At this time of year we assist a lot of families looking for a quality violin that the daring young player in their family can enjoy and progress on. The Chamber range of instruments has been supporting players across Australia for over 20 years. In the short video below Myles compares two Chamber Student violins in a 3/4 size, the Chamber Student Standard 3/4 and the Chamber Student 101 3/4. The Chamber Student Standard is the first...

At Bows for Strings we are privileged to work with master violin makers from around the world, including talented Italian luthier, Daniele Tonarelli. In the video below Lalita plays a new violin by the Master Italian Luthier which has just been professionally set up in our workshop. This Guarneri Del Gesu 'Ole Bull' violin was crafted in Tonarelli's workshop in 2021. We hope you like the sound of...

We recently received a beautiful European antique cello into our workshop that required restoration before it was ready to enter our showroom. The restoration, which was conducted by our luthier Brenton, included skilfully fitting and shaping a new fingerboard of highest quality aged ebony, cutting a new Despiau bridge and Pahler soundpost, and fitting an American made top quality carbon endpin and Perpetual...