The PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring® is not only the world’s lightest, but also the first ever flexible chin rest.

Lovingly crafted in Germany from just 15 grams of custom lightweight and sound-optimized materials, the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring® is another outstanding addition to our Korfker range. With this innovative chin rest, inventor and product developer Berent Korfker redefines the standards for playability, acoustic fidelity, and sound projection, while the flexibility of its suspended chin plate enables freedom of movement and upper body tension release. “After years of playing, teaching and designing, I realized that in order to help us develop a more refined and relaxed yet dynamic interaction with our instrument, the chin rest should actually be flexible!”

The position, height, rotation and tilt of the meticulously shaped, hardened Swiss maple chin plate are fully customizable allowing comprehensive individual adjustments. The low springs offer a more conventional chin rest feel, while the higher springs allow players with a longer neck to play more comfortably than ever. Berent Korfker explains the new revolutionary approach of the KorfkerSpring as following: “Unlike traditional concave chin rests, the chin plate of the KorfkerSpring is convex, and features a finely adjustable ridge which invites a lengthening of the spine. The flexibility of the spring at the heart of the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring awakens the innate balancing system in our neck and upper body which, while present in everyone, is often dormant or suppressed. What I personally can’t get enough of is how my violin sounds and responds when I play with the KorfkerSpring. It unlocks a freedom of sound and liveliness in string response that I always knew existed but was simply out of reach with a conventional chin rest.”

Designed for both violin and viola the PIRASTRO KorfkerSpring® paves the way for effortless self-expression and the discovery of the instrument’s full potential.