Alfred Woll - mandolins, mandolas, reatauration and repair, barock mandolines
• WERNER DESCHLER, Zupfinstrumente
• Migma
• Guriema
• Yasuyoshi Naito
• Manfred Bräuer
• Thomas Dotzauer - building mandolins in the 5th generation
• Henning Doderer
• Dieter Hopf - master guitars and mandolins
• Gerhard Bode-Labusch gbl-guitars
• Brunhilde Jacob
• Heiner Dreizehnter
• Klaus Doll - has built at least one very beautiful mandolin - beautiful inlays!
• Christoph Michael Pesch - very special instruments!
• Heidi Ritter - a young luthier from Hessen
• Christopher Schuetz - repair of old mandolins, mandolas
• Martin Hurttig - a young luthier from Leipzig - lutes, mandolns and guitars
• Armin und Mario Gropp
• Frank-Peter Dietrich
• Hermann Gräfe

French builders

• Herve Coufleau - he has built my red F5 mandolin!

Builders from the Netherlands

• Hendrik van den Broek - builds copies of the Embergher 5 model

Italian builders

• Calace - Liuteria del plettro fondata nel 1825 (nice pictures of Calace mandolins can be found in Shop der Fana Corporation, Japan)
• Carlo Mazzaccara
• Liuteria d'insieme
• Liuteria Lodi
• Musikalia - Dott. Alfio Leone
• Gabriele Pandini
• Anema e corde - 5 young luthiers from Napoli
• Mario Vorraro (Neapel)

Japanese builders - Mitgliederliste der Japan String Instruments Makers Association (JSIMA)

• KOBAYASHI, Shigeru [professional member / M]
• NAITO, YASUYOSHI [professional member / M]
• NAKADE, Rokutaro [professional member / G/M]
• OCHIAI, Daigoro [professional member / M] (www.mandolino-web.com / ikegaku)
• WATANABE, Hiroaki [professional member / G/M]
• Yokouchinohanako [professional member / M]
• YONEMARU, Kenji [professional member / M]
• Suzuki-Mandolins (www.mandoline-web.com)
• Liuteria Noguchi

Builders from England / GB

• Andy Manson - is buiding custom guitars and f-mandolins, but also such special instruments as playable marmaids and mandolins with three necks - a must see!
• Paul Hathway - building many different instruments including mandolins, mandoloncellos und bouzoukis
• Antony Dixon - Instruments for Individuals

Builders from Canada

• Brian Dean - a very interestig luthier with lots of great instruments!
• Larry Muth - another interesting builder from Canada! Larry builds A-, F- and Twopoint-mandolins

More builders

• The Guitarworkshop - Kurt Decorte
• Wailing Guitar Products - Resonator Mandolins
• Peter Coombe - with many pictures of his building of an A mandolin
• Gerhard Bode-Labusch
• Instrumentenbau Jon A. Piguet
• Stinnett Stringed Instruments Homepage
• DS Custom Guitars - Daniel Schär (electric mandolins)
• Beltona Resonator Instruments - A beautiful resonator mandolin and mandola
• IL LIUTAIO MAGICO - another site with pictures of old mandolins
• King Brown - Bluegrass Mandolinen aus Australien, mit einer schönen Fotogalerie, die die Herstellung einer F-Mandoline zeigt
• Und noch eine sehenswerte Homepage mit vielen Bildern, die die Herstellung einer F-Mandoline für Chris Thile zeigen
• Mandolinen from Greece by C. Dekavalas
• Gerd Nikolaiski in Basel (Switzerland) builds guitars
• Peter Duffy, has learned from Stephen Gilchrist and builds guitars, bouzoukis and mandocellos

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