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I would thoroughly recommend Cardiff Violins to anyone looking for a new instrument following my own experience there, whatever their standard. The staff were welcoming, accommodating and very helpful.
I recently came across an Italian cello which needed considerable work undertaking to correct the neck angle and realise the playing potential of the instrument. Chris and I spent considerable time going through the options of what would be possible and also cost effective. I must admit that I was…
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I just wanted to say that Debrah is very happy with the cello we purchased from you, and I am equally so with the bow I purchased.
As an adult cello student, I was on the point of giving up because I was not consistently getting the right pitch from my full size instrument because I could not stretch my fingers enough. The string length of my full size cello was 27¾ inches. I needed a cello…
We visited Cardiff Violins in January 2012 on the recommendation of my son's violin teacher. Henry spent a couple of hours trying many instruments with your patient and knowledgeable staff. Having narrowed down the selection, we went for lunch and returned to consider the few violins we had chosen. With…
Cardiff Violins did a terrific job transforming my violin bow from an exploited one to a humane one... I am delighted with the bow sound and I cannot see any reason, even putting the paramount importance of ethics aside, why horse hair would be preferable.
Thank you very much for carrying out such excellent work on my viola and bow. I had a suspicion that the viola was not sounding as well as it could and put it down to the fact that I have not played it much over the last year due to illness.…
Having bought the violin and had a skyinbow pick-up fitted by Chris, I returned to find a bow. This took a couple of visits but I found one that did exactly what I wanted, made by Manoel Fransisco. The whole process was great fun and very enjoyable.