Introduction
A Violinist...
Elvari started out as a master project at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Jens Elfving wanted to find a reliable way to amplify violin with an acoustic sound, without the risk of feedback. He developed a new type of electric violin and presented it to the Academy with a perfect score in 2012. The prototype were later sold to Aalborg University.
...and a Violin Maker
In 2013 Jens contacted violin maker Sten Styrélius in Stockholm. Sten presented his own electric violin with an unique pickup system, developed in cooperation with a jazz violinist in 1996-1997. The two concepts complemented each other perfectly, and so they decided to unite them in a brand new design. After several prototypes and countless revisions, their design were finally ready to meet Stradivari and the rest of the world...