1955
Born in Weissenhorn, Germany
1978
Apprenticeship diploma of the Staatliche Fachschule für Geigenbau in Mittenwald
1978 – 1982
Violin maker assistant a.o. of Geigenbaumeister Josef Kantuscher in Mittenwald
1982 – 1984
Self-employed violin maker in a workshop community with Geigenbaumeister Pierre Chaubert in Füssen, Germany
1984 – 2005
Self-employed violin maker in Switzerland
2005
Return to Germany and opening of a violin making workshop in Halle (Saale)
2007 - 2014
Workshop community with the violinmaker Friederike Dudda at Barfüsserstrasse in Halle (Saale)
Since autumn 2014
Own workshop on the second floor of the same building