Martin is a traditionally trained violin maker & restorer and has been working professionally since graduating with Merit from the internationally renowned Newark School of Violin Making in 2001
John Dike studied Violin making at the London College of Furniture in the late 1970’s under Patricia Naismith and Restoration under Harold Herne. He then worked for various retailers while establis
Bowspeed is run by Melanie Caswell who resumes the bow sales and repair services of her father Hamilton Caswell at the family’s well-known shop premises in Bristol’s historic Christmas Steps vi
Under the watchful eye of master violin maker Natanael Sasaki his students Michael and Duncan have worked on two brilliant violins this year both violins are for sale with a charity tax receipt provid
Over the years, several activities have been added to the workshop: a direct import service from European and Eastern manufacturers, study violin models specially built to our specifications, exhibiti
Finding a great sounding violin at a fair price is no easy matter, and choosing the right violin dealer is almost as hard as choosing the right violin.
Whatever your budget, we can help. Professional
From a young age music and art have been a lasting passion for me. From the age of 10 I attended a Waldorf Steiner School which encouraged and developed my artistic senses. This led to a BA Hons degre
The Sound Post Ltd was founded in London in 1993 by the late Stephen Jocelyn, a professional cellist, who wanted to improve the quality of student instruments available in the UK.
The Primavera range
Poole Violins was started by violin maker and repairer Mark O’Brien in 2010.
Mark grew up in the Poole and Bournemouth area around the violin, both his parents being professional violinists. He
I have been making stringed instruments since 1993, graduating from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1999.
I enjoy the process from the draftsmanship side of planning an outline and making a moul
Benjamin Hebbert has more than fifteen years of experience as an increasingly respected authority on stringed instruments. Since training as an instrument maker in the 1990s, he has worked for a varie
Katrin Gabriel has been a violin maker and restorer for over 35 years. During that time she has had the privilege of working on many very fine antique instruments. Transforming these instruments back
