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Wittner fine tuner nickel string adjuster violin

Wittner fine tuner is still one of my favourite fine tuner. I’ve compared to many of the ones made in China and India but the wittner fine tuner does not move side to side. It stays in place more easily than the other fine tuners. I now put them on most of my old violins. [...]

Why are some of your violins on sale not made recently? Are these returned goods?

Has this violin been sold previously? I am curious why it was made in 2007, but just recently put up for sale.  — Kent Reply: Hi…. nope. We subject the violin to “rest” for some of our higher level instruments. We also subject it to tonewood tuning using loudspeakers for extreme high and low notes, [...]

Buying a 1/8 Violin for Your Child

Hi Jehpin, I am looking for a 1/8th size violin for my baby girl, what do you recomend and what is a reasonable price for a child to start learning. ——— Reply ———- Hi actually in my opinion, the better choice would be to rent one violin from your local store, or buy one which [...]

Merry Christmas!

TJ at 3 weeks

Like his mummy, TJ has a really round face, especially at certain angles, like the above pic which is almost a perfect circle. The past few weeks has been gratifying and although it was many sleepless nights, it recharged me. The past 2 weeks has not been total rest though. I was in and out [...]

No emails get unanswered

I’ve just returned from a music fair. During the last 4 days has been very exhausting for me. The first thing after my return was to prepare for all my outstanding shipping that I had to make during the last 4 days and now that most of them are done, I can start to reply [...]

Juggling Baby TJ & Work

Today arrived all the goods I ordered, some were early and some were late. As a result, my store and studio were overflown and I had to leave them in the living area. Not exactly an ideal environment to bring up a child. After I unpack them, I will quality inspect them, set them up [...]