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

half edge got torn off

adjusting a replacement edge

 

 

 

new edge in

new edge in

 

 

retouch in progress

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

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 :

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cello neckgraft

cello neckgraft

Head and new grafted neck after retouch

Head and new grafted neck after retouch

 

back button with cracks

back button with cracks

back button after repairs

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

a violin bridge for modern instrument, cut from a Milo Stamm blank