Raphael Le Cointe 4/4 violin, Cremona Italy, 2003Contemporary Cremonese violin by Raphael Le Cointe, 2003 Even, full, clear Raphael Le Cointe was born in Lorient, France in 1973. In 1994 he graduated from the MilanMunicipal School of Lutherie and continued on to apprentice in Paris as well as New York. From1998 to 2005 he worked at the shop of Mathijs A. Heyligers in Cremona. In 2005 he opened his own workshop, where he builds and restores fine instruments. Le Cointe established his own workshop in