From his workshop in downtown Baltimore, Ryan Fini hand crafts concert violins, violas, and cellos of exceptional tone and uncompromising quality.

A violinist since childhood, Ryan has always had a strong passion for music. This eventually led him to study music in college, where he was introduced to the art of violin making. He soon became fascinated with the craft, and it became apparent that he had the skills and passion necessary for a career in instrument making. After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree, he was accepted into the distinguished violin making program at the North Bennet Street School in Boston where he studied under violin maker Roman Barnas. Upon graduation, Ryan received the “Award for Distinguished Craftsmanship” as well as the interdepartmental “DMT Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship”. After concluding his studies in Boston, Ryan began his professional career at David Brewer Fine Violins as a restorer and instrument technician, while continuing to make violins at his home workshop. Ryan spent these years among a comprehensive collection of fine antique instruments. This position afforded him many hours of careful study of instruments by the great Italian masters including Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri "Del Gesu", G.B. Guadagnini and Nicolo Amati. Such intensive study of the work of these craftsmen continues to inform and inspire Ryan's own violin making, and in 2016, he struck out on his own to focus solely on making new violins, violas, and cellos in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2019, Ryan moved his workshop to downtown Baltimore, where he operates out of Perrin and Associates Fine Violins. Here, he continues to focus on making fine violins, violas, and cellos of the highest quality.