- Born in Weissenhorn
- Apprenticeship diploma of the Staatliche Fachschule für Geigenbau in Mittenwald
- Violin maker assistant a.o. of Geigenbaumeister Josef Kantuscher in Mittenwald
- Self-employed violin maker in a workshop community with Geigenbaumeister Pierre Chaubert in Füssen, Germany
- Self-employed violin maker in Switzerland
- Return to Germany and opening of a violin making workshop in Halle (Saale)