Thomastik-Infeld

Thomastik-Infeld
Founded1919; 107 years ago (1919)
Founders
  • Dr. Franz Thomastik
  • Otto Infeld
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Websitethomastik-infeld.com

Thomastik-Infeld Gmbh is an Austrian company based in Vienna that develops and produces strings and rosins for bowed and fretted string instruments, including the violin, viola, cello, contrabass, guitar, and bass guitar. They also make strings for folk instruments from various countries such as the mandolin or erhu.

History

In 1919, Dr. Franz Thomastik, a violin maker, and Otto Infeld, a civil engineer, founded a company to manufacture steel strings. Thomastik-Infeld's workshops were destroyed in World War Two.

In 1958, Thomastik-Infeld introduced the Spirocore line of spiral rope-core strings. Later in 1970, the company introduced its Dominant line of perlon strings, which successfully broke into a market then dominated by the conventional gut string.

The company was run by Peter Infeld from 1994 until his death on April 15, 2009, at 67 years old. The company is now run by Zdenka Infeld.

In 2021, the company launched the Dominant Pro line of strings, and in 2023, the DYNAMO line.

List of String Brands

Violin string brands from the company include:

Many famous violinists, including Itzhak Perlman, Hilary Hahn, and Isaac Stern, have used Thomastik-Infeld strings.

References

  1. ↑ bitslice.at, nikpichler com, freigeist at. "Thomastik-Infeld Vienna". www.thomastik-infeld.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Thomastik to Release New 'Dynamo' Violin Strings in mid-March. 15 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Tonic Challenge: Win DYNAMO violin strings. 2023 March 13.
  4. ↑ bitslice.at, nikpichler com, freigeist at. "Orchestral Strings Violin | Products | Thomastik-Infeld Vienna". www.thomastik-infeld.com. Retrieved 2026-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Famous Violinst's [sic] String Brand Choices (Interesting!) | Violin Strings | Violin Strings". 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2021-08-04.