Shop Rates & Services
The following are some of the adjustments / repairs / fittings performed at The Violin Shoppe.
Prices are estimates only. Unusual situations will likely cost more.
Suggestions are offered for improving and/or changing the sound.
Exact quotes will be supplied free of charge by bringing in the instrument.
Estimates supplied via phone or e-mail are subject to change when the instrument is brought in.
| Violin & Viola | Cello | Bass | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student bridge | $50* | $80* | $140* |
| Advanced bridge | $60* | $90* | $150* |
| New sound post | $45* | $70* | $100* |
| Adjust/reset sound post | $25 | $35 | $45 |
| Peg bushings (per peg) | $80 | $100 | |
| New peg | $30* | $35* | |
| Adjust nut | $25 | $35 | $45 |
| Plane fingerboard | $120 | $160 |
*plus material costs
| Violin & Viola | Cello | Bass | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stallion | $45 | $48 | $60 |
| Mongolian | $42 | $45 | $55 |
| Fiddler | $42 | $44 | $54 |
| Salt & Pepper | $42 | $48 | $60 |
| Black | $40 | $44 | $58 |
Example Repair Estimate
The following is a typical example of a one hundred year old violin that has been stored in the attic and not been played in fifty years.
- Museum beetles have eaten the horse hair of the bow.
- The top has a crack or two.
- One or more seams have opened up.
- Pegs are mismatched and oversized.
- Rosin has built up on the top.
- A piece of an edge is missing.
- The bridge is warped or broken.
- The soundpost is rattling inside.
| Repair estimate for this instrument | |
|---|---|
| • Remove, repair, reinstall top | $400 |
| • Replace missing edge | $100 |
| • New bridge (labor & material) | $60 |
| • Four pair peg bushings & pegs | $380 |
| • New soundpost | $45 |
| • Clean & polish instrument | $40 |
| • Rehair & French polish bow | $50 |
| • New strings | $20-$80 |