Rainer W. Leonhardt

Our Violin Making Tradition: 350 Years Of Experience You Can Hear he Leonhardt Workshop, producing quality bowed instruments since 1926, is situated in the small town of Mittenwald. This cen t e r o f Sou t h Ge rman l u t he r i e has a 350-yea r tradition of violin mak- i ng . The Leonha r d t workshop has grad- uated from its hum- ble beginnings to an a t e l i e r o f mas t e r c ra f t smen . Shop f ounde r An t on D i e t l was succeeded by his son-in-law Wilfried Leonhardt — himself son of Mittenwald l u t h i e r Fr i t z Leonha r d t ( p l ucked i ns t r umen t s ) . Wi l f r i ed Leonha r d t has i n t u r n been followed by his own son, mas- t e r l u t h i e r Ra i ne r W. Leonha r d t ( 1997 ) . Cons i de r i ng Ra i ne r W. Leonhardt’s pas- s i on f o r exce l l en t c ra f t smansh i p , i t comes as no su r- p r i se t ha t he i s a l so manager of the renowned Mi t t enwa l d Museum o f V i o l i n Making. T _ 2 _