We offer excellent values on our superb selection of authentic old and new instruments including violins, violas, cellos, basses as well as bows. When you find what you are looking for, we offer you the advantage of  taking the instrument home for your own approval for a week. You will be confident that if you purchase an instrument or bow from us, we will stand behind it and do the best we can to help you find the right instrument.  We therefore offer guaranted trade-in values if you wish to upgrade your instrument.

"RESONANCE"Model 09- Model 06
Students from Beginner to Intermediate Level

All violins are hand crafted, professionally set up at our workshop by our violin experts. Slight flamed maple back and ribs, spruce top with ebony parts, fitted French bridge, D'addario(prelude) strings with shaped soft case and Brazil wood bow, it has a good quality tone with easy playability. 

Avallable in 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 4/4

Price range from:$ 250.00- 899.00

"RESONANCE" Higher Quality Student Intermediate Level

One or two piece back, neck and ribs with medium flame maple. Solid spruce top, ebony or box wood fittings. Oil antique varnish, Aubert French bridge, Dominant Strings with quality brazilwood horsehair bow and oblong case.

Price ranges: from $ 950.00-1,250.00

Violins for Advanced Level

We are pleased to offer the outstanding value, full projection and well balanced high quality sounding "The Kotz" violins. These violins are for advanced students and teachers who are looking for a great violin, and are willing to spend a bit more for a higher quality sounding instrument.

Mr. Kotz is one of the best contemporary violin and bow maker in the world. He learned violin making in Cremona, Italy and bow making with French bow makers and has received 9 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 19 Certificates for his violin and bow making awarded from International competitions held in Italy, Canada and the USA.

He trained violin makers in the Italian tradition as well as bow makers in the French method. All instruments are inspected and adjusted by him at his workshop in Philadelphia.

All violins made using aged European spruce top, nicely flamed maple back and scroll, ebony or box wood fittings, antique vanish, Aubert French bridge, Dominant or Obligato strings and with a quality oblong case.

Price ranges from: $ 1,250.00- 2,500.00

Higher grade from: $ 3,500.00-6,500.00

We also carry antique German, French, and Italian instruments from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century. All instruments offered for sale are in good condition. Each one is carefully restored and set up with the highest standard by our expert violin maker.

Price ranges from: $ 1,500.00- 2,500.00

Median grade from: $ 3,800.00- 7,900.00

Higher grade from: $ 8,500.00- 1,5000.00 and up

There are many other brands available:

Ivan Dunov-Model 401,402 Craft in Romania from select Carpathian tonewoods, Solid spruce top and maple back, ribs, and scroll, ebony fittings, an antique-style spirit varnish, with excellent sound and playability.

Wilhelm Klier- Crafted in Germany, select aged European tonewoods, tonal adjustments made and antique-style varnish hand-applied in the United States, full projection with a warmer sound.

Albert Nebel- Crafted entirely in Germany from aged European tonewoods and are vanished by hand in the United States.

Frank Denti - Crafted in Beijing, China and adjusted and set up in the United States at the Los Angeles String Shop. Flamed maple back, neck and ribs, selected spruce top, ebony fingerboard, nice boxwood fittings with a well balanced tone and playablity.