PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring®, PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® LUNA® and PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® and PIRASTRO KorfkerCradle®

Discover the full potential of your instrument while playing with absolute comfort

Explore the entire sound spectrum of your violin or viola
Exquisite bow response gives you a performing edge
Experience truly individualised comfort
Feel confident with unmatched stability

Unrivalled qualities

Since their introduction in 2014 the PIRASTRO KorfkerCradle® and PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® have become synonymous with freedom of sound, acoustic fidelity and individualized comfort. In 2023 the PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® LUNA® joined their ranks and became an instant success. Used by a wide variety of players worldwide, including top soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral players, they have become the shoulder rests of choice.

2025 marks the introduction of a revolutionary new chin rest system: the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring®. Featuring extensive and highly precise personal adjustments it is the first ever flexible chin rest, enabling freedom of movement and upper body tension release. As users have come to expect from our products, the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring also provides an exceptional improvement in playability, acoustic fidelity and sound projection.

PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring®

The world’s lightest and first ever flexible chin rest

The position, height, rotation and tilt are fully customizable allowing comprehensive individual adjustments

Delivers astonishing improvements in playability, acoustic fidelity, and dynamic range

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PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® LUNA®

Instantly comfortable and featherlight

Simple click-system for easy and secure size adjustment

Outstanding freedom and integrity of sound

Now available for viola

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PIRASTRO KorfkerRest®

Adjustable to each individual by bending

Lets your instrument sound freely

Featherlight construction in highest quality maple

Extra accessoires from 2018

Now available for viola

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PIRASTRO KorfkerCradle®

Lets your instrument sound with maximum freedom

Will not fall or slide off the violin

Bends to precisely fit your shoulder

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Berent Korfker

Dutch violinist Berent Korfker has many years of experience on the international concert stage and as a violin pedagogue with a world-wide reputation for teaching at the highest level. Putting sound and comfort first he invented a unique and alternative attachment system.
His life-long affinity with Pirastro strings brought him to join forces with this specialist in sound and quality. Years of testing and development followed in order to launch the PIRASTRO KorfkerCradle®, PIRASTRO KorfkerRest®, PIRASTRO KorfkerRest® LUNA®, and the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring® remaining faithful to the rigorous demands that Pirastro sets for product quality and sound fidelity.