Making Music Easy.
Premium Carbon Fiber Instruments. Made in Germany.
The note is there instantly.
Every string player knows the moment: the quiet entry in the third bar that does not come. The C string that speaks a fraction later than the other three. The instrument that needs twenty minutes on a cold morning before it joins in.
On a mezzo-forte instrument that moment does not occur. The response is immediate, on every string, at every dynamic. And the tone reaches your ear sooner than you are used to, which gives you direct feedback on what your bow is actually doing.
We have watched this at trade fairs for years. Someone picks up one of our instruments, plays a few bars and settles in straight away. Professionals and amateurs alike, without an explanation from us.
This is the one thing on this page we cannot demonstrate. Response is felt in the hand, not seen on a screen. You have to play it.
Can you hear the difference?
Same piece, same stage. A master wood cello and a mezzo-forte carbon fiber cello in direct comparison. A recording can only hint at response, but it does show that nothing is missing.
Why it responds like this.
The violin is the hardest instrument in the family. Two years of development went into the first one. Twelve years later we started over: in a joint project with two companies and two university institutes, around 200 different violin tops were built, measured physically and compared. The best one went into the model we build today.
You do not do that for marketing reasons. You do it because you want to know whether it can be done better.
Award-Winning Sound.
Certificate, signed by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
Jury verdict and award ceremony, German Musical Instrument Award, Frankfurter Römer, 2015
Dr. Iris Gleicke, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
Sound sample, Frankfurter Römer, 2015
Violin. Viola. Cello. Bass.
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Carbon Fiber Violins
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Choosing an instrument
Two places to start, if you are not sure yet.
Our workshop. Our standard.
- Built entirely in Werther, Germany.From the first layer of carbon fiber to the final play test.
- 100% in-house production.No contract manufacturing, no intermediaries, no rebadged trade goods.
- Warm, brilliant and powerful in tone.Not our words. The verdict of players who use their instruments daily.
- Indestructible on tour.Nothing warps, nothing cracks, no glue seam opens up years later.
- Played by professionals in over 50 countries.3,500 instruments since 2011.
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Once in a while an instrument leaves the workshop that follows no specification. Built once, for one player. Not configurable, not repeatable.
The perfect match. ARCUS Carbon Bows.
Play one.
Response and feel are the two things this page cannot demonstrate. Both take thirty seconds with the instrument in your hands.