Christopher Ulbricht cello, Indianapolis 2013

American luthier Christopher Ulbricht grew up in Stafford, Virginia studying the cello, before becoming interested in violin making. He trained at the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City under Charles Woolf, then apprenticed in the workshop of Peter Prier. Ulbricht also studied bow repair and restoration with Michael Vann in British Columbia, Canada at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Ulbricht opened his own workshop, Indianapolis Violins, located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, where he currently builds, repairs, and restores instruments.