The Violin Place Pty. Ltd.
Shop in Willoughby

Friendly service with expert restoration. If you are shopping for a violin, cello, viola, bass or bow its to your own benefit to check with us before you buy anywhere else. Beginner to professional. We offer the lowest prices and have the biggest range of instruments to choose from. A violin shop with instrument sales and restorations. Maybe we have a better one at a lower price.

We also sell a wide range of string instruments including violin, viola, cello, bass and their bows. James is a competent luthier, a graduate of the violin making school in Cremona, Italy. It’s often said that moving house is one of the 5 most stressful events a person can experience and we all do it. The subsequent is taken from a lecture I wrote and presented to my class of first year marketing students at James Cook University about 8 years ago. Over the years, The Work’ has made a big impression on me, an indelible impression I might add, as a young violin maker occupied in London, not too many years out of violin making school in Cremona, Italy. He has a particular interest in and understanding of cello sound both as a professional maker and player. Fittingly, in a postmodern way, it is a quote from another book. The Work’ as Experienced by a Young Violin Maker in London Over the years, The Work’ has made a massive impression on me, an indelible impression I might add, as a young violin maker working in London, not too many years out of violin making school in Cremona, Italy. More violins are made today than any other time in history. At the age of 93 Antonio Stradivari died, and within a few years all the other huge violin makers were dead. Everyone, of course, wants a appropriate choice of products to choose from this is especially correct of someone shops for something as personal as a string instrument or a service on their instrument, and every shop has something different to offer. This being the case, an instrument's price will be based primarily upon who made the instrument, where it was made, how it was made, and when. How an instrument sounds is not only related to its inherent acoustical qualities, but is also encourage by who is playing it, what strings are used, how healthy it is set up, and what condition it is in. It is also noteworthy that even a low quality factory made instrument could safe lovely good, especially to an untrained ear, when played by a highly proficient and experienced player. The equivalent instrument and bow, in the hands of 10 adept and experienced players, all performing the equivalent music, will have 10 different sounds. Competitionbased pricing This basically amounts to setting the price based upon the established prices of other of the maker's instruments ardor on the established prices of similar instruments from other makers. In addition, it is everlasting unsure upon its condition, how it is set up, and on the strings old and maximum of all on the player. Some instruments made by contemporary makers, as well as previous instruments where there is no auction price history, are priced by this method. On the other hand, when the price that a maker is asking for an instrument seems high, yet the maker has a documented history of selling many instruments at same prices to establish a definite price glossy is fair to say that it is not premium pricing, but rather competition based pricing, that is being old by the maker. Depending on one's budget, a professionally made violin, fresh or not, can be an excellent fit for the experienced player. With this in mind, a fresh instrument made by a luthier often provides the best value for an experienced string player, inasmuch as the player’s needs can be accurately evaluated and matched to the exceptional instrument. One might fairly ask, Isn't an used 'master made' violin better than a new professionally made one? Of course, a certificate of authenticity is also very urgent to the buyer of an historical 'master' instrument, provided it has been authored by a honest expert. In the hasty 1970’s James studied at the world famous violin making school in Cremona, Italy.