We are a warm, welcoming and friendly environment, staffed by professional musicians, teachers and skilled craftsmen.
We stock an exceptional range of old and new quality instruments to suit all level
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
If there is a particular model of instrument you are interested in I am currently offering violin models based on the ‘Sauret’ and the ‘Ole Bull’ by Guarneri del Gesù and the ‘Titian’ and
KENSINGTON CHIMES MUSIC
The Kensington Chimes Music Shop is located 2 minutes walk from South Kensington underground station in the heart of London’s museum district, and close to the Royal Coll
I am a maker of fine Violins, Violas and Cellos. My new instruments are handmade from attractive seasoned timber in my Bristol based workshop. I make them for professional musicians and students
WILLIAM JOHN
William John was born in London in 1961. In 1977 he started working at Ealing Strings, one of Europe`s largest workshops. Working alongside Paul Ayres and Thomas Pilar from the famous Boh
NOWAK VIOLINS
German born Steffen Nowak studied at the “Welsh School of Violin Making” from where he graduated with merit.
A professional Violin, Viola and Cello maker in Bristol since 198
Stephen Thomson studied musical instrument making and repair at Merton College, Morden from 1994-6 after training in engineering. Although initially interested in guitar making, it was during the cour
ANDREAS HUDELMAYER
I make violins, violas and cellos for professional musicians and good amateurs. Performers across Europe, Asia and the US play my instruments, as soloists, in top orchestras and cha
JOHN DILWORTH
My first experience as an instrument maker was as an apprentice to the Breton harp-maker Gildas Jaffrenou. From his workshop I went on to Newark Technical College, where I initially stud
I studied violinmaking at the Geigenbaufachschule Mittenwald. From there I went on to work in various Violinshops, in Chicago at Michael Becker’s and Kenneth Stein’s. After a year in Tobias Festl�
OLD VIOLIN WORKSHOP
The Old Violin Workshop in Hampton Hill, Middlesex supplies a wide range of violins, violas and cellos, including instruments for children starting to learn music right through to
