Guillaume Max Möller was a Dutch master luthier from Amsterdam who authored a seminal reference book, The violin-makers of the Low Countries Online Computer Library Center 251291325 Möller also provided the illustrations.
Background
Möller was mentored as a luthier by his father, Paul Max Möller (1875–1948). Upon the death of his father in 1948, Möller returned to Amsterdam to head his father’s studio, where he worked with continuing craftsmen Karl Rutz (since 1896), January Santmann (1920–1978), and later Hartmut Leonhardt until Möller"s retirement 1980.
Career
He also trained at Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Musikinstrumentenbau Mittenwald (Musical Instrument Making School Mittenwald). Möller was employed by Amédée Dominique Dieudonné (since 1890) and Charles Enel (1880–1954). He moved to New York 1935 to work with Simone Sacconi in the workshop of Emil Herrmann.
Berend"s wife, Cornélie, ran the shop until 2006.
Luthier Andreas Post (born 1956), a master violin maker who had trained in Mittenwald (1982) and worked for Möller, moved his shop into the same location at nl:Willemsparkweg (15 Willems Park Road) in 2008. In addition to writing his seminal book, The Violin-Makers of the Low Countries in 1955, he co-founded of the Entente des Maîtres Luthiers et Archetiers d’Art (Understanding Masters Violin and Bow Makers Art) and the Netherlan.