Chronos is the section of my website that is continuously updated. This is where things are changing: photos from my career, workshop ideas, diary entries, planned projects, and upcoming events. Anyone who visits this section regularly gets a glimpse into my thoughts, my life, and my work.
September 1, 2026 | World Heritage Site
World-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer with a kauri wood instrument
The kauri spruce from a New Zealand high moor. It is a great joy to dedicate the time I have left to this incredible wood. Who would have thought 50,000 years ago that this trunk would one day be recovered from the earth and transformed into sound today? It is a symbol of the power of resurrection. The earth has shaped this sound over the millennia. Now the tree is awakening to a second life.
Perhaps these instruments sound so extraordinary precisely because this very sense of reverence guides my hands at the workbench.
I am grateful for the appreciation of sound. I owe it to the wood and to my hands. Here is world-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer with one of the few instruments made from my kauri wood.
September 1, 2026 | Career History
The Life Cycle of a Violin
August 26, 2026 | A Special Gift
“Icon” by Stefan Wiesner
August 26, 2026 | Instrument Handover
Op. 381 Leonhard Baumgartner
Most Recent Photo | 2026 | Damiano
my horse Damiano
The latest painting—done after work in the paint shop: my horse, Damiano. A peaceful counterbalance to the work in the workshop.
Newest Violin | October 21, 2026 | Pickup at the workshop
Opus 381
Handover of our Opus 381 to the Bad Soden Music Foundation. Meeting with Antonio Stradivari in the workshop.
Museum Visit | 2026
My Artistic Expertise
Visit to a Museum of Modern Art
Bayerischer Rundfunk | May 2026
Unity and Solidarity
The legendary Woidboyz (Bayerischer Rundfunk) paid a spontaneous visit to the workshop and the horses (May 2023).
