Rainer W. Leonhardt

_ 7 _ ur instruments are made exclusively of spruce and maple from our native forests and from the forests of Bosnia, Austria and north- ern Italy. We carefully air-dr y our wood, often for decades. A l l our wood has been f e l l ed i n t he wi n t e r mon t hs du r i ng t he app rop r i a t e moon phase and ca r e f u l l y stored to season in the family tradition. Fr i ends some t imes speak o f ou r woodshed as i f i t we r e a wi ne ce l l a r — which is not a bad comparison, since tone wood must mature as a good Bordeaux matures, slowly, under monitored conditions. My v i o l i ns a r e a l l mode l l ed a f t e r I t a l i an and Ge rman mas t e r i ns t r umen t s , l ov i ng l y handc ra f t ed and hand-varnished, wi t h a t t en t i ve ca r e to details. Th i s a t t en t i on t o de t a i l ex t ends t o ou r cus t ome r s ’ i ns t rumen t s and bows i n need o f ser vicing, repair or modification. O