Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr (September 1928 – (2022-08-12)12 August 2022) was an Iranian musical instrument maker.

Ganbari finished his master’s degree in instrument-making and returned to Iran. He started to invite different builders to his workshop to work together; some accepted, including Mr. Sanaati. That way he could make more violins, some were meant for art schools and the rest were sold to enthusiasts. In 1969, the minister of art and culture of the time organized an exhibition of Iranian Instruments. At the exhibition, Ibrahim’s violin was played by a very famous violist who bought his violin directly and played it in many shows. People thought that the violin was made by Stradivari, but the violist always said: no, it’s been made by an Iranian master named Ganbari. After the 1979 Iranian revolution, he retired and kept himself busy in his small workshop at home, mostly trying to optimize the instrument’s sound.

In 1960, Ganbari went to Watlo instrument-making school in France to develop his skills; Atin Watlo was a famous specialist in striking instruments at his time. Soviet violist David Fyodorovich Oistrakh visited the workshop, and Ibrahim Ganbari asked Walto if he could let Oistrakh play his violin; his opinion was: