Jaap Timmer

Jaap Timmer trained as a violin maker in Newark from 1977 to 1981, after which he worked in Copenhagen for several years. In 1983, he settled in Deventer. In 1995, he was involved in a serious car accident, after which he was no longer able to fully practice his profession. In 1998, he retired permanently to Bathmen, near Deventer. He was a member of the NGV. The Musical Instrument Fund owns a violin he made in 1993, modeled after a Guarneri del Gesù, and a violin he completed in 1995–1996.