Alf Studios

Specialties

Violins, violas and cellos made in the Italian tradition by Gregg T. Alf.

History

Established in 1984.

Born to an artistic family in Los Angeles on January 30^th, 1957, Gregg Alf is widely regarded as one of today’s leading violin makers. Musically inclined, he studied the violin as a child and made his first violin in 1975.

At age 19, he moved to Cremona, Italy where over eight years he graduated from the International Violinmaking School in Cremona and earned a growing reputation for his work. He returned to the USA in 1984 and with his friend, Joseph Curtin, founded the violinmaking studios of Curtin & Alf. From that collaboration grew ALF STUDIOS which continues to this day in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Gregg’s work has won highest honors in international competitions and exhibitions including a full range of awards and Gold Medals and, in 1982, the Violin Society of America’s top honorary designation ‘Hors Concours’. His unique style has evolved through an in depth study of the rare instruments that pass through his shop combined with a careful and ongoing dialog with