Our experienced luthiers take the time to get to know your old, damaged or neglected instrument and use their craftsmanship to make it sing again.  Our luthiers are graduates of the Chicago School of Violin Making, a school recognized world-wide for excellence.

Austin’s Violin Shop is happy to provide written repair estimates, and also appraisals of value if desired. Loaner instruments and bows are available for players who have instruments in our Shop for restoration work.

Services Available Instruments: French polishing and deep cleaning High-grade French bridge blanks cut-to-fit Pegs cut-to-fit Peg-box bushings Soundposts cut-to-fit Tonal adjustments Custom-fitted nuts, buttons and saddles Comprehensive bridge, pegs and soundpost adjustments Fingerboard dressings All manner of crack and open-seam repairs Bass bar repairs Rib restorations and replacement Edge restorations and replacement Neck grafting, re-alignment and repairs Full varnish restoration Beautifully matched sets of ebony, rosewood or boxwood pegs, tailpiece, buttons and chinrests Full assortment of strings

Bows: Bow recambering and straightening Bow rehairing and stick polishing Grip and winding restorations Tip restorations Varnish touch-up Frog replacement or restorations "Graduates of the Chicago School of Violin Making are well prepared to join the select number of individuals qualified to make and repair fine stringed instruments." -Chicago School of Violin Making