We currently have a Sibal violin (antiqued varnish) available in the U.S. priced at $6,750/E5,000.
Violins by Mr. Sibal are occasionally available and are also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Violas are $7,560/E5,600.
Violas by Mr. Sibal are occasionally available and are also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Violoncellos are $13,500/E10,000.
Violoncellos by Mr. Sibal are occasionally available and are also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Alois Sibal was born in 1943 in Svata Helena (Romania) but moved with his family to Bohemia (in the Czech Republic) in 1946. He entered violin-making school there at the age of 15 and began working for a large shop in 1980. Mr. Sibal took master courses from Josef Potzl and Emil Lupac and upon completion of his studies was awarded a Meistership and admitted as a Geigenbaumeister. He was then allowed to open his own Atelier (workshop), the dream of every Czech violin maker.

In 1988-9, Mr. Sibal spent 6 months working alongside makers in Chicago, USA; in 1992, he repeated this collaboration with advanced work in Linz, Austria. Since 1988, he has had an affiliation with Stanislav Marinov (a specialist in the acoustical properties of wood) which resulted in three awards (First Place for Tone) for his instruments in competitions held in Bohemia. These competitions included 12 other new and several old and excellent Italian violins. Mr. Sibal favors older woods and gets lovely results with his superb and distinctive varnish, which frequently makes use of an "antiqued" effect.