In this video Bows for Strings cellist, Katelyn, demonstrates the clear and powerful sound of the Jay Haide L'Ancienne model cello. The Jay Haide brand of violins, violas and cellos was established through years of experience by Ifshin Violins in California, USA. All Jay Haide instruments enter the Bows for Strings workshop as a blank canvas and are treated to the full Bows...

New to our range of fine violins is this 2008 handmade German violin by master luthier Wolfgang Schnabl. In this video, Bows for Strings violinist, Nick, plays a brief excerpt to demonstrate the beautiful sound of this instrument. Wolfgang Schnabl was born in 1963 in Bubenreuth, Germany, a town that is steeped in violin making history. From September 1984 to February 1988 he...

In this video, Bows for Strings violinist, Nick, plays the popular German-made Helmut Illner SIR-B model violin. These violins have been a real hit in our showroom.The German SIR brand of instruments was created by renowned luthier, Helmut Illner, in the town of Erlanger, Germany.SIR instruments are handcrafted in Germany from high quality aged and dried European spruce and maple. The SIR-B model...