instrument
violin
Lodewich Wilhelm Roumen
built in Amsterdam
A violin built by Roumen (presumably Lodewich Wilhelm) in Amsterdam, first half of the 19th century.
History of this instrument
In 2013, a private individual donated this Roumen violin to the Musical Instrument Fund. Maksim Milo is the first person to play this Amsterdam-made instrument.
About the builder Lodewich Wilhelm Roumen
The violin maker Lodewijk Roumen was born in Maastricht. He lived there for the first twenty years of his life and then moved to Kampen, Utrecht, Amsterdam, and finally back to Kampen once more. He presumably learned the craft from...
