repairs and restoration
Repairs
As a repairer and restorer of string instruments in Kent I undertake all types of repair and maintenance to solve problems such as pegs which slip, bumpy fingerboards, warped bridges and buzzing sounds; and more advanced repairs such as neckgrafts, crack repairs, soundpost patching or arching correction. Stringed instrument repairs is such a vast topic that it would be impossible to list them all here.
Here is an example of edge replacement on a nice 18th century cello :
half edge got torn off
new edge in
retouch in progress
Follow this link to my Facebook pages to see examples of recent work : broken button repair on a violin
this is a broken violin button I had to repair so that the instrument could be set up to a satisfactory standard again
Cello repair :
cello neckgraft
Head and new grafted neck after retouch
back button with cracks
back button after repairs
Tonal Adjustments
If you feel your instrument is not performing as well as it used to or if you want to get more out of it I can offer different solutions ranging from simple soundpost adjustments to full new set up. Having years of experience in setting up instruments and playing music myself enables me to offer quality set ups and good sounding instruments.
a violin bridge for modern instrument, cut from a Milo Stamm blank
