instrument
cello
Annelies Steinhauer
built in Hilversum in 1995
A cello built by Annelies Steinhauer in Hilversum, 1995. Opus 61.
History of this instrument
In 1995, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Annelies Steinhauer to build this cello. The VSB Fund financed this project. Jeanny Beerkens was the instrument’s first player and played it for many years. The Steinhauer then went to Arthur Schoonenberg for a short time, and this popular cello has now been with Diederik Smulders for quite some time.
About the builder Annelies Steinhauer
Annelies Steinhauer (1945) was born in Amsterdam. In 1965, she went to Mittenwald to study violin making. There, she met violin maker Jaap Bolink. They left Mittenwald together in 1967, married, and worked successively in the...