Violin Manufacture

Reghin is also called "the city of violins", being the only city in the country where musical instruments with strings are made. Reghin has two musical instrument factories as well as many workshops where craftsmen still make violins, and major concert halls around the world are filled with the sound of the instruments made here. The production of musical instruments began in 1951, when the luthier Roman Boianciuc arrived in Reghin and set up a musical instrument department in the woodworking factory. This is still the only department of its kind in the country and the first musical instrument factory in town. However, the production of stringed musical instruments in Reghin is also closely related to the fact that nearby lies Lăpușna Forest, a nature reserve with resonance spruce wood, which is used for making musical instruments.